An unnamed 45-year-old man suffered a stroke. He made a full recovery. Sort of. We say “sort of”, because the man developed synesthesia, a neurological syndrome that enables a person to taste colour and sound. And other things.
Justin Bieber’s concert tour made a stop in Detroit on 28 July 2013, Eminem’s old hood. The Biebs decided to show his respect for the rapper by performing ‘Lose Yourself’ on stage. SPOILER: He messed up the lyrics.
Online dating is incredibly annoying, if only for one reason: we’re usually compelled to read reams and reams of personal information about a person when, if we’re completely honest with ourselves, the first impression is the only thing that matters. Introducing Tinder, the geolocated dating app that gets straight to the superficial point.
Home entertainment. It’s a vital cog in the well oiled machine that is your life. You don’t eat the food you love with plastic forks, so why are you piping your favourite tunes and films into your face with subpar audio equipment? Why are you doing that? Stop doing that. Stop it.
If you’re still undecided about Ashton Kutcher’s ability to nail the role of Steve Jobs, this behind the scenes featurette should get you closer to a definitive opinion.
There doesn’t seem to be any enterprise that musician William Adams aka Will.i.am is not involved in. The 38-year-old has successfully made the transition from pop group front man to the tech industry player. As an early consultant in Beats Electronics, Adams recently launched his own hardware business.
Facebook wants to take on television advertising, hard. The social networking platform wants to sell advertising space on the site in the form of a “TV-style commercial”. Advertising in this format could set you back as much as R25 million a day for a 15 second spot.
Those braces are mocking us. Yes, this young lady was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the tender age of 18. Gabrielle Turnquest did at 18 what the average lawyer achieves at 27-years-old. Turnquest is the youngest person in history to have passed the bar exam.
The human body is a beautiful work of art. Lovely to look at. Especially naked. British photographer, Carl Warner, has seen the beauty that is the human body and created amazing landscapes…with naked people. Using the curves, bumps and contours of the human form he has created images of rolling hills, valleys and mountains using […]
Diamonds shine, but I think we can all agree that nothing in the world can show off its full splendour without being set in the correct lighting. In the same vein, a diamond is pretty on its own, sure, but the setting of the diamond on the band is what allows it to channel and […]
Scientists at the National Taiwan University in Taipei have developed a “wearable oral sensory system”. The Wi-Fi enabled sensor is able to detect when the wearer is speaking, drinking, coughing and chewing.
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
Wired was invited to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to witness the flying man. Yves Rossy, a former Swiss Air Force pilot, is known as the Jetman. Click through to see him fly.
It has been a while since Apple released any new products, in fact the last product to be released was in October 2012. But according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, there are “some amazing new products” on the horizon.
A group of guys on Kickstarter are trying to get people to help them build the Slingatron – a coil of railroad that basically shoots things into space. On the campaign page they explain their invention as such: “The Slingatron space launcher is an earth-based mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator.” Their vision: We want to open up space […]
On Friday Fox News had a bit of a blooper. The picture above is evidence of what they are calling the most embarrassing interview the network has ever aired. But a study by Fairleigh Dickinson University disagrees. Over the past few years, numerous interviews, mostly starring Bill O’Reilly, have been just as bad as the error […]
Introducing Kyle Kandilian, the the Michigan-Dearborn University student that lives with about 200,000 cockroaches. According to Detroit Free Press, Kandilian has this hobby for two reasons. One is for fun and the other is to help him pay for his education. The 20-year-old has a room that’s stacked up with 130 varieties of roach that can be purchased […]
When your job entails investigating illegal activity and ruffling the wrong feathers, it will very often put you in awkward situations. Investigative journalist Brian Krebs often publishes articles about the online criminal underworld and unsurprisingly he has been harassed for his efforts.
Whether by pure coincidence, or by the sheer power of a repeatedly ad-libbed line, Denzel Washington finds himself making a guarantee of some kind in almost every movie he acts in. Here’s a supercut of those fine moments. Enjoy that.
British Airways recently collected together Bryan Habana, Jean de Villiers, a rugby player we don’t recognise, and Georgia Jagger for a film and photo shoot. Part of that shoot included the B-train racing the new A380 Airbus, which Georgia started by waving a South African flag. Start this badboy around the 1:15 mark if you […]
During the WWE Smack Down world tour last night in Cape Town, Randy Orton got an unpleasant surprise. Click through to check out the video.
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government is backing a R500 million plan to create a 7km cableway for the Drakensberg. The cableway is good way to increase tourism to KwaZulu-Natal.
Everyone has experienced it. You’re at a vital part of the game, the stadium is packed and you need a beer. If you leave now, what will you miss? And will there be a queue? This is a standard conundrum for spectators here, but some sports fans’ misery will be ending in the near future. […]
A black bear walked into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. The strange thing is though that none of the patrons inside noticed the 158kg and 1,8m tall bear. Fortunately he was caught on a security camera.
If a complete stranger walked up to you and asked you to have sex with them, would you? This theory was tested with this “social experiment”. The goal was to determine if men do live up to their reputations.
If you’ve ever got annoyed with people phoning you because they are too lazy to text you back then this absurd video titled “Just Text Me,” was made especially for you. “Just Text Me” was produced by soundlyawake star Keisha, who is the moer in with her friend Brandi, who doesn’t seem to have figured out […]
Don’t get on the wrong side of Kristen Stewart. The Twilight star, and second highest paid actress in Hollywood, got pushed a tad too far on her lunch break while filming Camp X-Ray. The starlet gave a member of paparazzi a piece of her mind telling him that he is a fuck face, a piece of […]
Paris Hilton packed some serious luggage for her trip to Ibiza with boyfriend River Viiperi. Once you have seen the pictures Hilton posted on Instagram, you will never think your luggage is overboard again.
First Strut’s liquidation puts Sanlam and Investec’s money managers at risk. The company that supplied the mining, power and transport industries has been placed under liquidation.
The first trailer for Ben Stiller’s latest movie titled The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has landed. The movie is a remake of the 1947 comedy and is based on a popular short story by James Thurber’s – first published in the New Yorker in 1939. The Zoolander star plays a magazine proofreader alongside the hilarious Kristen Wiig. The Secret […]