Brett Venter

Johannesburg

Editor at Stuff (South Africa)

More writer than anything else these days. Editor @StuffSA. Star-watcher, metalhead, Lego fan (apparently).

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Samsung Galaxy Ring Review – Readily-available Smart Ring - Stuff South Africa

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

7.9 A Galaxy on your finger Smart rings, no matter where they come from, are a tough sell for us here. Fewer tracking features on a smaller device with a full-sized price? There's a special sort of customer that'll appeal to but it's hardly the value proposition.
V380 Pro 4G Solar Camera Review

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

7.7 Electric Eye If you've got a long pole in the middle of a remote, sunny location, you can install and have the V380 Pro up and running in a few minutes. It'll take a tad longer if you're not handy with a drill (or network settings) but the resulting camera coverage for your property will make up for your lost time.
The HP Dimension Will Let You Use Google's Beam 3D Conferencing Tech For Just R450,000

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

If you seek another sign that your company spends money on upper management while not giving anyone any increases, look no further than the HP Dimension. It’s designed with a single purpose — to use Google’s Beam technology to make online meetings seem more real. Doing that isn’t cheap, so if you see one turn up in the company boardroom, it’s time to ask for a raise. Failing that, they should at least let you play with HP’s R445,000 ($25,000) piece of video conferencing gear.
Huawei Makes Four Pura 80 Handsets Official

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

We did mention that this was happening today. Huawei has unveiled four new headline smartphones in its Pura 80 lineup, with the 80, 80 Pro, 80 Pro+, and 80 Ultra all breaking cover at the company’s China event. Anyone used to how companies name their smartphones will realise that the Ultra is the top of the lineup (until they change the definition of ‘Ultra’), with the others stepping down in some way until we get to the base Pura 80.
Amazon Makes Generative AI Video Ads Available To Its American Seller Base

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

It increasingly seems that Amazon’s major use for its generative AI development has been put towards convincing folks to buy things from its main website. We’ve seen generative images, a shopping assistant, another shopping assistant, a function that buys things for you, and a digital salesman. Up next? Generative AI product ads. Amazon Ads has made its Video Generator technology broadly available to American sellers, following a beta that lasted nine months.
Porsche's 963 RSP Is A Street-legal Version Of Its Le Mans 963 Hypercar

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

The Le Mans endurance race is an annual showcase of high-performance car technology, but Porsche is fielding something new alongside its 963 Hypercar race contender — a road-legal version called the 963 RSP. The Porsche 963 RSP owes much of its design to its race-spec sibling. However, the inspiration for making it owes more to the existence of the Count Rossi 917, a 1970s-era road-legal racecar made for the Count Rossi di Montelera.
Samsung Teases Its Galaxy Z Ultra (?) Following Online Leak

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

Samsung has recently revealed the names of its newest foldable smartphones. Not that anyone needed help guessing that the Galaxy Fold 7 and Galaxy Flip 7 are on the way. But in a rare display of official hype-building, the company has also just teased what it calls the “Ultra-experience” coming to its folding lineup. Which, in official Samsung parlance, will probably translate to the Galaxy Z Ultra when it’s officially announced.
Lego And Shoes Go Together: Nike Signs A New Global Partnership With The Plastic Brick Company

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

Any parent will tell you that a late-night, barefoot encounter with a Lego brick is one of the most painful things you can experience. You’ll run significantly less risk of nocturnal screaming (and a possible trip to Casualty) if you’re wearing shoes. Nikes, for preference. That’s if you take the news of the yellow brick company and the footwear manufacturer partnering up a little too seriously.
WWDC 2025 - What Will Tim Cook And Friends Announce This Evening? - Stuff South Africa

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

Apple tends to be a predictable beast, but this evening’s WWDC 2025 keynote promises to keep us guessing at least a little. Traditionally, the World Wide Developers Conference is all about the company’s software (the clue’s in the name), but Apple occasionally pulls a hardware surprise out of the hat. If there’s a processor-toting rabbit inside an unsuspected bit of headgear, it’s exceedingly well-hidden.
In This Issue - The June-July 2025 (Smartphone Supertest) Issue

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

If you somehow missed the main notification, the June-July 2025 issue of Stuff is out. Out on shelves, out online, out of stock… wait, not that last one. Especially if you were smart and clicked the Subscribe button on the main Stuff website. (The ‘Like’ portion of that transaction is when you give us money.) We’re packing a fully stacked issue, as always, with smartphones, game consoles, and more smartphones. Plus a few extras, as usual. First up is the smartphone feature. Features, really.