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X-Gamer Focus and Energy Formula review – Super fuel or snake oil?

By Geoffrey Tim
August 30, 2019
in :  Gaming, Lifestyle, Reviews
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While it won't make you better at video games, X-Gamer is a an efficient way to get a great deal of caffeine in you as quickly as possible.

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Bad news for anyone who wants to see them aliens – Facebook has removed the Alien 51 raid page (Update: It’s back!)

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 7, 2019
in :  Lifestyle
48

You may scoff, but I am just one of many believers who have organised ourselves into a legion of horny troopers for truth. We’ve also had one of the best possible weapons we could ask for at our beck and call: Organisation! Thanks to Facebook, my fellow acolytes and I have been able to set up a page that would detail just how, when and where we’d meet up in the sandy wasteland of the Nevada desert for our grand plan to invade Area 51. Or our organisation was on point, until Mark Zuckerberg and the jerks running the social media show decided to kill the hunt for answers

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New US bill wants to tackle the addictive UI of the tech industry

By Craig Risi
August 6, 2019
in :  Lifestyle, Technology
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Some US politician want to regulate the UI design of the internet to prevent addictive design patterns

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What is this 30-50 Feral Hogs stuff and why won’t the Internet shut up about it?

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 6, 2019
in :  Lifestyle
34

Where did the Feral Hogs meme originate from? It all started on Twitter when an exceptionally salient point about America's gun culture evolved into something else entirely.

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Team South Africa makes it to the Top 8 and the finals of World Cosplay Championship 2019

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 29, 2019
in :  Lifestyle
4

The World Cosplay Summit 2019 finals kick off soon, with the local pairing of Tayla "Kinpatsu Cosplay" Barter and Genevieve "KomboKatjie" Lesch having made it to the top 8 with their Fate/Apocrypha outfits. The ladies are looking amazing, but they’re going to have some stiff competition in the form of Team USA, Team Mexico and Team Australia.

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East coast geeks can enjoy ICON Durban this weekend

By Noelle Adams
July 2, 2019
in :  Lifestyle
4

ICON Durban is right around the corner. If you’re in KZN this coming weekend, 6 – 7 July, and into all things pop culture and gaming, the five-year-old convention is your chance to proudly fly your geek flag with like-minded locals.

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Airbnb to target new luxury home market with the release of a new tier

By Craig Risi
June 26, 2019
in :  Lifestyle, Technology
3

Now for something that I would never be able to afford, a new luxury house tier is available in Airbnb.

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Col’Cacchio is selling pizzas with CBD oil on them

By Geoffrey Tim
June 25, 2019
in :  Lifestyle
13

While Cannabis itself is still in a weird legal grey area, some of its constituent bits have become legal to own, use and sell. Notably, the non-psychoactive compound Cannabidiol is currently completely unscheduled, allowing just about anyone to sell the stuff. And now you can get it on pizza.

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