Stuff (South Africa)

2 days ago | stuff.co.za | Toby Shapshak

Checkers has updated its excellent Sixty60 app to make the service more user-friendly for blind and visually impaired people – after local organisation Blind SA approached the retailer with a list of improvements. The Sixty60 team listened, did their own research on accessibility, and have now implemented the first batch of enhancements. Many of these features use the phone’s own ability to read aloud, or what’s known as voice-overs.

6 days ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

Apple hasn’t exactly made it a secret that it’s developing a pair of smart Meta Ray-Ban-like glasses behind the scenes, separate from the company’s recent expedition into augmented reality (AR) with its mildly successful Vision Pro. The Big Fruit Company has reportedly tasked its silicon design group to generate new chips that’ll serve as the basis of new, more powerful Macs, AI servers, and eventually, smart glasses.

6 days ago | stuff.co.za | Toby Shapshak

An unlikely hit show, The Penguin proves that good writing, good acting, and particularly good direction can make the sideshow even bigger than the main event. It happened with Better Call Saul, an offshoot that vies for supremacy with the masterful Breaking Bad that spawned the prequel. And now it’s happening with Colin Farrell’s sideshow performance as the iconic Penguin in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and I’m loving it.

6 days ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

South Africa isn’t the best when it comes to handling money. We’re not just talking about the government, either, but the general population it serves. More and more people are struggling as costs continue to trend upwards, while salaries… don’t. To combat this, FNB has launched Fincents, a financial education hub with the hopes of teaching financial literacy and bringing the country’s underserved populous onto an even playing field.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

Local really is lekker. It’s always great to see South African companies take that sentiment and stretch it to its absolute fullest limits, as Reama AI, a Cape Town-based startup, has done. The local company, which develops “artificial intelligence solutions that transform how renewable energy assets are developed, monitored, maintained, and optimised,” has just snagged itself the EUPD Research Top Innovation award.