Author: Trent Meikle

Love is in the Air 2025 is a big year for smartphones, particularly those concerning the big boys – Apple and Samsung. We’re not talking about actual innovation, obviously. Both companies are rumoured to add a new model to the traditional smartphone line-up and expand their profits. For Samsung, that’s the rumoured ‘Slim’, while Apple’s execs have dreamt up an imaginative name for its newcomer: the iPhone 17 Air. That’s according to Apple rumour savant, Mark ‘The Gur-man’ Gurman in his Power On newsletter (via The Verge). Gurman reckons the slimmer, lighter iPhone will be “a testing ground for future technologies,” and ultimately…

Amazon’s home-brewed anthology series Secret Level debuted in December 2024, to somewhat muted applause that we’re sure had nothing to do with the Concord-themed episode shoved in. Despite a lack of anything new to promote, our retail overlords have graced us with yet another round of free games for January – available to anyone with a Prime subscription, although a Prime Video subscription works just as well. Everybody’s Gone to the City of Rapture Considering the lack of any Prime membership in South Africa yet, a Prime Video subscription will have to do if you hope to claim the games…

As the world and, more specifically South Africa attempts to usher in a new age of EV adoption, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law new powers that will unlock a massive 150% tax incentive for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicle manufacturers in the country, according to Bloomberg (paywall). Going green is hard, apparently The idea, of course, is to bolster the efforts of EV manufacturers already operating within the country, and ultimately attract new ones, thus leading to a larger EV market locally. The passing of this new law – set to come into effect as soon as 2026 –…

Everybody and their cousin seem to have a gaming handheld coming to market, with CES 2025 being the latest example. If it isn’t Lenovo’s Legion Go S, Acer’s Nitro Blaze, or the elusive Switch 2 (to name a few) then it’s the new kid on the block; the Gamestation Go coming from gaming veterans Atari (and My Arcade) in 2025. Man your gaming stations! An icon, reimagined. 🕹️ @MyArcadeRetro#Atari #GamestationGo #CES2025 pic.twitter.com/AvqTLuegR2 — Atari (@atari) January 2, 2025 It’s officially Atari’s turn to try and cash in on the hype that’s swirled since Valve’s Steam Deck landed a couple of…

CES 2025 is in full swing, and Lenovo has taken the opportunity to debut the Legion Go S, a successor to the fantastic (if overly expensive) Legion Go, with some fundamental tweaks that’ll either make or break Lenovo’s gaming ambitions. The most important of these is the introduction of SteamOS, making Lenovo’s effort the first non-Steam Deck device to (officially) feature Valve’s reputable OS. Another is the complete lack of Lenovo’s superb Switch-like TrueStrike controllers, which ultimately helped the company’s first stab at the handheld market stand out above all the rest. Instead, it’s opted for a wholly duller approach,…

We’d bet that when you think of ‘cordless vacuums’, Dyson immediately jumps to mind. Dyson is currently unchallenged when hoovering up cat hair without a cord getting in the way, but not for long. Dreame – operating under the Xiaomi brand – might have the power to slay the Dyson dragon for cheap. “Cheap” might just be stretching the word to its metaphysical limits. We’ve spent time in the company of Dreame’s flagship R20 Cordless Stick Vacuum and came away wanting more, something you won’t often hear from gaming-obsessed, music-loving nerds working at Stuff. Compared to even Dyson’s mid-range efforts,…

Don’t let LG fool you. Though the company’s line-up of QNED evo TVs may sound like the crème de la crème,  they’re basically LCD panels backed by quantum dot or NanoCell technology. Ultimately they fall behind the company’s more reputable OLED models. At least, that was the case. LG has announced its 2025 QNED Evo refresh, ditching the quantum dots and bringing all the rest up to scratch. “Our renewed 2025 LG QNED evo lineup inherits OLED’s differentiated picture quality along with a true wireless viewing experience and ultra-personalized solutions to deliver an outstanding super-large viewing experience that no other…

Everything is an Xbox now, old man. Did you not see Microsoft’s over-the-top marketing campaign telling you that? Either way, Xbox is finally making good on that promise. Microsoft and LG have come together to turn your TV into a proper Starfield-playing machine with the help of cloud streaming. Provided you can afford the price of Game Pass Ultimate, of course. X marks the Box Subscribers to the most expensive Game Pass tier will have access to Microsoft’s massive library of games (as long as they pay their bills), like the new Indy game, Starfield, and Call of Duty: Black…

Whether you entered 2025’s clutches with the hopes of learning something new just so you can slap it on your resume or not, Udemy makes a compelling case for becoming your new temple of learning. If you aren’t familiar, Udemy styles itself as one of the larger online teaching marketplaces out there with more than 250,000 courses available. And, at the risk of sounding like a YouTuber looking for rent money, they’re all on sale. Well, almost. By quite the sum, too. Stick around on Udemy’s site for most of the year and you’ll rarely ever see its top courses drop…

New Year, same ol’ petrol price concerns, right? According to the latest crop of data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), those concerns aren’t going anywhere anytime soon – despite the relatively minor price hike that struck the country’s motorists on Wednesday, 1 January. In fact, on the current trajectory, South Africa is in for a nasty shock where its fuel pumps are concerned. The CEF, a state-owned energy company reporting directly to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), reports that South Africans could be facing increases ranging from R0.50 to R0.75 depending on their choice of fuel.…