Author: Trent Meikle

It’s that time of the year again. Mariah Carey is fully defrosted,  Stuff’s Festive Gift Guides are beginning to go up and those pesky little beetles are officially back. Oddly enough, so are the real Beatles and they’re making us… feel things. But enough about that. We’ve got a job to do. That involves helping you pick out something for that tech-obsessed friend or family member who always seems to have it all before the morning of the 25th. We’re already a week through the month so… you might want to get moving. As in, right now. Considering the subject of this…

GeForce Now is available… now Nvidia’s GeForce Now — the cloud gaming service that’s been waiting in South Africa’s wings since November of last year — is finally making good on its word and has officially launched locally through a partnership with rain. It’s spent the past few months undergoing a considerable beta but is now open to the public in the form of two packages – down from the US’ three packages. Those are Priority and Ultra — here’s what each will cost and get you: Priority: R200/m — “Three-hour gaming sessions with uninterrupted play time and Nvidia RTX…

McDonald’s Google Smarts When we say that every company under the sun is getting into AI, we mean it. McDonald’s is the latest big company to smear artificial intelligence over its face, officially inking a multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy generative AI sometime in 2024. The old guy who had a farm said that the deal would connect Google Cloud tech across “thousands of its restaurants worldwide.” Unlike most companies that publish the AI press release before even deciding what to do with its newfound intelligence, McDonald’s and Google have a plan in place. McDonald’s didn’t dive into…

What’s worse than having a hipster as your best friend? That’s right; having to buy your hipster best friend a Christmas gift. There are only a finite number of Rick and Morty, uh, tea trays to go around. It helps that you know they’re into tech, but for the life of you, nothing ever seems to please them. Anything Apple is out as is something from Samsung’s catalogue. A Nokia phone with a 1.77in display, though? Now you’re starting to get it. So what’s the trick? Hide a piece of tech in a retro-looking shell with the occasional splurge of leather…

Starship’s orbital refuelling plans SpaceX and NASA – two of the most recognizable names in the space industry – could be about to make history. The National Agency said that it expects Starship – the tallest and most powerful rocket to have ever reached space – to include “a propellant transfer demonstration” during its next launch. However, a spokesperson for the agency said that those plans aren’t set in stone. “A propellant transfer demonstration,” is just a fancy phrase for orbital refuelling – also known as refuelling rockets anywhere other than Earth. Should SpaceX get orbital refuelling right, it could…

It’s not often that we get to deliver some good news regarding the country’s petrol and diesel prices. No, we haven’t forgotten November’s fuel price changes which brought about a nearly R2 drop in petrol prices and a measly 85c fall for diesel drivers. Like most, we assumed that it was all a fluke, and would leave the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy starving for revenge. That… hasn’t happened. The Department has doubled down on the decrease ahead of Christmas, promising even cheaper fuel prices. Unlike last month, it’s the diesel drivers’ turn to enjoy a bit of the…

Grand Theft Auto VI(ce City) https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0 Florida Man is real, and he lives inside the GTA VI trailer. Or rather, the idea of Florida Man lives inside the GTA VI trailer. Oh yeah, the first trailer for GTA VI is officially out – a little earlier than expected, but here nonetheless. Rockstar Games had planned the first real look at the series’ next big thing to go live at 9AM ET (or 4PM for South Africans) before scrapping the idea and releasing the whole thing a few hours early. If you want someone to thank, direct your blessings to the…

It’s no secret that Stuff isn’t exactly a big fan of PlayStation’s latest cash grab, the Portal. We called it a “good way to throw away $200” back when PlayStation had only just titled the thing and a dollar value was all we had to work with. That’s just changed. We now have a South African price to point to and laugh at, along with an official release date for the shelf packers to look forward to – 21 February 2024. Portal to bankruptcy Once it’s sat on those shelves, it’ll require a sacrifice of R5,500 to take it home with you.…

Kiss just won’t go away If you, like us (and hopefully many others), spent too long believing that Kiss was some elaborate joke concocted by the hilariously unfunny film, Role Models, we’ve got some news. Kiss is real, and its four lead members are saying farewell – this time for good, kind of. Kiss – the make-up-clad men that proved Rock and Roll wasn’t only for the cool kids – are leaving behind four digital avatars as part of the band’s “new era.” You’d be forgiven for thinking we were pulling a bit from Idiocracy or something similar, but this is real.…

It’s almost impossible to believe, but your calendar isn’t lying; we really are in December 2023. That means a bunch of different things – the most important being the collective’s year of music, recapped. Spotify’s Wrapped, Apple’s Replay and YouTube’s Music Recap are all officially live as of yesterday. If you aren’t being spoon-fed a list of all the songs and genres you listened to over the year, how can you be sure you did any of that? Spotify was the first of the big streamers to make a simple year-end round-up such a big deal. It’s bright, colourful, detailed,…