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US student who swapped SIMs to steal $5m in cryptocurrency pleads guilty

A US student could face more than 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing $5-million in cryptocurrency, reported Motherboard….

US lays criminal charges against Huawei

The United States Justice Department has laid criminal charges against Chinese smartphone and networking technology vendor Huawei. Filed in New York on Monday, there…

Cardi B’s rant on US government shutdown goes politically viral

Just hours after releasing the music video for her song “Twerk”, hip-hop artist Cardi B took to Instagram to share her views on President…

Netflix raises prices in the US, but South Africa remains unaffected

Nearly half of Netflix’s global user base will be paying a little bit more within the next three months, this after the streaming service…

Trump serves McDonald’s at the White House amid government shutdown

The US government shutdown continues into its 25th day, but that seemingly hasn’t impacted the White House’s dinner plans too badly. On Monday, President…

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters tops US Google Search after Tebow engagement

On Thursday former NFL player Tim Tebow announced his engagement to South Africa’s former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Tebow broke the news on Instagram…

Donald Trump’s really owning this ‘smocking gun’ misspelling

US President Donald Trump on Monday posted a tweet that has people flipping through dictionaries and thesauri once again. Continuing his tirade against the…

World stands up for Haiti, Africa after Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment

Update: US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to respond to reports that he referred to Africa, Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes”….

‘Death by Pokémon GO’ reveals how deadly the mobile game really is

Remember June 2016? We sure do. Pokémon GO launched like a blazing comet across our skies, tuning smartphones into mini-gaming machines, and our lives…

Twitter’s flawed notion of news and public interest could kill us all [Opinion]

In September this year, North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho claimed that the US had declared war on the country because of something…

SpaceX won’t launch Zuma into space tonight

SpaceX’s secretive Zuma payload will not be sent into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, the company tweeted. “Standing down on Zuma mission…

Uber-rival Lyft goes international, expands to Toronto

For the first time in its history, on-demand ride-hailing company Lyft will expand to a city beyond the United States. On Monday the firm…

#TexasShooting: Latest US mass shooting reignites debate online

A shooting in a rural Texas church Sunday left 26 dead, and reignited debates around gun control in the US. Among the dead were…

Donald Trump claims he wouldn’t be president without social media

In a world devoid of Twitter and other social media platforms, would Donald Trump be the president of the United States? Probably not, and…

YouTube demonetised Casey Neistat’s fundraising video for Las Vegas shooting victims

YouTube creators have been complaining for months that the platform’s monetisation policies and practices are dysfunctional — but now it’s targeting those raising money for victims of…

Update: Las Vegas shooting captured in dramatic Twitter, Facebook videos

Update: 1.30pm SAST: US President Donald Trump has issued a statement on Twitter following the Las Vegas shooting. “My warmest condolences and sympathies to…

Hurricane Maria is following in Irma’s footsteps (and she’s strengthening)

As if the Caribbean islands haven’t had enough wind and rain from Hurricane Irma, there’s a new storm about to batter the region. Dubbed…

Here’s what the web thought of the 2017 Emmy Awards

Every year, Hollywood’s television bigwigs get together in one room to praise each other and themselves at the Emmy Awards. This year’s ceremony, hosted…

Ted Cruz likes porn video on Twitter, trends worldwide

Republican senator Ted Cruz was the laughing stock of Twitter on Tuesday, after the politician’s Twitter account liked a pornographic video from another account….

143m Americans’ credit, personal data compromised due to Equifax breach

Equifax, one of the US’s largest consumer credit reporting agencies, today announced a breach of its digital security measures that could affect as many…

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…

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