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Spotify Premium drops to R5.99pm over the festive period

Just in time for Black Friday and the Festive Season, streaming music platform Spotify has announced that new users signing up to its service…

Netflix South Africa’s ‘Ultra’ package now available to some

Netflix South Africa has launched a fourth tier to its current list of streaming packages in the form of an “Ultra” option. The option,…

Game of Thrones teases fans with season 8 trailer

Late on Tuesday, Game of Thrones’ social media accounts posted a short teaser video, announcing the highly anticipated release date for the show’s eighth…

Stan Lee, comic book legend and cameo master, has died

Stan Lee, the co-creator of many famous Marvel superheroes and former Editor-In-Chief of the comic book brand, died on Monday at the age of…

Disney+ streaming service will launch in 2019

Disney has announced the official name of its upcoming streaming service along with a few shows that are set to be aired on the…

Netflix announces long list of upcoming family content

Netflix has announced plans to produce a number of new animated shows to grow its content for kids and families. “Nearly 60% of Netflix…

South Africans just can’t stop listening to Drake on Spotify

Summer’s slowly slinking over the horizon, and the tunes will soon be bumping along beaches into the early hours of the morning. But tunes…

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…

‘Disaster’ Fyre Festival likened to ‘that alien movie in South Africa’ on social media

If you pay US$12 000 for a ticket to a music festival, you’d probably expect… well, a music festival, right? That’s not what attendees…

4 Netflix originals coming to South Africa this May

We’re five months into 2017, and time has shown no sign of just, like, slowing down for a little bit. As the great @horse_ebooks once…

3 penguins from pop culture that waddled right into our hearts

It’s World Penguin Day today, folks, and that means we pay tribute to the flightless, tuxedo-wearing shore dwellers we know and love. Cape Town…

These awful social media trends show that humans are just the worst

There are always those social media trends that make you roll your eyes and wonder what the internet has come to, but then there…

John Oliver, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner probably won’t have dinner together soon

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — two White House residents that you’ve probably heard of, but have no idea what they actually do. That’s…

Last week in trailers: Kingsman, Kimmy Schmidt and criminal Catholics

The Catholic Church took a beating from the film industry last week, as two severely different films worked to criticise it as an institution….

Netflix’s Hot Girls Wanted ‘outs’ sex workers sans permission

Netflix’s latest documentary series on the porn industry, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, has been accused of using footage of cam girls without their knowledge or…

Table 19 movie review: cute, but misses the emotional mark

It’s often hard to tell why a film doesn’t make you feel the way you thought it would. Sometimes it’s because the characters on…

Last Week in Trailers: Star Wars Thors our icy hearts

So apparently there were trailers other than Star Wars: The Last Jedi released this week. I’m as shocked as you are. Here they are in…

Here’s how to write a Chainsmokers chart-topper in just 60 minutes

Dance music duo The Chainsmokers have built a reputation on crafting catchy-as-hell tunes often mocking culture’s silliest moments… like #SELFIE. Remember that tune? But…

Trevor Noah couldn’t resist poking fun at Donald Trump this Easter

The White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll is a pretty big occasion, and not just for the nation’s kids. It’s an informal chance for…

From 100m users to Adam Sandler love, here’s Netflix’s big numbers

Netflix has seen some solid growth since its massive expansion, and now, the company is on track to pass the 100 million user mark…

April the giraffe finally gives birth and the internet loses its mind

On 10 February, educational animal park Animal Adventure began a livestream of its pregnant giraffe. It soon went viral as viewers from all around…

In Loving Memeory: Afro Circus

In Loving Memeory is a series that pays tribute to memes that are no longer with us. They may be gone, but they should never be…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs