If you thought last week’s ransomware attack on City Power sounded like a movie script, it’s because that kind of scary possibility has been fictional fodder for years. Films have long proposed the idea of hackers taking over a computer network for their own nefarious ends.
Today, discussions about lunar exploration have moved away from establishment of a permanent lunar base as a preliminary for extended exploration. Instead, there has been a significant advance in planning the construction of the Deep Space Gateway – a space station in orbit around the moon. This is an international project between a number of different space agencies.
Google is also on the subscription bandwagon with a new feature called Play Pass currently being tested for its Google Play Store.
Cybercrime is not just a concern for corporate technology departments. Schools, scout troops, Rotary clubs and religious organizations need to know what to look for and how to handle it.
Xiaomi’s typically budget-focused Redmi brand is usually all about getting more for less. Unless, that is, you’re living in India and happen to want (and can afford) one of the company’s limited-edition Redmi K20 Pro smartphones. Toting a massive price tag, you’re going to get what you pay for — provided you don’t mind paying for a gold smartphone.
This week’s Light Start is all about Marvel’s announcements at the San Diego Comic Con — buckle up, there are a bunch of ’em.
We’ve spent some time with the new-gen BMW i3 and started questioning the validity of electric vehicles in South Africa. Should you get one?
Digitisation refers to everything from delivering farming advice via text messaging to interactive voice response. It also includes smart phone applications that link farmers to multimedia advisory content, farm inputs, and buyers. And it covers the use of drones and satellite systems to inform farmer activities, such as crops and times to plant; and types and amounts of inputs to use.
It’s perhaps a little disturbing how often Stuff has written about the humble flamethrower. Elon Musk’s Boring Flamethrower is an…
So that’s why Lego came out with that Stranger Things-themed set that kept the Stuff team busy for two full days. There’s a new range coming from the Danish makers of addictive bricks, called Hidden Side, which has an emphasis on ghosts. And other things that aren’t actually there, commonly known at Stuff Towers as augmented reality (AR).