Author: Tshepo Chauke

Google’s new update to Gemini Live enables the assistant to analyse smartphone screens and camera feeds in real-time, company spokesperson Alex Joseph confirmed to TheVerge. The update was first teased with Project Astra (Google’s camera-based AI tech) nearly a year ago. It allows users to take the AI agent into the real world to answer questions based on what the user shows it. Gemini gains sight Users bring up the Gemini overlay on their phone and look “Share screen with Live” or “Ask about screen” to use the new feature. Users can also enter the Gemini Live interface, start a…

The Fujifilm GFX100RF, a modified rangefinder camera, is the Japanese company’s latest release in the GFX range, which emphasizes large-format sensors for increased detail and dynamic range. It features a viewfinder offset to the camera’s side and physical dials for more tactile navigation. This responsiveness is ideal for busy and unpredictable environments. It has a giant 102MP CMOS II full-frame high-speed image sensor for more resolution while weighing a portable 735g, lighter than a lens-equipped XT-5. Free-range photography with Fujifilm The GFX100RF is fixed to a Fujinon 35mm F4 lens, equivalent to 28mm in 35mm format. The lens has a…

Volvo Cars is ushering its safety development program into the AI age. The company is equipping its newer cars with advanced sensors to collect more data than ever on emergency braking, sharp steering, manual intervention, and more. The Swedish car company seeks to leverage AI to help identify where safety improvements can be made by collecting data from these sensors after accidents. This works similarly to aeroplane black boxes, which collect large amounts of data to help researchers identify what went wrong. Volvo makes AI a safe(ty) bet Volvo has long prided itself on its continuous research into vehicle safety.…

Acer Africa has unveiled its Acer Swift Lite, a mid-range laptop that balances power and portability. The new hardware packs an Intel Core chip and WUXGA screen into a 1.35kg frame that makes the device easy to handle, ideal for people who need a computer that can move around as easily as they do. Acer packs Lite In a laptop landscape dominated by a litany of low-budget bottom-feeders and inflated gaming giants, Acer looks to give the mid-range its groove back with the Swift Lite. The laptop boasts a 13th Gen Intel Core processor, coming in both i3 and i5…

Since dodging the temporary US ban and other lawsuits, Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok is issuing some changes to its Family Pairing program, in a bid to make it easier for parents and guardians to keep track of minors’ activity on the app. TikTok adds trackers and timeouts for teens The Time Away feature allows guardians to set specific times that the app is available to their kids, and can also schedule the times like an alarm. Parents can now ensure the app is unusable during class, homework time, or any custom period. Parents can also customise screen time limits across…

Woolworths is launching a new ‘after dark’ delivery service, allowing customers to purchase deliveries from Woolies Foodstops via Uber Eats, all the way up till midnight. Partnering with Engen Quickshop, Woolworths has trialled the service in certain parts of the country to “exceptional demand,” claims Uber Eats general manager for grocery & retail, Cikida Gcali. So successful that it accounted for nearly 20% of participating stores’ profits, according to a press release. Woolworths goes Dark Mode Customers can access ‘Woolies after dark’ by searching for ‘Woolies’ on the Uber Eats app. It’s available at 24 Woolworths Foodstops in Gauteng, KZN,…

The king of Asus’s ROG series, the ROG Strix SCAR, is up for preorder in South Africa. The laptop has developed a reputation as one of the best gaming laptops around, and the 2025 version only increases that gap with modular functions, allowing buyers to swap out the RAM and SSD without needing any tools. ROG Strix SCAR 18 – moddable monster The new ROG Strix SCAR 18 is physically largely unchanged in comparison to its debut in 2019. The lid features a customisable AniMe Matrix black-and-white LED screen. Gaming-wise, this behemoth leaves no crumbs on the plate with the…

It must be Christmas somewhere on another planet because Google is finally rolling out some improvements to Android’s widget system. Widgets are a neat addition to the Android experience, giving users a glimpse into an app without having to enter it. The feature has been neglected over the past few years, much to our chagrin here at Stuff. That’s changing. Google eases the widge-hunt On its Android developers blog, Google announced three new updates to the widget user experience to make finding and interacting with the mini tools slightly easier. The first is a dedicated widgets search filter on Google…

Chinese electric vehicle producer Chery’s R&D robotics arm Aimoga, has partnered with DeepSeek, which continues its tear as more Chinese brands choose to align themselves with the AI platform over OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Though DeepSeek’s best models are comparable to ChatGPT 4o, its selling point is its affordability. DeepSeek takes a bite at the Chery DeepSeek’s models, compared to ChatGPT 40, were developed on fewer GPUs, and are more power-efficient to run. The resulting affordability matters in an AI age where industry leader OpenAI, is constantly clamouring that innovation is impossible without a constant supply of fresh billions in funding. DeepSeek…

Samsung has unveiled the newest additions to its A-series smartphones: the Galaxy A56, A36, and A26. The A-series is the Galaxy’s budget wing, and Samsung hopes to give itself an edge by bringing more effective AI features to budget markets. Samsung drives the A-series forward The new Galaxy A-series joins a long-but-still-growing list of devices stuffed with AI features, as Samsung announces Awesome Intelligence, its version of an AI-based operating system. Like many of its competitors, Samsung has essentially put a little spin on pre-existing AI technologies, tied them together on a UI, deemed it an AI-based OS, and called…