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1980s arcade gaming meets 1930s cinema. Double retro overload! It does feel like that when you first set eyes on Shigeru Miyamoto’s legendary design. This was one of the earliest ‘climbing’ games, laying the foundations for the platform genre. And it’s packed with film tropes, from the damsel in distress to the giant ape – too packed, according to Universal City Studios, which filed a lawsuit against Nintendo alleging trademark infringement of King Kong. Universal lost; Nintendo won; gamers and everyman carpenters everywhere erupted in celebration. Probably. Carpenters? Duh, Mario’s a plumber! Not at first. He wasn’t even called Mario…

Whether you want to explore gaming history or just have some retro fun, these mobile emulator apps will transform your phone into a classic console. Delta | iOS (Free – IAPs) This is the one that changed everything for iPhone. It took 10 years for Delta to reach the App Store, and it only happened then because Apple performed a screeching U-turn on allowing emulators. We’re glad it did, because Delta is a slick, usable way to play games from old Nintendo consoles. Note that, for reasons too complicated to go into here, some folks need to grab it from…

There’s a fresh issue of Stuff on shelves, but you may have trouble accessing a copy. Perhaps your favourite store that stocks slices of dead tree doesn’t have stock (please let us know if this happens to you). Perhaps you’re in the mood for something that is delivered directly to you. That’s how the modern world works, after all. Convenience shopping By far the simplest and quickest way to grab the newest issue is to buy the digital version. Directly from Stuff, for preference, since each PDF download is lovingly hand-crafted by the very best interns (kidding – we don’t…

Whether you’re running low on system storage or just want to hoard more stuff, picking the right portable SSD can be tricky. Should you prioritise capacity, transfer speeds, or drive protection? That all depends on what you need it for. Here’s a rundown on what to look out for and our picks for the best SSDs to house your stash of pet pics. How to decide 1. Data restriction Gone are the days of tiny SSD capacities, but naturally, you’ll still pay more for extra storage. Most start at 500GB, rising up to 4TB. The biggest cap out at 8TB,…

Apple is finally going to release a pair of smart glasses – but only at the end of next year. “Company engineers are ramping up work on the glasses – a rival to Meta Platforms’ popular Ray-Bans – in a bid to meet the year-end 2026 target,” writes Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the best Apple watcher in the business. “Apple will start producing large quantities of prototypes at the end of this year with overseas suppliers,” he quoted people in the know. Seeing through Apple’s lenses “Apple’s glasses would have cameras, microphones and speakers, allowing them to analyse the external world…

You know, that Mac doesn’t look particularly ‘mini’ to me… To be fair, it was 2005. A typical cheapo desktop PC back then was a nondescript tower hewn from plastic. But the Mac Mini was affordable without abandoning Apple’s eye for design. For years, potential switchers had griped that Apple should offer a cheaper, stripped-down Mac; Apple wanted to leave them with no excuses. So it gave them this sleek, small computer with an aluminium case and loads of industry-standard ports… but also one excuse, in that the Mac Mini was ‘BYODKM’. I can do random letters too! Was the…

Charge up those power banks, download a few podcasts, and settle in; Eskom has officially announced the return of Stage 2 load shedding. Fortunately, Eskom hopes to kick load shedding to the curb by Thursday, meaning Saffas will only have to put up with power cuts for three days – assuming all goes to plan. Eskom has at least provided residents with some warning of the impending power cuts, with Stage 2 load shedding set to go into effect this afternoon at 16h00, lasting until 22h00. This schedule will remain in place until 22h00 on Thursday, 15 May, after which…

With the 20th anniversary of the Apple iPhone edging closer, the company is planning something big as part of its “monumental” year for new gadgets in 2027. There’s only one little problem; there are still two years to get through before that happens. When Apple-watcher supreme Mark Gurman cautions that “it’s been a while since we saw something intriguingly new,” you know something has to change. Fast. Polishing the Apple This “current lack of breakthrough designs” and “lack of groundbreaking change has taken a toll,” the Bloomberg columnist wrote in his must-read Power On newsletter. The iPhone, which still generates…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. Out of all our category winners, this pair came out on top. Of course, as the Highlander is known to say, there can be only one. You’ll find that one below. INNOVATION OF THE YEAR SNAPDRAGON X ELITE COPILOT+ LAPTOPS Qualcomm is well known for its Snapdragon mobile chips, based on ARM designs, and it has…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add a new camera or speaker to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. DRONE / ACTION CAM OF THE YEAR GOPRO HERO 13 BLACK There’s a reason every action camera is called a GoPro. Just like folks calling all tablets an iPad, GoPro…