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Maze Runner: The Death Cure takes you on a zombified tour of Cape Town

There are a lot of reasons to be excited for Maze Runner: The Death Cure: it closes out the Maze Runner trilogy, it features…

SA’s box office: it’s still a jungle out there

It’s the third week of 2018, and South Africa is still enamoured by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan’s stint as modern…

Last week in trailers: The Handmaid’s Tale, Tomb Raider, Queer Eye, and more

If the real world is getting you down — and that 50l water limit in Cape Town even more so — then here’s a…

5 heckin’ good subreddits for dog lovers

I’m more of a cat person, but how can you not like dogs? Between their goofy antics and loyalty, there’s plenty to like about most…

Watch: Casey Neistat’s latest vlog is a mini love letter to Cape Town

We’ve seen a slew of celebrities hitting Cape Town’s shores this holiday season, and vlog pioneer Casey Neistat was no exception. The New York-based…

This movie is free to torrent on The Pirate Bay, thanks to its creators

Torrenting, in the case of Hollywood, is the thing that shall not be named. It’s the downfall of the movie industry, and killer of…

Watch: Sassy Namibia invites Americans to visit its ‘shithole’ country

They say no publicity is bad publicity, and they may be right in the case of Namibia. This week marked the second time the…

Mr Robot season 2 trailer drops with Barack Obama cameo

Mr Robot, the hit television show of 2015 focusing on black hat hackers and starring Rami Malek, has finally got a second season trailer,…

Family car in Kruger National Park smashed by stampeding buffalo

South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park can be navigated using personal vehicles, which makes impromptu animal sightings a fairly frequent occurrence. Although these tw0…

ShowMax expands to 36 new African countries

Naspers-owned streaming media service ShowMax is rapidly expanding across the continent, and can now count 36 new sub-Saharan countries to its service list. The…

All about the art: my 3 favourite artists at Cape Town’s FanCon 2016

With expos such as EGE and rAge emerging on Capetonian soil, the Mother City has had a healthy dose of geeking-out over the last…

Assassin’s Creed movie trailer: no one expects the Spanish Inquisition

It’s time to step into the Animus for the very first Assassin’s Creed movie trailer. If you don’t know what an Animus is then…

Watch Deadpool narrate his own hilarious Honest Trailer

Marvel’s Deadpool smashed box office numbers, proved that R-rated superhero movies can work (even though many came before it), and that Ryan Reynolds can…

The man in black fled across the desert and started filming in Cape Town

The big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower has started filming in Cape Town. Yes, our very own coastal city of wineries is…

A look at FanCon’s debut event: the stalls, the queues, the excitement

Slowly but surely, Cape Town is getting its own range of geek and technology events for the mass market. This week saw the debut…

Kung fu joins CG animation in the coolest thing we’ve seen today [video]

Kung Fu is one of those mythical and extremely spiritual things that us human beings can do, along with singing in the shower, roughly…

The Punisher is getting his own series on Netflix

It looks as though Marvel and fans were pleased with The Punisher’s role in season two of Daredevil. So much so that the character…

Ratchet & Clank movie review: a sub-par big screen outing for the popular duo

Movies based on video games often fall flat due to straying from the plot, small budgets, or interference from outside parties. Even with a…

Captain America: Civil War movie review: what Avengers 2 should have been

The previous Captain America movie, The Winter Solider, was a stellar entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo not only…

Lionsgate adds 100 movies to Steam, not really for South Africa

Things are heating up in the video on demand space, so much so that it’s spilling over into gaming. Entertainment company Lionsgate has added…

New Doctor Who companion coming in 2017, is West End stage actress

The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who will be receiving a new ‘companion’ actor. West End stage actress Pearl Mackie will join…

Geeks: are you ready for the return of Silicon Valley this weekend?

There is a slight chance that you thought the big tech news of the week was the impending sale of Yahoo, or the pivot…

Comic books and Comic-Con: Memeburn interviews Readers Den co-owner Nizar Abrahams

Many comic book fans dream of owning their own store; the idea of sitting behind a desk, reading the latest graphic novels and playing…

Why AI in Education Still Needs Human Teachers

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Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history