Author: Marcé

What’s not to like? 5G can deliver data rates that are up to 100 times faster than 4G, yet misinformation has become a growing threat. Fuelled by fake news, angry citizens began burning down cellular towers across Britain early in April. By mid-May, nearly 80 towers had been affected. Information is circulating that the radio waves of 5G — the newest generation of mobile tech — can suppress the immune system, making people more susceptible to catching the coronavirus. Some claims even go so far as to suggest that the virus can be transmitted through the use of 5G technology.…

We’ve made it to level three of the South African lockdown schedule, which means we can move around and work. But one thing remains banned, and will for the foreseeable future: Large gatherings of people. And if you’re at all part of the geek culture of South Africa, your main concern is Comic-Con South Africa.  Just a few years after we finally got our own Comic-Con event, 2020’s instalment was cancelled. But only in-person. The even will go forth as a digital-only event, and everyone is invited. “As people, we have heavy hearts – but as organisers, we know that…

Honor’s new phone can check your temperature for you To copy ArsTechnica, this “... is the most 2020 phone of 2020”. That’s because the Honor Play 4 Pro can test human body temperature using an infrared (IR) sensor. You’ve probably heard about the current pandemic the whole world is facing? Yeah, it’s called the coronavirus

There aren’t many things in life that get us as excited as unboxing a brand new smartphone. It doesn’t really matter what brand it’s from. But this one is from Xiaomi, a fairly new entry into the SA market, but is definitely not one to scoff at. The Redmi Note 9s launches in South Africa today and features stellar specs at a decent price. If you’re bargaining on a sub-R8k smartphone being a powerhouse — this one might just be it. There are two versions of the Redmi Note 9s, one with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage capacity and a…

We all believe in the power of social media — it’s a space that brings people and communities together and can be used as a powerful social tool. But none of that matters when the whole grid is blacked out, pushing useful information into the metaphorical back cupboard of the internet.  On Tuesday this week, #BlackoutTuesday went viral, with people from across the globe contributing to stan with George Floyd. This new branch of social #blacklivesmatter activism rallied a massive social media protest. In this, users started posting blacked-out images (or just a solid black square) to show their support…

If you’d rather watch a show about Hideo Kojima or the history of Super Mario than seeing what the Kardashians were up to over the weekend, we want to hear from you. Here at Stuff, we want to bring you the most relevant content we can get our hands on. Whether that’s the newest tech, hardware, software, toys or games — we want to show you all the cool things. So we’ve decided to pull in the capable resources of Asus and the people over at the Republic of Gamers to give away a gamer gift bag in exchange for your…

Vivo has officially revealed its upcoming flagships, the X50 range of smartphones. The company teased the launch of the X50 series on Weibo — and the most intriguing feature of all is the wack gimbal camera sensor on this one boi.  Now, the X50 series has finally been announced, in the form of the Vivo X50, Vivo X50 Pro, and Vivo X50 Pro+, alongside the Vivo TWS Earphone Neo (but the ear-buddies are only launching in the Chinese market). Swivel, swivel But how did Vivo manage to build a functioning gimbal into a smartphone? That’s the big question. The whole…

The astronauts are safe in space at the ISS If you’re even moderately interested in spaceflight, you were probs sitting stuck to your screen on Saturday evening watching the SpaceX crewed mission launch to the ISS. You bet the whole Stuff team were fixated on that launch, which is the first crewed mission to space

Finally! South Africans have only been able to buy the latest budget device in the P40 lineup (in the shape of the Huawei P40 Lite). Today Huawei is making the P40 Pro flagship as well as the P40 available to purchase in South Africa. And in an unprecedented move, if you buy one from Huawei’s online store now, you’ll get a P40 Lite free with your P40 Pro or P40 purchase.  Both the P40 Pro and P40 comes 5G ready, which makes them the first 5G devices commercially available in South Africa that you’ll be able to get on contract…

We don’t want to drop you in the deep end, which is why we’re here to help anyone with a Google-less Huawei phone figure out how to make the most of it. Fair warning that there are quite a few workarounds, especially if you’re very attached to your apps. So it might not be for anyone. Huawei is pushing the ‘check out the specs on this one, and make do without Google’ narrative. Which is fair, considering the company continuously brings out monstrous phones in terms of hardware. The new lineup includes the P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Lite…