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Disney to launch new Star Wars animated shorts for kids

Disney has revealed a Star Wars-themed YouTube channel for kids set to feature the new Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures show. The show will…

Roald Dahl’s works are coming to Netflix in 2019

Netflix is teaming up with the Roald Dahl Story Company to produce animated series based on the author’s works. “Netflix is extending the Roald…

Netflix’s Criminal won’t leave the interrogation room

Netflix is producing a new crime drama series called Criminal, but the 12 episode show is not the general crime show narrative we all…

‘The Lion King’ trailer will give you the feels all over again

In 1994, little known animated movie (/s) The Lion King made its debut and became my (and possibly the entire world’s) favourite flick of…

Ariana Grande hits back at Piers Morgan for criticising Little Mix, Ellen and her mom

Good Morning America anchor Piers Morgan has once again found himself at the centre of a Twitter war between UK pop group Little Mix,…

‘Sabrina’ star Gavin Leatherwood demonstrates how not to baste a turkey

Thanksgiving’s tomorrow, but you may not want to take genuine cooking advice from the following clip. Netflix is known for using some pretty strange…

Netflix’s iOS app update adds a gaggle of Android features

Streaming platform Netflix has updated its iOS app to include a few simple features that are already standard with the Android version. Apple users…

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…

‘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…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

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HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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