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Last week in trailers: Tennis-playing Shia LaBeouf, typewriting Tom Hanks & more

San Diego Comic-Con is arriving in two weeks, so the time for blockbuster and franchise trailers is certainly not now. But if you’re excited…

History of Japan’s Bill Wurtz creates ‘Steve’ and a viral video

Bill Wurtz has a notoriously surreal internet presence, from his “History of” videos to his weird “notebook” which are basically tweets but not… on…

Jay Z’s 4:44 no longer a Tidal exclusive as Kanye West ditches service

Jay Z’s first album in four years, 4:44, launched as a Tidal and Sprint exclusive earlier this week. Today though, the album is available…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #113: Spider-Man, SA’s Crypto players & more

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Kesha’s ‘Praying’ music video gets all the praise on YouTube and Twitter

After teasing her new album on Instagram earlier this week, singer-songwriter Kesha has finally released her new track to YouTube. And it’s going viral….

#MissSAChallenge: gloves, hygiene and angry tweets flood SA Twitter

Yesterday Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was in Soweto serving soup and bread rolls to kids. Today, it’s one of Twitter’s top trending topics….

Legos, dragons and superheroes: movies to geek out to in 2014

Truth time: my favourite time of year is when I get to spend justifiable amounts of time watching trailers on YouTube. This is a…

Check out this awesome 8 bit re-imagining of ‘Pulp Fiction’

This has to be one of the most ridiculously cool videos released in months. It’s an 8-bit re-imagining of Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction…

Top 10 messaging apps in the world [Infographic]

“Hey, why don’t you send me a text?” said no one ever in 2013. That might not be an accurate, or even true statement,…

From Yelling Goats to Doge: the top memes of 2013

2013 marked a strong year for memes, mostly thanks to the antics of Miley Cyrus and the internet’s healthy sense of humour. Below we’ve…

From epic splits to real beauty sketches: 14 of 2013’s most watched ads

A few years back, the kind of ad that went viral on YouTube wasn’t all that different to your average TV commercial. It just…

Afternoon funnies: finally the moon landing we’ve been looking for [video]

In some corners of our wacky world, it’s known that sound doesn’t travel through space. In other cases however that fact seems redundant after…

#XmasJammies breaking YouTube with the best Christmas card ever

In what could possibly be the best publicity stunt for an upcoming company ever conceived, the Holderness family has put together the best video…

‘Fake’ Mandela signer gets the Jimmy Kimmel treatment

In the last day or so, there have been a number of developments surrounding the dubious sign language interpreter from the official Nelson Mandela…

Fish rabbit car park: dubious Mandela memorial signer has a Twitter account

Nothing is sacred on the internet, especially when there are 140 characters to go all Tourette syndrome with. Things get even more dodgy when…

Watch Woolworths get it right with touching Nelson Mandela flashmob tribute

Woolworths has come through with a truly touching tribute to Nelson Mandela. It organised with the Soweto Gospel Choir to do a flash mob,…

Watch Barack Obama’s full speech from the Nelson Mandela memorial service

Among the world leaders who spoke at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service today, US president Barack Obama was undoubtedly the most well-received. Obama spoke of…

9 of Nelson Mandela’s finest moments on YouTube

The world is in mourning following the passing of former South African president and statesman Nelson Mandela. The anti-apartheid hero who became an icon…

Barack Obama: Mandela set an example ‘all humanity should aspire to’

US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to Nelson Mandela following the global icon’s death. Mandela passed away, aged 95, in his Johannesburg home…

Confused about how the NSA gathers info? Check out this nifty animation

When NSA-contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed just how much of our online activity was being captured by US and UK security agencies earlier…

Watch Joaquin Phoenix teach his voice assistant to love in new ‘Her’ trailer

The concept for Spike Jonze’s Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix falls for his Siri-like voice assistant, might not be entirely original but it does…

Check out what happens when this guy meets his Facebook friends in real life

You might be one of those people who curates their social networks very carefully, in which case it’s likely that you’ve actually met all…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV