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Sacha Baron Cohen previews new movie, Apple product launch style

Sacha Baron Cohen knows how to troll. Even his movies can be viewed as one long troll. At the Oscars, for example, he was…

Joseph Gordon-Levitt quits film adaptation of Sandman comic, cites creative differences

Citing creative differences, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has quit the awaited film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s classic comic Sandman, a passion project of his. The decision,…

There’s a class 4 apparition in the first Ghostbusters movie reboot trailer

The first official trailer for the all-female Ghostbusters reboot is finally here. It’s been 27 long years, but we’re finally getting a new Ghostbusters…

Batman, Superman lose their patience with Jimmy Kimmel

More footage of the upcoming battle of the titans Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie. By now, you’ll be able to piece together…

Mad Max: Fury Road drives through 2016 Oscars with 6 awards

Amidst #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the 88th Academy Awards aired with a number of surprises. Among these were George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which took…

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now totally bully-proof

For now, a big part of robotics hinges on human engineering. But what happens when a robot proverbially grows its own brain and acts…

The Punisher bloodies his way through Daredevil season 2 trailer

Netflix and Marvel have just released the first trailer for Daredevil season two. The trailer captures the slower paced action of the series and…

Vuvuzela frenzy: Now embedded in YouTube. Sigh.

YouTube is the latest to join the world-wide frenzy over the vuvuzela. The South Africa instrument’s distinctive drone can now be heard by any…

4 funny Tweeters cheering up #worldcup supporters

At around R25-billion in value, football is a serious business for FIFA. While all this seriousness can easily weigh on the game’s natural “joie…

Hitler on those blasted Vuvuzelas (Just had to happen)

It had to happen. Following the great tradition of parodying a particular excerpt from the Nazi movie Downfall where Hitler and his generals have…

Twitter fail: Six lonely hours in June

If there is one cliché that seems to apply perfectly to Twitter right now, it is this: ‘be careful what you wish for, you…

A few reasons why Google TV won’t succeed

Google has been pretty busy in the first half of 2010, and one of their new products, dubbed Google TV, is an ambitious play…

BP Twitter meme sweeps the web

The explosion on the BP Horizon Oil Rig might have cost BP millions and the environment even more, but the spill has also dented…

Yahoo CEO tells TechCrunch God to F— Off

In this rather funny clip, Techcrunch founder Michael Arrington is brought down to earth in dramatic fashion by the straight-talking and rather foul-mouthed Yahoo!…

The very many reasons why we like Vleisbroek and Totter

Hi guys, it’s us Corné and Twakkie talking to you out of your own computer porthole. Yes we are on the interweb and it’s…

A look at seven other types of hackers

Hacker. The word conjures up visions of a bleary-eyed geek for whom every day is a bad hair day, hunkered behind a screen in…

Google Buzz up there with Julius Malema says Time Magazine

Time Magazine has named Google Buzz as a “loser” in a list of the magazine’s “Least Influential People of 2010“. Google’s attempt at social…

Clever intern turns to Hitler

An enterprising would-be intern has created (yet another) hilarious parody of the popular Adolf Hitler video clip to boost his chances of securing an…

Local duo profit from ‘don’t touch me’ craze

Two local technology enthusiasts have cleverly seized on the “Don’t Touch Me On My Studio” internet meme by opportunistically registering the domain “donttouchmeonmystudio.co.za” and…

The Fall of the 1000-year Copy Reich

Is unintentional self parody an art form? Constantin Films, production company of an otherwise obscure movie entitled the ‘Der Untergang’ (‘Downfall’), which spawned an…

Could this be the dumbest company in the world?

Constantin Film, the company responsible for making the acclaimed movie Downfall (2004), is stepping up a crusade to have thousands of humorous parody excerpts…

Adolf Hitler wades into AWB, Malema controversy

It’s been a mad week for local politics and internet memes. The latest parody, created by journalist Gus Silber, is hilarious. Following the great…

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South Africa’s Cyber Shield Weakens: 70% of Firms Lack Basic Security Awareness

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

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