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Jon Stewart taught the world a great deal. After more than 15 years as host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show, Stewart announced he’ll step…
4 years on: 4 reasons why Bloomberg West is the best tech TV show
Four years ago this March, Bloomberg TV made the (then) unusual decision to create the only daily business news TV programme focusing exclusively on technology news. Called…
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Cape Town startup throws its weight behind Cape fire rescue efforts [update]
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#CricketFire vs #CapeFire: the story of a fire and a One Day International
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What The Guardian’s next editor might think about technology, and what that would mean for journalism
It was the first major news organisation to introduce live blogging, and the first to open commenting across its site. With 120-million unique visitors this…
Tweets from space for Star Trek’s Spock following actor’s death
Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his groundbreaking role as Spock in the original Star Trek, passed away last week at the age…
Design Indaba 2015: Celebrating the continual incubation of ideas
“Whatever the hell this thing is, it’s amazing. I never even heard of it until this guy sent me this weird fake film […]…
ISIS targets Jack Dorsey and Twitter employees over its terms of service
That escalated quickly. Last night ISIS supporters rallied behind an anonymous post online calling for jihadists to attack Twitter over removing the Islamic State’s messages on…
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