Stories By Arthur Goldstuck
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Gadgets of the Year
Gadgets of the Year 2025, Part 1: Smartphones
5 December 20252025 saw innovative design, long-term value and focused innovation in smartphones, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.
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Connectivity
Fibre network redraws South Africa’s digital map
4 December 2025South Africa’s hidden infrastructure stretches further than most people realise, as Openserve’s Dr Sunil Piyarlall tells...
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Product of the Day
AWS re:Invent: AI Agents arrive at the Frontier
4 December 2025AWS has unveiled a new class of AI agents that work as an extension of a...
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Software
Canva goes hyper-local in SA
1 December 2025The creative platform has based its South African launch on local language, imagery and behaviour, writes...
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Hardware
Get the best seat
in the house1 December 2025Samsung’s flagship Galaxy smartphones and their AI-powered editing features transform every vantage point into a front-row...
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Gadget of the Week
Gadget of the Week: Maps, mops, makes itself useful
28 November 2025With TrueMapping on board, the Deebot X8 Pro Omni robot vacuum aims to outsmart the mess,...
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GadgetWings
Open letter to Lufthansa: I’ve had enough
26 November 2025In an open letter to Lufthansa’s chiefs, ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK despairs of the failures of the airline’s...
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People 'n' Issues
Signpost: Pay transparency
earthquake heading for SA25 November 2025The EU’s Pay Transparency Directive will require companies to reveal salary ranges and justify gaps -...
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Business Tech
Workday warns of workforce split
24 November 2025The Workday Rising 2025 conference in Barcelona highlighted how new tools will track skills and expose...
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Business Tech
Workday takes aim at SA’s tech bottlenecks
24 November 2025Workday SA MD Kiv Moodley outlined challenges slowing digital transformation in the country to ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.
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Gadget of the Week
Gadget of the Week: Lenovo’s
keys to progress21 November 2025The Lenovo LOQ 15IRX10 looks like last year’s model, but sees big improvements where it matters...
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Arts and Entertainment
Chaos takes shape at
the Ballen Centre19 November 2025Roger Ballen’s latest exhibition, "Chaos Has Many Faces", presents his first major colour work alongside the...
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GadgetWheels
Ford Territory Dark, minus the drama
19 November 2025A week with the Territory Dark was a reminder that predictability can be underrated, writes ARTHUR...
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GadgetWings
Governments promise ‘seamless travel’
18 November 2025Tired of standing in emigration lines to have passports stamped with 100-year-old tech? Such pain may...
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Africa News
Africa Tech Festival: Time to cross the double digital divide
17 November 2025Africa’s AI ambitions are being held back by a second divide — one that runs deeper...
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Gadget of the Week
Gadget of the Week: Mighty 3 sets your music free
14 November 2025As a music player, it’s an old-school idea but with new-age utility, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.
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Connectivity
Starlink to connect Africa — but SA waits
14 November 2025Vodacom’s new partnership with Starlink aims to deliver satellite broadband across Africa, but South Africa needs...
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Artificial Intelligence
Signpost: AI factories set
to rise across Africa13 November 2025The continent may not be an AI powerhouse, but there was good news from Vertiv Week...
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Connectivity
SA’s future depends on smart cities, fast fibre
12 November 2025A strong digital foundation is the backbone of sustainability, writes DR SUNIL PIYARLALL, executive for network...
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Artificial Intelligence
SAP gets real about AI
11 November 2025SAP used its TechEd event in Berlin to demonstrate how deeply AI now runs through its...
