Geek Culture

Ellen DeGeneres, Katy Perry and other stars debuting free YouTube shows

YouTube, seemingly reinvigorated by its website’s visual refresh and the ridiculous advertising potential of its platform, has announced a slew of “exclusive” shows with…

15 classic Star Wars GIFs to use this #MayTheFourth

We know the pressure you’re under today. While mashing away at your keyboard trying to get those reports and submissions prepared, you’re also trying…

BBM launches DiscoverTV streaming media service for Africa

Messaging service BBM now has its own streaming video service. Dubbed DiscoverTV, the service aims to provide Africa’s 1.1-billion smartphone users with “a wide…

SoundCloud now features Spotify-like personal, curated playlists

SoundCloud has long been known as a portal for recording artists to upload their tracks, and listeners to indulge in them gratis. But it’s…

9GAG buries the ‘memeist’ monument ever made to confuse future humans

Memes, by their very nature, don’t last forever on the wide expanse of the internet or popular culture… but they could last a rather…

Samsung’s Bixby disses Apple’s Siri in voice assistant rap battle

Samsung just couldn’t resist taking a swipe at Apple’s Siri using its own smart voice assistant, could it? Bixby, which launched this weekend in…

Thanks to Merriam-Webster, you can now officially call Apple fans ‘sheeple’

You might’ve used the word sheeple to describe a certain population of buyers who regularly indulge in the likes of the iPhone, iPad and…

Win Arduino hardware, beginner’s course with Curiosity Campus

The internet is awash with videos of cool gadgets and art projects made using Arduino. But what is Arduino, and how do you learn…

Space X’s Grasshopper rocket destroys previous best with 840ft hop

If you hadn’t already realised that Elon Musk’s Space X is going to be a major player in the future of space exploration, check…

Watch what happens when Leap Motion and Google Earth join forces

This is very cool. The Leap Motion controller has people seriously excited about the future of controller tech and when you see how it…

Footage emerges of the Texas fertiliser plant explosion

A fertiliser plant near the Texas city of Waco has exploded. While its unclear how many people have died at this stage, reports suggest…

‘iSteve’ is the 80-minute Steve Jobs comedy we’ve waited for

Funny or Die, comedian and actor Will Ferral’s comedy website, today launched iSteve, the free 80-minute long “autobiographical” spoof of the late Steve Jobs….

YouTube launches bombings video page in wake of Boston explosions

YouTube has launched a new page spotlighting video surrounding the bomb attacks which rocked the city of Boston yesterday. The explosions took place near…

Crazy HTML5 game makes fun of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations

North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humour, but the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation have taken…

Eyewitness footage emerges of Boston Marathon explosions

The Boston Globe has released eyewitness footage of the explosions which today rocked the city’s famous marathon. The bombs, which went off among the…

New Facebook Home ad has screaming goat, is the right kind of weird

When Facebook aired its first ad for Home, you may well have found yourself thinking something along the lines of “oh jeez, this is…

Can Psy repeat Gangnam Style’s viral success with Gentleman?

He’s back. Korean pop sensation Psy has released the follow-up to his viral mega-hit “Gangnam Style”. The song, called “Gentleman” features a number of…

Everything you need to know about Bitcoin explained in three minutes

Bitcoin is seriously hot right now. Yesterday one unit of the virtual currency went past the US$200 mark. Thing is, it can be a…

Meet SandFlea, the robot capable of jumping over buildings

The next level of urban surveillance is here: meet SandFlea, an 11 pound (5kg) race car like robot that can jump. Yes, it literally…

6 kinds of techie you’ll find in every fashionable coffee shop

Jeez. Self-employed techies. A big part of our working life is the coffee-shop-hop. We find our favourite places and we build relationships. We choose…

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