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mother! movie review: antagonising, violent, nauseating

Stepping into the cinema for Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. I had heard that audiences hated…

Sexual assault accused Bryan Singer deletes Twitter, online articles removed

The Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer — who also helmed most of the X-Men films — has, in three lawsuits, been accused of sexual assault since 1997. Two of…

A list of Kevin Spacey’s sexual misconduct accusers so far

Amid mass claims of sexual misconduct actor Kevin Spacey has been “suspended” from House of Cards (he’s essentially fired), and his film All the Money in the…

Uber’s wildly odd ad will resonate with Capetonians stuck in traffic daily

Uber’s first advertisement highlighting the plight of commuters in southeast Asia may just trigger a nerve for those stuck in traffic in Cape Town…

Stranger Things, Finn Wolfhard and the web’s insistence on sexualising kids

If you were on the internet during Harry Potter‘s prime, you may know that, among the children developing crushes on Daniel Radcliffe and Emma…

Last week in trailers: Star Wars and furries and voyeurs, oh my!

Here’s what you missed on Glee. Star Wars: The Last Jedi There’s not too much new in the latest international Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, but…

Watch: Trump demonstrates the most efficient way of feeding koi

It’s not often that a wordless tweet goes viral, but when it involves Donald Trump, Japanese President Shinzo Abe and a koi pond, anything…

5 ways to ensure a good relationship with your Systems Administrator

If you’ve spent much time interacting with system administrators, you know how unlikely it would be for them to host a relationship-fixing TV show….

Uber SA goes on charm offensive, celebrates UberHeroes

Uber South Africa wants you to know that its partner drivers aren’t just drivers, they’re heroes. No seriously, the app has released a video…

Microsoft’s big ad strategy for Windows 10? Babies

We already know that Microsoft’s Windows 10 launch is set to have a little more of the human touch than its previous efforts. On…

Apple’s new iPhone ad is a snarky swipe at its competitors

Apple has released a new iPhone ad and it is properly passive aggressive. The 30 second spot, released on Sunday, shows off the millions…

Aussie surfer Mick Fanning fends off shark in epic clash of species

When surfers take on sharks in their natural habitat, it’s usually the wave riders who come off second best. Apparently though no one told…

Nostalgia fuel: 5 reboots of geeky TV shows about to hit our screens

One of the latest global trends is that of bringing back old shows and movies with new TV shows. These new ‘resurrections’ are a…

These are the Hollywood trailers that have YouTubers seriously pumped

Trailers have always been important for a movie’s success, but a decade’s worth of YouTube has only increased the weight people place on a…

Watch the first episode of The One Rand Family

Sanlam has released the first video for the sequel to its multi-award winning One Rand Man series. After tweeting out a teaser image last…

Sherlock special returns to Victorian England, is knowingly self-referential

It’s been a good while since fans of the BBC series Sherlock had anything to cheer about. It has, after all, been more than…

Jack Black looks completely awesome in first Goosebumps trailer

Hey nineties kid, Hollywood is making yet another play for your nostalgia fueled dollars. Sony Pictures yesterday released a trailer for the big screen…

This infographic shows you the real difference between UX and UI designers

To people outside the digital space, a designer is a designer. Dig a little deeper and you quickly realise that there are many different…

Fassbender appears to channel inner psycho in new ‘Steve Jobs’ trailer

Universal Pictures has released the latest trailer for its Steve Jobs movie, starring Michael Fassbender and written by Aaron Sorkin. And by the looks…

GoPro films massive Great White shark trying to munch its way into a cage

Never will you be more petrified than when a three-meter shark tries to munch its way into your little underwater cage all the way…

This Samurai Jack fan tribute will get devotees seriously excited

It’s been 11 years since there was last a new Samurai Jack episode. And there’s no clear sense of when, or even if, the…

Watch SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket explode in mid-air

Space X’s Falcon 9 programme has had its first ever failure. Two minutes and 19 seconds after taking off on Sunday, a Falcon 9…

Snapchat wants you to know it’s very, very serious about ads

This has an air of inevitability about it. Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel has released an infomercial aimed at showing advertisers just how serious it…

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Memecoins Outperform All Crypto in 2025 But South Africans Should Tread Carefully

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel