With a level of brainlessness usually reserved for dashcam footage from remote corners of Europe (we mean Russia), a Gauteng biker has been filmed leaving a sports bar on a super bike. Oh yes, there was a small child clinging on to the rider’s waist, with no child safety support equipment of any kind. But […]

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In a big eff you to all her critics, Miley Cyrus has posted an avalanche of racy pics of herself on Twitter, less than 24 hours after her 2013 MTV Video Music Awards performance  which was punctuated with twerking, sticking her tongue out, and rubbing herself with a foam finger. The pictures appear to be […]

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Don’t talk to Siri like she’s Google Glass, because she will strike you down. If you’re running iOS6, try talking to Siri as if she’s Google Glass, and see what happens.

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Facebook is paying out $20 million (R208,899,974) in damages to users who had their personal details used in ads on the site. Even though the details of 150 million Facebook users were used in sponsored stories, only the 614,000 who responded to an email earlier this year will be getting compensation. In a settlement reached […]

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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is on Instagram, and he wants everyone to know what he’s been up to. The shots he’s posted so far show the President and his wife doing charitable work, feeding the hungry, embracing children, and being swarmed by loving crowds.

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The Rand is getting whipped like a red-headed stepchild, right now. Overnight the Rand tumbled to a four year low against the US dollar. Don’t even look at the Euro exchange rate. It’ll tingle your loins.

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The monthly Ster-Kinekor Movie Buffs event takes place on 29 August at Cavendish Square in Cape Town. You get to watch the film before anyone else, and engage in a discussion of the film. There is also a lucky draw during the evening and the chance to win some great prizes.

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If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a hundred times. Summer is approaching, and you need to start you preparations, ASAP. If you’re smart, you’ll begin buying the upcoming summer accessories out of season, and you have a golden opportunity to do just that, right here.

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The oldest user on Facebook is 105-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier. Look at her – 105 and happy, and on Facebook, and still driving! She’s not only Facebook’s oldest user but California’s oldest driver too. She learned to drive when she was 19 in a Ford Model T. Now here’s something that will restore your faith in […]

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Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria were casually having some tea at a shop near their apartment when a paparazzo got a little too close for comfort to the hot tempered actor. After snapping some pics of his wife, Alec Baldwin went nuts and pinned the guy against a nearby parked car’s bonnet.

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Flashbacks to The Spear. Another political figure has been painted in an unflattering light. This time it’s Russian President Vladimir Putin. The painting depicts him wearing a tight-fitting slip and brushing the hair of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is also wearing ladies underwear – check it out below.

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One week ago today there was an alleged chemical attack in Syria that killed over 1,300 civilians, outside the capital of Damascus. These alleged attacks have been called a “moral obscenity” by US secretary of state, John Kerry, and president Obama has ordered the release of a document justifying a military strike against Syrian military installations.

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Conor Mccreedy is a South African artist based in New York city. Having garnered critical acclaim for his striking artworks painted in varying shades of blue, Mccreedy is turning his attention to philanthropy. Mccreedy has set up a foundation to Protect the African lion, and has some of the largest names in the world behind […]

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Advertising is everywhere these days. You don’t even realise how many ads you see in a day, but it can be around 4,000 if you get out enough, or spend enough time on the web. Some companies, however, have built such a name for themselves and developed such a following that they don’t need to advertise.

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If you don’t know what de-extinction is, think Jurassic Park. Scientists want to bring back the likes of passenger pigeons, dodos and woolly mammoths using a process which would include cloning genes, and cross breeding with similar animals.

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Barely a month passes in South Africa without fresh news of additional competition in the low-cost airline space. Now, a band of completely new players in the market has entered stage left, and has announced that they will be in the sky by the “last quarter” of this year, with ticket sales set to get underway as early as next month.

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As if you needed any more reminders that point and shoot cameras have gone the way of the buffalo, we bring you a telephoto lens for your smartphone photography. Snap up one of these badboys for R500 bucks, and you’ll make your investment back in likes quicker than you can say, “No filter.”

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We’re well passed the heady days of excitement, when we marvelled at the power of this “social media” thing. Yes, that was 2012. It’s 2013, and we’re all about the cold, hard data now.

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Madonna has topped the latest celebrity earnings list, which has raised more than a few pairs of eyebrows considering that her latest album flopped. So how did she make a whopping $125 million between June 2012 and June 2013 you ask?

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Last week, vulnerabilities in the city of Joburg’s online ratepayers portal were widely reported. At the time, anyone with internet access could view municipal invoices which included personal details, financial details, PIN numbers and addresses of Joburg residents.

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The body of a University of Cape Town student was found in Newlands Forest on Monday. Ilan Belcher, 19, went hiking with his brother on Sunday, and decided to continue hiking after his brother went home.

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E-Cigarettes have become more popular than sliced bread. Celebrities have hopped on the bandwagon and e-cigarette companies are now sponsoring sports stadiums. The trend is growing so rapidly that the market is expected to exceed $1 billion this year. Having been caught rather by surprise, the US government is looking at how they can regulate this market.

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In yet another stunning example of how you can’t keep Zimbabwe down, the country’s tourism and hospitality minister has told reporters at the a UN tourism conference that plans are afoot to develop a $300 million “Disneyland in Africa” at Victoria Falls.

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The economic crisis in Italy has really reached crisis levels. We know this because now it is officially too expensive for Italian men to keep their mistresses. This must be one of the harder aspects to deal with because, if The Sopranos has taught us anything, it’s that the Italians like them some mistresses.

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We all dream of a world where you can throw a massive house party, pass out and wake up to a spotless house. Now, unless you have an OCD nocturnal roommate, that’s not going to happen. But then again, it just might. One day, flying robots will clean the house as you slumber. Yebo, yes.

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Charlene deGuzman, who is variously a actress/comedian/musician/tap dancer/awesome person, stars in this smart and eye-opening short film entitled, ‘I Forgot My Phone’. The film documents the modern world we live in, which is saturated with smartphones.

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Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist – you’re thinking Tony Stark, aren’t you? Well, Elon Musk might be the closest thing we’ve got to a real-life Iron Man. He not only is a genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist, he’s now creating the things that he saw in the Iron Man movies!

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These drones are becoming more and more popular by the minute. If they’re not delivering you beer at OppiKoppi or sushi in Japan, they’re probably filming you taking a piss in the field at Rocking the Daisies, or at the first US Bull Run in Virginia. Unfortunately for the crowd at the bull run, the […]

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Being holed up in an Ecuadorian Embassy leaves a lot of time for creative expression, apparently. Please enjoy one Julian Assange donning a platinum wig, and rapping about Australian politics. The video marks one of the first major highlights in his campaign to run for political office in Australia

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As pretty as this three minute video is, it was shot in the name of science, and not art. That’s all well and good, but the majority of you should be entirely concerned with the incredible footage of hundreds of glowing snails escaping through a garden.

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