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Are you Memeburn’s next managing editor?

Multi award-winning online publisher Memeburn is seeking a talented and driven editor for all of its properties, including Ventureburn, Gearburn, and Motorburn. We’re looking…

Uber introduces waiting fees, instant payments and more

Uber has detailed new features that it’s introducing for drivers. The changes include paying drivers for waiting over two minutes, showing ride requests going in…

CSIR’s new supercomputer is Africa’s fastest, aptly named Lengau

South Africa’s fastest computer was today launched at the CSIR Centre for High Performance Computing in Cape Town. Dubbed Lengau (the Setswana name for…

Facebook teams up with Blizzard for streaming on Facebook Live

Facebook has teamed up with mega-popular gaming studio Blizzard to stream games via the Facebook Live platform, the two announced. The partnership will first…

TeamViewer confirms compromised accounts, blames other services

TeamViewer has confirmed that an unspecified number of accounts on the remote desktop support service have been compromised. In a blog post discussing new…

The Greatest dead at 74: the internet pays tribute to Muhammad Ali

Legendary fighter Muhammad Ali has today died in Phoenix, Arizona, aged 74. The Kentucky-born boxer with the golden gloves and the memorable quotes succumbed…

Vivaldi 1.2 update adds mouse gestures and smart tab management

If you’re looking for an alternative web browser, you’re in no way short of options. And one of the world’s youngest browsers has just…

Is your life ‘powered by the web’? Google could give you $25k

Okay so you spend a lot of time on the web, but does it actually power your life? If the answer is “yes, holy…

Google looking to add Swahili, Igbo, Zulu to Translate roster

Google is looking to add a number of African languages, including Hausa, Igbo, Zulu and Swahili to Google Translate. A post on Google Africa’s…

Facebook launches new photo colab feature

This is an idea so obviously good that you’ve got to wonder why it took Facebook so long to come up with it. The…

Wiki Loves Monuments to launch world’s largest photography comp in SA

The world’s largest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is being launched next month in order to capture South Africa’s heritage. Besides the theme, the…

ANN7 gaffe videos removed from YouTube, is it prepping for online war?

A number of YouTube videos highlighting gaffes by the anchors of newly launched South African news channel ANN7 have been removed, apparently over copyright…

Ballmer departure may have been more sudden than Microsoft let on

Steve Ballmer’s retirement may have been more sudden and a lot less smooth than Microsoft suggested when it made the announcement on Friday. According…

Pakistan set to end year-long YouTube blockade

For the past year, people in Pakistan have been unable to watch YouTube videos. But that looks set to change after officials in the…

Steve Ballmer to retire from Microsoft within the year

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months, the company announced today. The Redmond-based giant says Ballmer, who has been CEO…

Read Steve Ballmer’s farewell letter to Microsoft’s employees

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced that he would be retiring from the company within the next year. In an internal memo to the…

Linux geeks rebuild entire internet in garage

This is pretty insane. A group of Silicon Valley-based Linux hackers are crafting a new operating system, not for personal computers, or smartphones, or…

China’s UC browser overtakes Opera Mini in India

This is potentially big. China’s UC Browser has overtaken Opera Mini as the most used mobile browser in India. As The Next Web reports,…

Half of top mobile apps don’t offer privacy policies prior to download

More than a quarter of the top 100 free mobile apps don’t have a privacy policy. That’s according to MEF, the global community for…

Instagram bans 3rd party apps from using terms ‘Insta’ and ‘Gram’

If you’ve got a third-party app that posts images to Instagram, then you’d best hope your name doesn’t contain the words “Insta” or “Gram”….

Google launches online exhibitions in memory of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

This August marks 68 years since two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, changing the face of warfare…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves