Author: Trent Meikle

It’s difficult not to like Sonos’ hardware. Most recently, we got to play with the Era 100 SL and had about as good an experience as you can with a speaker. But the company’s biggest fault is its app, and it has been for quite some time. Sonos has been on a generational sprint ever since in an attempt to bring the app back to its former glory. And it just took a pretty big step in that race. Announced in a Reddit post of all places, the speaker company confirmed several key features are headed for the app, starting…

Put the pitchforks away — Samsung has something to say. Opting out of Samsung Health’s new AI training policy won’t delete your health data after all. Earlier this week, we reported the opposite, with many users reporting a pretty damning pop-up claiming that their health data would be gone if they didn’t play ball. People were, rightfully, upset. While Samsung can impose such requirements for its app, holding your data hostage isn’t the smartest way to do so. However, Samsung has now clarified its position in a new pop-up in the app. In short, withdrawing your consent to train Samsung’s AI won’t…

Haven’t you heard that clip-on earbuds are all the rage? Companies are ravenous to stick their tech into the admittedly odd form factor. This year alone, we’ve tested out Sony and Beyerdynamic’s efforts. And now we’re looking to do it all over again once Huawei’s newly announced FreeClip 2 S buds make their way to South Africa. We’ve already seen the Huawei Pura 90s at the launch event in Malaysia, which also birthed the company’s latest tablet: the new MatePad Air. While we’re pretty confident the buds and phone will wind up for sale locally, it’s a different story for…

Without hardware and money (and lots of it), esports will have a hard time getting off the ground in South Africa. Acer understands this, which is why the company is pledging its support to the African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL) to keep this year’s African Gaming Championship (AGC) afloat with all its hardware needs. The tournament, which kicks off on 16 July at the GrandWest in Cape Town before wrapping up on 19 July, will pit South Africa’s best and brightest gamers against one another. We’re talking Tekken 8, Valorant, Fortnite, EA FC 26, Brawlhalla, Rocket League, and Call of Duty… Mobile?…

If you still haven’t been convinced by Ninty’s Switch 2, there’s no harm in waiting it out. There’s a model packing a replaceable battery just waiting in the wings — as well as that Ocarina of Time remake. But if you’re still waiting for a meaningful hardware upgrade, rumours about the inevitable Switch 2 OLED edition have sprung up. A worthy upgrade? You may have to wait. A while. Nintendo’s in no hurry to upgrade a machine that’s selling like hot cakes, particularly when such an upgrade would likely come with a pretty steep price increase. According to a report from…

In the week or so that’s elapsed since we last took a look at the expected petrol price adjustments for August, things appear to have taken a nasty turn. Not that nasty — we’re still on for a price decrease compared to July — but the numbers aren’t as exciting as we’d like. Still, not many drivers would say no to a R1.50/l price cut. We’re all working from home this August, right? That’s assuming it’s still R1.50/l by the time August rolls around. See, the figures below are generated by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and are merely predictions for…

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and Waze is no exception. The Google-owned maps app officially introduced what it called ‘Conversational Reporting’ in 2025, which is a rather handy AI feature. Google, seeing the lack of angry mobs at their gates, took that as a sign to cram in as much artificial intelligence as it could. Today, the maps app announced five new updates, all of which are landing at once. More annoying, they actually appear just as helpful as the first. One of those is an expansion to Conversational Reporting — now allowing drivers to suggest map updates using conversational language.…

Back to your regularly scheduled AI slop Well, that didn’t last long. Only last week, Meta debuted a controversial AI feature that allowed users to generate images inspired by public Instagram accounts by simply mentioning their username. What’s worse is that all public Instagram accounts were automatically opted in, resulting in countless unwelcome generations. “Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference. Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content…

Lego has officially revealed the Hubble Space Telescope set, and… we want it. But wanting and affording Lego are two very different things. We want the Sagrada Família set, but the roughly R13,000 price means that’s as far as we’ll get. Lego’s little Hubble set manages to actually be relatively affordable, landing for approximately R2,300 ($140). Not a waste of space It does, of course, ship with far fewer pieces — 1,252 — meaning you’re essentially paying a little under R2 per brick. But for space nerds, it’s well worth the price of entry to see the Hubble Telescope represented in…

Xiaomi’s mid-range Redmi Note phones have always done well at Stuff. Some are better than others, but generally they’re an easy recommendation to budget buyers. If the upcoming Redmi Note 17 series — Xiaomi is reportedly skipping the ’16’ — is anything like its brethren, we may have another winner on our hands. Of course, it’s got to get out of China before we can decide that. As always, Xiaomi’s home country will get a turn to play first before it lands in South Africa. Earlier this month, Xiaomi confirmed that the Redmi Note 17 and Note 17 Pro would debut…