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Watch: part one of FailArmy’s best fails of 2016

YouTube was pretty much designed for fail videos, with FailArmy being one of the most popular channels around. Now, the channel has uploaded part…

Monopoly: You’re playing it wrong

Capitalism simulator, Monopoly will undoubtedly have many families huddled around the table this year frantically arguing about the rules of the game. According to the…

Assassin’s Creed movie review: a leap of faith Ubisoft shouldn’t take

Once video game franchises reach a certain point in popularity, it’s inevitable that Hollywood will want to cash in on the licence. To be…

Netflix: this tool tracks which VPNs are blocked

Many Netflix users are familiar with hopping through VPNs and DNS tools in a bid to access foreign versions of the service. But it…

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie review: return of the blue milk

Disney is pushing full force with their Star Wars movies. Not only have they started a brand new trilogy with Star Wars: The Force Awakens,…

Amazon Prime Video is officially in South Africa

The Amazon Prime Video streaming service has officially gone global, launching in South Africa as well. “Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime Video is…

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…

South Africa’s 10 most influential political tweeters [Infographic]

Twitter matters. There’s no doubting that. It can help effect social change, make stars, or pariahs, out of politicians, and make or break a…

See if you can spot who Nando’s is ripping off with its new campaign

Nando’s is renowned for tilting its sword at everyone from dictators, to politicians, and young pretenders. This time it’s taken a stab at an…

Creepy employers want your Facebook password [Infographic]

Imagine this: you’re on your way to a job interview, safe in the knowledge that even though your prospective employer has probably been Googling…

North Korea’s rocket fails, the memes roll in

You could sense a nervous tingle as North Korea announced plans to send a rocket into space. Was it real, or just a front…

Loopers trailer: Time travel, big guns [Video]

You know we love geeking out to some of Hollywood’s latest offerings, so of course we weren’t ballistic when we saw the trailer for…

CNN’s Anderson Cooper giggles over Pussy Willow beating [Video]

Remember when Anderson Cooper started giggling on live television during is his RidicuList segment? It’s happened again. Cooper seems to be suffering from a…

10 Awesome texts from Hillary Clinton

By now you’ve probably heard of “Texts from Hillary Clinton” — the tumblr blog that has the former first lady and current secretary of…

HalfArsed-a-chef goes all Kenny Kunene with sushi challenge [Video]

Sushi’s tricky enough to make as it is. But when you have to make it look good enough to eat off a half-naked model,…

The rise of the Slacktivist: On the back of Kony 2012

With a new Kony 2012 video on the horizon, it seems we have come to a new chapter in Slacktivism. Slacktivism is a portmanteau…

#HalfArsed-a chef: The tomato dance from hell

Apparently parody is still the best form of flattery when it comes to the web. Another tantalising, or not — you be the judge…

Nokia takes a swing at competitors with new ad campaign [Videos]

Wow. Talk about swinging with your back to the ropes. Nokia just got dirty in the latest ad campaign for its Lumia 900. The…

April Fools’ roundup: Google’s got big dreams

The jokes are over for another year. April Fool’s Day has passed and you can go back to enjoying your favourite news sources in…

A lot can happen in an internet minute [Infographic]

New Yorkers will tell you that a lot can happen in a ‘New York minute’ and it’s also one of the fastest minutes you’ll…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

Applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship are open

Africa’s AI Revolution: Reclaiming the Digital Narrative

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China