Author: Trent Meikle

When it comes to music recommendations, Spotify is arguably the best. Bleat all you like about YouTube or Apple Music, but do those apps know you like Spotify knows you? Being the best wasn’t enough, apparently. Enter Spotify’s AI-powered DJ – a virtual companion that would, in theory, curate an even better playlist for you than the streamer’s regular algorithms and talk to you at the same time. The problem is, we’ve never had the chance to try it. When Spotify first announced its AI DJ, it region-locked the feature to users in the US and UK before expanding to…

Comic Con Africa keeps getting bigger. Anyone over the age of ten will remember the event’s baby steps at the Kyalami Grand Prix circuit, and how… small it was. Five years later, having made its home at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Comic Con Africa is again adding to its repertoire through its recent partnership with Afro Geek Fest to “expand on the diverse festival for fans of comic books and geek culture in Africa.” Not like Afro Jack Never heard of Afro Geek Fest before? We’re not surprised. It’s a rather new initiative that’s still finding its footing. Something that’ll…

Does WhatsApp’s development team ever sleep? According to WABetaInfo’s latest slew of news, apparently not. We’re not complaining, because that dedication to the messenger means we get to play with a steady flow of updates, most of which we’d classify as ‘good’. The latest new feature, brought to our attention by WABetaInfo, is still confined to WhatsApp’s Android Beta program. It involves voice chats – a feature seemingly on WhatsApp’s backburner for months. The idea is to bring 32-person voice chats to the app, catching up to other apps like Discord, Telegram and Meta’s Messenger, all of which offer similar…

Why so Premium, X? The service formerly known as Twitter Blue has a new name. And, as you might’ve guessed from the guy who renamed Twitter to X, the name isn’t a clever one. X Premium is now the service that’ll throw a blue tick on the end of your name (if you want) and charge you a lot of money to do so. Twitter Blue’s name change wasn’t the only notable change to come from the social media platform (are we still calling it that?) over the weekend. In a tweet post made on Saturday, Musk clarified some of…

Huh. We’re somehow already in 2023. It’s not the first time we noticed that, but it does mean that we get to play with a new Fujifilm Instax camera. The Instax Mini 12, to be specific. The not-so-retro instant film camera that fits in your bag and makes partygoers go “woooow…” is back to remind you why you’re the one who usually takes the pictures. Pretty in Mint Green Instax’s Mini 12 is hardly revolutionizing the not-so-retro instant-film camera space. We’d forgive you for mistaking Instax’s twelfth generation for its Mini 11 at a glance. It’s only when you start digging…

Disney+ and MTN have joined forces to launch a new mobile plan in South Africa for R50/m. Similar to the dedicated mobile plan the streamer already offers, this won’t be some wishy-washy plan that limits its content. It’ll have all the same stuff you’d find on the platform’s regular subscription like Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel content. So what’s different? How does free data sound? Good news, everyone MTN customers! “Disney+ joining forces with MTN gives South African subscribers another way to access our vast selection of blockbuster films, iconic series and brand-new Disney+ Original titles at home or on the…

You won’t often find us straying from our MacBook’s trackpad. It’s silent, reliable and performs without any complaints. There are times, however, when a trackpad just doesn’t cut it. We’re not against using those colourful glowy mice that promise to make you a better aimer, laner, and person. But they’re usually expensive, some of them still have cables attached (yuck), and their RGB lights aren’t going to impress anyone in your meeting. So when Logitech’s new M240 Silent mouse showed up on Stuff’s doorsteps, we thought we might as well give it a try. It solved a few problems right…

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has published August’s official petrol and diesel price changes and it doesn’t look good. For anybody. Fortunately, the Department published the incoming changes a day early, giving everyone that needs it enough time to prepare. What we’re saying is, head to the nearest station as soon as possible… after you’ve finished reading this article, of course. Because those changes – which spell an increase for petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin – are coming into effect at midnight, on Wednesday, 02 August 2023. If you’re looking for someone to blame for the increase across…

The thing about Acer is it likes to stick a hand into all the pies. We don’t mean that literally (we’re not sure what they do in their free time), but when it comes to devices, it’s got something on the market to suit every occasion. Gaming, productivity, commerce and creativity. The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16, if it wasn’t obvious, is one for gamers. One that we quite liked, after spending just over two weeks with this monster. Even if the battery wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Almost underrated Just like the Helios 300 that came before…

DStv Stream: at least it’s not a + If you’ve gone your whole life without ever having to use DStv’s mobile apps (or DStv for that matter), consider yourself lucky. The Multichoice-owned broadcaster’s mobile offerings were always… okay, and that’s it. Fortunately, all that might be changing soon. DStv has announced a major revamp for its mobile app offerings, including a name change from “DStv” to “DStv Stream”. Emails were reportedly sent out to customers on Friday informing customers of the change, with MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela noting that the change-up would occur from tomorrow, 1 August. Mawela also promised…