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Cape Town restaurant slammed over ‘racist’ incident
Popular Cape Town restaurant/bar Clarke’s has been hit with a slate of poor reviews on social media after an alleged racist incident took place on…
Grand Tour is most pirated show of all time – report
Amazon’s The Grand Tour, featuring the Top Gear trio, is the most pirated show of all time, surpassing Game of Thrones, according to a…
5 ways to reduce your WhatsApp mobile data usage
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New ransomware unlocks your PC – if you infect friends
A new form of ransomware has emerged online that promises to unlock your PC if you infect your friends with said ransomware. Dubbed Popcorn…
Feathered dinosaur tail found in amber
In what must rank as one of the coolest discoveries ever made in palaeontology, scientists have found a feathered dinosaur tail, preserved in amber. The…
It’s official: Fitbit buys Pebble, no more watch sales
After days of rumours and leaks, Fitbit has officially acquired “specific assets of Pebble, including key personnel and intellectual property related to software and…
Lufthansa’s Mildred joins Facebook’s bot family
2016 has truly been the year of the chat bot, as Facebook, Microsoft and Google get in on the action. The latest company to…
Amazon Go: a grocery store with no checkout lines
Who says that brick and mortar stores have to make way for online storefronts? Certainly not Amazon, as the company recently launched its Amazon…
BS Detector: an add-on to detect fake news websites
Fake news websites have enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to social media, but truly exploded thanks to the US election. But how do…
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