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You’ve probably heard how Virtual Reality (VR) is going to change everything: the way we work, the way we live, the way we play. Still, for every truly transformative technology, there are landfills of hoverboards, 3D televisions, Segways, and MiniDiscs – the technological scrap it turns out we didn’t need.
It’s no secret that the Stuff team are massive fans of Stranger Things, Netflix’s nostalgia-fuelled horror series. It might be the late 1980s aesthetic, the often low-key horror elements (which come off like well-executed Stephen King), and the fact that the storylines are just so good. Which makes us perfect targets for this Stranger Things-themed Lego set, simply called The Upside Down.
Facebook has been battered from all sides for failing to do enough about misuse of its systems. It’s not surprising, what with many recent data breaches, misuse of user information, and abuse of its live-streaming functions leaving black marks all over the company. It’s hoping to change the way that users see it, with a new one-strike policy for Facebook Live being a major change for the company.
Lenovo has unveiled its first foldable laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Family, and says it’ll go on sale in 2020.
Drone and gimbal maker DJI has unveiled its answer to GoPro’s action cameras, the Osmo Action.
Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of real money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged through online databases called blockchains.
WhatsApp may be expiring for some users, but those folks without worries on that front still have something to worry about. Certain versions of the app are vulnerable to an exploit that installs spyware, developed by Israeli outfit NSO Group according to reports. And the nasty part is the penetration method — WhatsApp can be infected with nothing more than a missed call.
The Next@Acer event last month delivered some impressive computing machines, and now we know which of them will come to South Africa.
Huawei has teamed up with local app developers to feature their content on AppGallery, as well as local designers to feature in the Themes Gallery app.
In this week’s Light Start, we’ve got a whole lotta space – thanks to both Bezos and Musk, as well as Netflix with I am Mother. Also: Batwoman.