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How to keep up with awards season in South Africa

There are plenty of reasons to keep up with Hollywood’s awards season — whether you’re a film buff, a fashion follower, or just someone…

Here are five things to watch on Netflix South Africa this January

It’s that time of year between raging holidays and looming work, so if you’re looking to cram in a bit of relaxation before heading back…

2017’s best news bloopers in one compilation

News bloopers are ideal fodder for YouTube, aren’t they? Between the famous grape stomping lady and Nhlanhla Nene’s dodgy chair, there have been plenty of…

Pitch Perfect lived long enough to see itself become the villain [review]

Pitch Perfect may not actually be perfect. It isn’t original, it isn’t visually stimulating — its soundtrack is good at best, annoying at worst….

Netflix’s low-budget Christmas movies, ranked

There’s something intoxicating about “bad” films — unsubtle films, low-budget ones, empty films that sell nothing bar unexplained concepts like love at first sight…

Netflix now supports HDR on Windows 10, but not so fast…

Netflix has supported HDR videos for a while, as long as you’ve got a compatible TV, streaming device or (lately) smartphone. But PC users…

Last week in trailers: Annihilation, South Africa’s Catching Feelings, David Bowie doc & more

It’s not a good time to release trailers: Star Wars: The Last Jedi just came out, it’s almost Christmas, and everyone is hyper-focussed on taking a much-needed…

Sacha Baron Cohen previews new movie, Apple product launch style

Sacha Baron Cohen knows how to troll. Even his movies can be viewed as one long troll. At the Oscars, for example, he was…

Joseph Gordon-Levitt quits film adaptation of Sandman comic, cites creative differences

Citing creative differences, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has quit the awaited film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s classic comic Sandman, a passion project of his. The decision,…

There’s a class 4 apparition in the first Ghostbusters movie reboot trailer

The first official trailer for the all-female Ghostbusters reboot is finally here. It’s been 27 long years, but we’re finally getting a new Ghostbusters…

Batman, Superman lose their patience with Jimmy Kimmel

More footage of the upcoming battle of the titans Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie. By now, you’ll be able to piece together…

Mad Max: Fury Road drives through 2016 Oscars with 6 awards

Amidst #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the 88th Academy Awards aired with a number of surprises. Among these were George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which took…

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now totally bully-proof

For now, a big part of robotics hinges on human engineering. But what happens when a robot proverbially grows its own brain and acts…

The Punisher bloodies his way through Daredevil season 2 trailer

Netflix and Marvel have just released the first trailer for Daredevil season two. The trailer captures the slower paced action of the series and…

What you need to know before watching 7 of 2016’s biggest comic book movies

With a POW, a BAM and a KA-BOOM, 2016 is shaping up to be the year of superhero movies. Cinema screens around the globe…

This sign language interpreter had the best time during #SONA2016

While many South Africans were left depressed by Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday night, there was at least one…

Donald Trump’s Friends Day video will move you in unexpected ways

Thursday this week marked Facebook’s 12th birthday and its first inaugural Friends Day. People around the world got the chance to reminisce about some…

Emoji: Language killer, parasite or symbiosis?

Earth. Population 7.2 Billion and a whopping 6500 languages being spoken every day. Africa. The second most populous continent in the world with 1.1-billion…

8 reasons why your app isn’t making it onto the App Store [Infographic]

So you’ve built an app that you’re sure is going to change the world. You’ve put in the hard work, coding until the early…

You can now play a 360 degree game on YouTube

It looks as if 360 degree videos could be one of the big trends of 2016. Spurred by the consumerisation of virtual reality, these…

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell’s awkward holiday video features Toto, is better than your’s

So you’re one of comedy’s power couples. How do you make sure you’ll never forget your final vacation before having kids? Well, if you’re…

This SA-filmed VR sci-fi short is worth a watch

If you’ve got a dedicated VR device or Google Cardboard on hand, then you might want to take a look at this sci-fi short,…

Memeburn geeks out over NerdNab’s second box of goodies [video]

South African bi-monthly loot goodie company, NerdNad, is back with either second offering. The first one wasn’t all that spectacular and a bit of…

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

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

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel