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[Updating] In tweets: Irma, Jose and Katia now all Atlantic hurricanes

We just saw the last of Hurricane Harvey, a storm that broke US mainland rainfall records, finally dissipate over the northeastern portion of the…

Despacito vs See You Again: which YouTube video will hit 3bn views first?

“Despacito” and “See You Again” are currently locked in an epic, brutal popularity battle atop the YouTube charts. As the first and second most…

Viral video: British Airways recruits celebs for its latest in-flight safety clip

The safety demonstration video on flights is usually the most boring element of air travel, but what if said safety video included some of…

WhatsApp may soon let you watch YouTube videos in its app

You might soon be able to view YouTube videos within WhatsApp. According to WhatsApp feature watcher WaBetaInfo, the new feature is currently being tested…

Lady Gaga is the coolest substitute teacher you’ll ever have

Getting a pleasant substitute teacher in for the day is one of primary school’s greatest moments. But what if that substitute teacher was in…

VidCon: YouTube launches VR180 video format, cheap VR cameras in tow

YouTube intends to make VR content creation and consumption easier with the launch of VR180, CEO Susan Wojcicki announced yesterday at VidCon. VR180 is a…

Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer shows Tyrion’s beard, Needle and a wedding [video]

Game of Thrones Season 5 is nearly upon us. HBO’s epic incarnation of George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels will…

Watch this hungry, hungry hippo torpedo after a speedboat [video]

Hippos are the classic stereotypes of fat and lazy. Find them by the lake during an African Safari, and you’ll see their round bodies…

‘Need For Speed’, drone pong and CES: this week’s TGIF video roundup

TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos,…

Watch Lion’s Head ablaze in this beautiful but haunting timelapse [Video]

Although we love to braai as a nation, as a city, Cape Town simply loathes fires. Since the dramatic blaze of 2006 that came…

Watch this incredible robot re-enact a scene from ‘The Karate Kid’ [Video]

In a recent video from Boston Dynamics, an engineering and robotics design company, a robot is shown doing karate. Yup, that’s a thing now….

10 hours walking around as a drag queen, Skyrim character and white man

Earlier this week Hollaback — an organisation which works to combat public harassment — made a video of a woman walking around in New…

Kiwi airline safety video goes viral, thanks to The Lord of the Rings of course

Don’t you just hate airline safety instruction videos? A necessary evil, few airlines have managed to make these clips or demonstration bearable to their…

Goodbye cable? Online video consumption increases by massive 43%

You, me and virtually everyone else on the internet watching fail videos, Gangnam Style and series like The Walking Dead and Orange is the…

Two kangaroos boxing in Australian suburbs is classically stereotypical [video]

It can’t get more Australian than this. On a quiet day on the Central Coast in New South Wales two Kangaroos settled a score…

Fluffy cat vacuuming is the answer to your dull Tuesday afternoon [video]

Cats love technology, correct? They’re often found making a bed on laptops and keyboards, or posting their hilarious selfies online. But that’s not to…

Watch a drone video of the world’s largest march on climate change

Over 300 000 suspected marchers turned up for the People’s Climate March in New York City recently. Some notables included UN Secretary General Ban-Ki…

Conan O’Brien has figured a way to completely remove all traces of U2 from your memory [video]

Our Stuart and Michelle took on Apple and called out the company’s creepiness regarding its automatic addition of the U2 album onto user’s iCloud…

5 examples of Hyperlapse turning everyday moments into smooth exciting time lapses

Photo-editing company Instagram, has just launched a new app called Hyperlapse. This is the second standalone app released by the Facebook-owned mobile photo company…

Little hamster in little house is cute and dark at the same time

We’ve seen hedgehogs have tiny birthday parties, with tiny cakes and tiny birthday hats. We adore them. Personifying animals helps us get in touch…

Sleepless on a British Airways flight? This 7 hour train video could fix that

Sleeping on a flight can seem impossible at times, especially if you’re stuck in the far reaches of economy class. Sure sleeping pills are…

#MeetSouthAfrica: this video will make you reconsider what you think you know

Watch this exquisite (and hopefully soon-to-be) viral YouTube video about South Africa, and you may rethink your views on the country. The video was…

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