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Watch: NASA captures Hurricane Irma’s conception and demise in stunning GIF

Hurricane Irma is now no more, but the data gained from the storm is only just being collated and studied. This week, NASA’s Short-term…

Cape Town dam report: we’re at 37% full, but massively overusing water

It’s been a while since we’ve published an updated Cape Town dam level report, but rest assured, the situation hasn’t exactly seen a marked…

#AnotherKZNSchool: video of KZN teacher brutally beating students goes viral

Another school violence video is tonight trending across South Africa’s social media timelines, but this time its origin isn’t Gauteng. Instead a KwaZulu-Natal school…

#Uber: South Africans take to Twitter to support attacked Sandton drivers

Three cars were torched in Sandton Thursday evening in a suspected protest between metered taxi drivers and Uber. According to provincial spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo, preliminary…

Google Maps sees Florida’s road traffic spike as Irma draws closer

Google Maps’ traffic overlay is reporting abnormally high traffic movements in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for a Thursday as residents prepare for Hurricane…

Hurricane Irma, Jose and Katia now have personal Twitter accounts

Twitter has become an important tool in disseminating news of the Atlantic’s current bout of extreme weather, but some aren’t using the social network…

Facebook may have earned $150k from US election-hacking ads

Facebook has divulged that it could have earned up to US$150 000 from Russian ads that targeted the 2016 United States election. The company studied…

Memeburn goes back to the future with Y2K – Cyber rebrand [Update]

Memeburn is set to undergo a strategic rebrand, which will see it ditch the name and logo that has helped make it one of…

City of Cape Town bans selfies at tourist hotspots, will impose hefty fines [update]

It seems like the world is finally starting to crack down on selfies. Following a series of bans from the Smithsonian museum in Washington,…

This aerial photo gives you a sense of how big Facebook’s one-room HQ is

Facebook has moved into its new headquarters in Menlo Park, California and, as you can see in the photo above, it’s not exactly small….

Jay Z to relaunch Tidal, his new music streaming service, with support from high profile musicians

Later today, Jay Z, the rapper and entrepreneur mogul, will relaunch Tidal, the music streaming service he acquired earlier this year. The Tidal website…

Trevor Noah to succeed Jon Stewart as The Daily Show host

The Daily Show is about to get a lot more South African. Some big big shoes to fill for South African stand-up comedian Trevor…

Tim Cook puts foot down against discriminatory religious, same-sex legislation

Tim Cook isn’t very happy with some bills being introduced in Indiana, Arkansas and a bunch of others states in the US. In a…

Facebook’s solar-powered internet drones are finally hitting the skies this year

No, it’s not a summer blockbuster in the works. Facebook is really going to start testing drones to beam internet access to people within…

Sapa backs off on content deletion demand

Last week Memeburn broke news that The South African Press Association (Sapa) would be requiring any news sites that subscribe to its wire service…

BurnCast podcast special: tales from SXSW

Our Managing Editor, André-Pierre du Plessis, went to Texas to attend the annual tech, music and design festival, SXSW. While he wrote about the…

Kruger National Park is getting drones to boost rhino protection

While Amazon has just received permission to test drone-delivery in the States, the Kruger National Park in South Africa is getting more aerial power…

Sapa: content deletion requirement not ‘devious or manipulative’

Yesterday Memeburn broke the news that wire agency Sapa had sent a letter to its subscribers requesting that news sites across the country delete…

Facebook introduces free payments on Messenger

Facebook has revealed that users can send money to other users using the Messenger app at no charge. Facebook Messenger payments will roll out…

New Sapa twist: news sites to haemorrhage content, lose readers?

When the South African Press Agency (Sapa) closes its doors on 31 March, news sites across the country could face a massive content crisis….

FNB app now lets you make cardless withdrawals

If you own one of the 1.2-million devices with an active version of the FNB banking app installed, you may be pleased to learn…

Vinny Lingham to keynote Bitcoin Africa Conference

Serial entrepreneur and investor Vinny Lingham will be the keynote speaker at Bitcoin Africa Conference which will be taking place in Cape Town, South…

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