Geek Culture

Here’s why Google thinks doubters will love YouTube Music

Google’s taking a big gamble with its new YouTube Music streaming project. The company’s lumping Google Play Music with YouTube’s wealth of music in…

Google’s YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now official

If something’s not broken and doesn’t need fixing, trust Google to provide a solution. The firm did this with its messaging services — now…

Deadpool 2 movie review: cleaning up the timeline

If you thought 2016’s Deadpool was a tad too short and lacked a stocky cast list, you’ll smile wryly at its sequel. Deadpool 2…

Avengers bids Black Panther farewell from SA’s weekend movie chart

After spending more than three months perched on its upper slopes, Black Panther has finally said its goodbyes to Southern Africa’s movie charts. The…

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is cancelled, and I don’t feel so good

This is proof that everything you’ll ever love will die, at least when it’s in the hands of Fox. The company on Thursday cancelled…

This is South Africa’s hottest music according to YouTube’s Music Charts

YouTube this week announced its new music charts portal, which allows users — and generally interested folk — to gauge which tracks, videos and…

Watch Ed Sheeran slay the ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ theme song

Ed Sheeran has quickly grown in stature, from your next-door neighbour’s kid who strums his guitar into the early hours of the morning, to…

Congrats #SaltBae, you’re 2017’s first awesome meme

There were some huge stories this week on the internet. If people weren’t talking about Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s adorable bromance, or Donald…

Listen: Mark Hamill takes on Trump tweets as the Joker

When you think about his utterances and tweets, US president-elect Donald Trump really does seem like a sort of super-villain. It’s an observation that…

Amazon Prime Video: originals to watch in SA?

Let’s be honest for a second… Amazon knows that many people are only tuning into Prime Video for The Grand Tour. After all, the…

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…

YouTube Rewind celebrates the fun moments of 2016

YouTube has had a good year. The video hosting site now has “almost one-third of all people on the Internet” using it. It’s also…

This drone video imagines South Africa as a beautiful, miniature toy set

Drone videos are on the rise on the likes of YouTube and Facebook, with sales of these little winged wonders ever increasing too. But…

3 international music videos filmed in South Africa in 2016

South Africa is just awesome, isn’t it? For international visitors, they can enjoy the exhange rate while breathing in the abundant sights, sounds and…

Pornhub’s ‘Horny Little Christmas’ ad is more SFW than expected

We’ve written quite a bit about Pornhub in the past, but not because of the actual site’s content. Its Insights blog sheds some gloriously…

Another Stellenbosch bullying video makes rounds on Facebook

Just when you thought the bullying videos were over for the year, another incident stemming from Stellenbosch has social media up in arms again….

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves