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Twitter roasts South African woman upset about Hong Kong protests

Over in Hong Kong, ten weeks of ongoing protests between the Chinese government and pro-democracy activists have upset one South African woman. On Monday,…

Disney’s The Lion King is now the biggest animated movie of all time

Disney’s The Lion King is now the biggest animated movie of all time, bringing the six-year reign of previous titled holder Frozen to an…

You can now listen to and search for podcasts within Google Search

If you want to listen to podcasts but don’t subscribe to any audio-streaming services, Google’s got you covered. The company on Friday revealed that…

Game of Thrones showrunners sign $200m deal with Netflix

The famed Game of Thrones series creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss have left HBO and moved to Netflix in a $200 million movie…

CBS’s Star Trek: Picard is getting host of prequel book material

Once again, the world is getting even more Star Trek, this time in the form of two written prequel series about character Jean-Luc Picard’s…

Doctor Who will stream exclusively on HBO Max in 2020

WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service HBO Max will be the exclusive home of Doctor Who when the platform launches next year, a report by Variety revealed…

Lollapalooza music festival will stream live on YouTube this weekend. Watch it here

YouTube will live stream “the biggest performances” from the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago all weekend, the company announced on Wednesday. The four-day event,…

Netflix introduces ‘Smart Download’ feature to Android

Netflix’s Smart Downloads is now available on Android, and it may save you from forgetting to download your favourite shows. Smart Downloads is pretty…

DStv Now usage spikes as World Cup reaches fever pitch

South Africans love sport, don’t they? And now that the World Cup is entering its pivotal semi-final stage, more users than ever are tuning…

Global Citizen Festival: Beyonce, Jay-Z heading to South Africa in December

This is not a drill: the Carters are heading to South Africa in December. Beyonce and Jay-Z will both perform at the Mandela 100…

Instagram’s IGTV wants to make vertical video cool again

It’s not enough to be a social network in 2018 without being an advertising mill too. For Instagram, it’s not enough to be an…

The Incredibles 2 kicks Jurassic World from SA Box Office top spot

Superhero movies are all the rage in 2018, but the flick topping this week’s SA box office doesn’t have any Chris Pratt, Ryan Reynolds…

WATCH: dramatic video of Cape Town cash-in-transit heist emerges

Cash-in-transit heists are no longer a Gauteng phenomenon judging by a dramatic morning on Cape Town’s Flats. On Monday around 9pm along the city’s…

Aussies struggle to watch World Cup after Optus’s streaming goofs

While loadshedding has caused many South Africans to miss World Cup games this year, Australian fans aren’t having it much better. Australia’s World Cup…

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ends Deadpool 2’s SA box office reign

Say goodbye to Marvel’s dominance of SA’s box office charts in 2018, and usher in our new dinosaur overlords. Displacing Deadpool 2 from this…

Trump, Merkel and other world leaders star in new G7 Summit meme

You just can’t keep US President Donald Trump out of the meme world for too long. Well, at least him and German chancellor Angela…

Win a Solo Brooklyn bag with GammaTek and Memeburn this Father’s Day [CLOSED]

Dads can be tricky to buy gifts for. Golf balls, socks, hampers and CDs are grand. But, for something functional; something they will actually…

Fanny pack searches are trending so hard in 2018 (but why?)

Like movies and music, fashion is a cyclical internet culture phenomenon. As the online world influences it, fashion itself fuels sentiment online. And as…

Win with Memeburn and GammaTek’s Avengers: Infinity War competition [CLOSED]

It’s been a good few weeks now, but still we can’t quite shake Avengers: Infinity War from our heads, or our hearts. And neither…

Wreck-It Ralph 2 is Disney’s most ambitious crossover event of the year

Stand back planet Earth, because Disney’s about to release its own Emoji Movie. This is at least according to commenters on Wreck-It Ralph 2‘s…

Deadpool 2 spends third week above Avengers: Infinity War in SA movie chart

It looks like Marvel has a new hit movie series on its hands. If indications of the first Deadpool‘s success wasn’t enough, the sequel…

Weezer’s Twitter fans get their wish after the band covers Toto’s ‘Africa’

Chances are, if you’re a little kid and you ask your parents incessantly for a chocolate chip cookie, they’ll give it to you. Now,…

Viral video: 22-year-old ‘Spiderman’ saves dangling child in Paris high-rise rescue

Some world leaders regard immigrants with the utmost disregard, but in Paris this past weekend, a 22-year-old Malian national did something pretty damn incredible….

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

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