Author: Trent Meikle

You might think that starting an all-EV courier company in South Africa might be jumping the gun a bit, but XPress, a new company started by Alex Staniland, is going ahead with its plans anyway. Staniland claims XPress was born out of necessity, after his other venture, mUther, a local online smart home store, yielded poor delivery results when working alongside “established courier services” to distribute products. The XPress fleet didn’t necessarily need to be fully EV, but Staniland felt it was the natural progression for mUther, a store which primarily focuses on “high-tech” smart home products. Don’t discount the brand recognition,…

Hear that? Get somewhere quiet, and you can almost hear Nintendo’s lawyers crying out in agony. Not because Ayaneo has just announced the Flip 1S DS, honouring the iconic clamshell design of the Nintendo DS, or even because of the ‘DS’ moniker, but because Nintendo can’t do a damn thing about it. We hope. This isn’t Ayaneo’s first time around the block. Its last clamshell handheld, the Ayaneo Flip 1 DS, also featured a DS look… and that’s stuck around. This year’s release improves upon its predecessor in every way, with some major upgrades to the internals and a far…

We weren’t thrilled by Apple’s lacklustre WWDC showing this year. Most disappointing was the news that the latest macOS update, named Tahoe, would be the last big hurrah for the company’s line-up of Intel-based Macs. It’s only been five years since Apple ditched Intel’s hardware and opted for something in-house, but that hasn’t stopped the company from putting the old hardware out to pasture. Bros before Tahoes All Intel Tahoe-supporting Macs still in operation will be privy to the features included in macOS Tahoe 26 when it arrives later this year. Beyond that, it’s just security updates for three more…

Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) happened last night. Don’t feel bad that you missed it. This year’s event was a low-key one, with Apple foregoing the opportunity to debut any new hardware. Instead, Tim Cook and friends spent an hour and a half of our time patting themselves on the back, before introducing a swathe of ‘new’ features, including a fresh design language that’ll unify the entire Walled Garden. While Apple Intelligence, the Big Fruit Company’s take on AI, did feature prominently, it appears as though Apple is still scrambling behind the scenes to deliver. Sure, we’ve got some new…

There’s nothing worse than picking up the latest gaming tech, only to later find out you have hardly anything to play. Believe us, we’d know. Yes, your Steam library may be groaning under the weight of unplayed titles, but you’ll get to those eventually. If your next big gaming purchase involves the Acer Nitro V 15 or Predator Helios Neo 16, you may be entitled to a free Steam voucher, courtesy of Acer. There’s nothing better than something free, even if it is accompanying a purchase you’d rather not tell your spouse about right away. Acer’s Steam promotion initially came…

Despite the National Treasury trying its absolute damndest to stick South Africans with a fuel price increase in July, we came out unscathed. In fact, petrol drivers were even treated to a small price decrease of 5c/l, while diesel drivers got away with a more sizeable drop of 37c/l. We may still be celebrating our victory, but the wheel doesn’t stop turning. The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has returned with around round of predictions. Petrol for the people That’s pretty par for the course. Regular Stuff readers will know that the CEF always handles the daily predictive snapshots, offering Saffas an…

Clockwork Revolution After it became clear that Geoff Keighley’s opening showcase for the Summer Games Fest was a bit of a bust (apart from news of a new Sonic racer and a mightily promising Mortal Shell 2), we turned our attention to the rest of the fest, focusing mostly on what Xbox had to say about the state of gaming in 2025. What we saw was a mishmash of some enticing games, most of which are headed for Game Pass on their day of release. One of those is Clockwork Revolution. Coming from InXile Entertainment, we got our best look yet at…

The big day has finally come (well, it came yesterday, actually). The Nintendo Switch 2 has finally arrived. We’ve been so knee deep in the hardware, that gorgeous new 7.9in display and, of course, Mario Kart World, that we’ve only just come around to getting our early thoughts of Nintendo’s latest and greatest down on paper (you know what we mean) before we sink back into the goodness that is the Switch 2. There’s no big surprises here. Not that we expected any. Nintendo has been staggeringly upfront about the Switch 2 in the build-up,  promising nothing short of an…

The words ‘budget’ and ‘gaming laptop’ don’t like each other very much. We wish we could say that wasn’t the case for the MSI Vector 16 HX AI (A2XWHG), but its R64,000 starting price just doesn’t cut it in our books. Yet MSI’s Vector 16 HX AI still falls under the ‘good value’ category. It’s not R100k, in other words. To be fair, it’s also not nearly as capable as something sporting a six-figure price tag, but MSI does a damn good job trying. Our review model turned up with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU, an Nvidia RTX…

If you, like most, were tucked firmly beneath a thick layer of blankets at 23h00 last night instead of tuning into PlayStation’s 40+ minute State of Play showcase, we don’t blame you. Just know that we’ve got you covered. Now, we’re not covering everything that made an appearance last night, but rather the biggest reveals and release dates confirmed at the show. You can always check out the full State of Play here if there’s anything we’ve missed. This is just the first of many big showcases in the coming days. Tomorrow evening — 23h00 — Geoff Keighley will take to the…