Geek Culture

Selfie Kid: Superbowl 52 births February’s first wholesome meme

Many South Africans may not think of American Football as a valid sport (I mean, we have rugby after all), but we most certainly…

SA’s box office: Inxeba (The Wound) opens in sixth despite protests

The South African film on everyone’s lips, Inxeba (The Wound), has opened in an impressive sixth spot on the box office charts despite being subject…

Last week in trailers: Mission: Impossible, Avengers TV spot, and more

Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday — and while that means nothing to 99.9% of South Africans, what it does mean is that the entertainment industry blessed…

And the SAFTA nominees are…

The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) has announced its (very, very) long list of nominees, so buckle up, because here they are….

Video of man watering goose on Clifton Beach goes viral

Cape Town’s humans are eagerly seeking new, reliable water sources, but what of its animals? A video published to Facebook this week tells a…

South African talent litters Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther soundtrack

Last night, Kendrick Lamar dropped the track list for the curated Black Panther soundtrack he produced and South Africans couldn’t be more excited. Black Panther The…

MultiChoice drops ANN7 amid Icasa investigation

MultiChoice announced today that it will not be renewing the contract of the 24-hour news channel ANN7. The contract expires in August. CEO Calvo Mawela said…

WarCraft movie review: a big screen raiding party

After all of these years, gaming studio Blizzard Entertainment has finally released a full-length movie based on one of its properties. For this inaugural…

SA movie audiences lose interest in Captain America: Civil War [2016/06/07]

The latest cinema numbers are in (3 to 5 June). It looks as though SA movie goers are both loving and forgetting about Marvel…

‘Glorious Windows’ is a nightcore track made with Windows alerts

There’s nothing more annoying that Window’s notifications sounds, especially if said sounds mark a particularly significant system error. But although they do tend to…

Time’s Extra Crispy is hiring a ‘bacon critic’ because bacon

We saved this story for late morning for reasons that’ll become very apparent. Time’s new online publication Extra Crispy, launched Wednesday to set stomachs…

X-Men: Apocalypse, Angry Birds dominating SA cinemas [2016/05/31]

It looks as though South Africans are still loving superhero movies, contrary to genre stagnation complaints on social media. Over this past weekend, 27 to…

John Oliver freaks out about bread pants in strange Last Week Tonight snippet

When Last Week Tonight takes a break (thanks to American holidays), I can’t help but feel lost. But thankfully, John Oliver does debut a…

Should one of Marvel’s greatest heroes be one of its greatest villains?

Here’s the thing with comics: when you come down to the core of comic books they’re essentially dramas. With any drama you need to…

Norway’s consumer council reads app terms in live-stream

Norway’s consumer watchdog has decided to protest lengthy app terms and conditions by reading these policies out in a live-stream. The live-stream, which has been…

Adele’s new music video is seriously trippy, but no less mesmerising

Calling British songstress Adele a superstar isn’t exactly a bold claim. After selling over 87-million records worldwide, she has probably earned that label. But…

X-Men Apocalypse movie review: not the end of the world

I have to confess something. I haven’t watched a superhero film since The Avengers. In fact, aside from the fact that I barely watch movies at all, I’ve…

Facebook films Grand Central Station in stunning 360-degree video

Facebook has finally put that 8K-capable camera rig it unveiled at its F8 Conference to good use, and where better to take it for…

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…

China’s Smartphone Market Slips 3% as vivo Reclaims the Top Spot

Xiaomi 15T Series – Leica in Your Pocket

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

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

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel