Duncan Pike

2 days ago | stuff.co.za | Duncan Pike

If you’ve ever caught yourself tapping away at your smartphone’s touchscreen and wished it were a physical keyboard from the days when BlackBerry was popular, we’ve got just the phone for you. Unihertz, the Chinese company responsible for devices like this, recently announced the Titan 2 — the successor to its BlackBerry Passport-inspired Titan. It isn’t often that a direct sequel is worth the upgrade, but considering the last one came out in 2019, that’s not the case here.

3 days ago | stuff.co.za | Duncan Pike

South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (DTIC) has announced two new local e-commerce platforms, launching on 1 July 2025, for ‘proudly South African products’. Shop Proudly SA, which is already live and open for business, is a business-to-customer platform, while the second, called Market Access Platform (MAP), is a business-to-business platform.

4 days ago | stuff.co.za | Duncan Pike

Chinese automaker Chery recently claimed the crown for the most affordable hybrid SUV following the launch of the Tiggo Cross Chery Super Hybrid (CSH). This is the first hybrid from Chery to launch in South Africa and follows on from the petrol-driven Tiggo Cross that late last year at the Festival of Motoring. The Tiggo Cross CSH is available in two trim levels, Comfort and Elite, with the former sporting a starting price of R438,900.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Duncan Pike

At it’s local launch event last night at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Honor South Africa took the wraps off the Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones. Following on from the successful Honor 200 and 200 Pro that launched last year, the 400 and 400 Pro bring a few hardware upgrades and more AI smarts to the table. For not a whole lot more money, either. The Honor 400 lands with a recommended retail price (RRP) of R13,000, while the 400 Pro will require you to spend R18,000.

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Duncan Pike

Hear that? It’s the sound of cheering, and it’s coming from Apple gamers. Steam for Mac is about to become a properly optimised native app on Apple Silicon-powered devices, like that M1 MacBook Pro you’re still holding onto. Valve recently released a new beta version of Steam for Mac that runs natively, meaning it doesn’t rely on Rosetta, Apple’s translation environment for programs not originally designed to work on M-series devices. And the best part? You can already try it out for free.