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Canada a step closer to cancelling F-35 fighter deal
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20 of South Africa’s biggest YouTube personalities by the numbers [Digital All-Stars]
Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and…
Trump offers Apple ‘large’ tax cuts for US manufacturing return
US president-elect Donald Trump held a phone call with Apple CEO Tim Cook, offering the tech firm “very large” tax cuts to return manufacturing…
Netflix 4K streams are now exclusive to Windows 10, Edge
Netflix has had a 4K streaming option for a while now, being part of its highest pricing tier. In fact, the company was one…
Instagram gets live videos, disappearing photos
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Fake news in South Africa: 5 websites you should definitely avoid
Whether it’s to simply hoodwink people or to generate ad revenue, fake news websites have received mainstream attention in recent months. Now, we’ve already…
EMDrive: NASA paper says ‘impossible drive’ seems to work
Several years ago, a controversial propulsion method was devised by Roger Shawyer, dubbed EMDrive. This “impossible” form of propulsion claimed to bounce microwaves to…
Uber by the numbers in South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria
Uber tracks you all the time, so it knows a lot about you. It knows when you’re sleeping, it knows when you’re awake. It…
Google launches PhotoScan to save your old photo albums
Google Photos has become an indispensable tool for scores of people, allowing them to seamlessly back up their smartphone snaps. But what about physical…
AfricaCom: 10 takeaways from Facebook, SA govt & more
Day one of AfricaCom closed with a rather informative session, as Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga Cwele, Facebook Internet.org vice-president Chris Daniels and Akon Lighting Africa…
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