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What Is A Masked Credit Card, And Why Should You Use One To Shop Online?
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 4 Comments
Whenever you make an online credit card purchase, the processing bank as well as the merchant in question both see all your details. That means your name, number and address. But what if you don’t want them to?
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The Struggle Under Ground: Inside North Korea’s Subway System [GALLERY]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
Almost a hundred metres below the streets of Pyonyang lie cavernous rooms tiled with intricate mosaics, emblazoned with government propaganda and adorned with gold statues of ‘great leaders’. This is the world’s most secretive subway.
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Massive: The World’s Biggest Ship Has Just Launched [VIDEO]
05 Dec 2013 by Michelle Hattingh / 1 Comment
It’s the largest structure ever sent to sea – and it’s hella big. The Prelude is as long as the Empire State Building is high, plus another 150 feet.
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Please Enjoy This Catfight Between A Bride And A Pregnant Mistress [VIDEO]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
This is a cheating man’s worst nightmare. A wedding descends into total chaos as the new husband’s pregnant mistress storms into the reception and, instead of questioning the infidelity of her husband, launches a physical attack on the bride.
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New Space Station Cameras Let’s You Watch Your Neighbourhood Live [VIDEO]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
A few HD cameras were recently delivered to the International Space Station, and they’re all set to start streaming live images from space.
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You Won’t Believe What The US Nuclear Launch Code Was For 20 Years
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
You would expect the US nuclear launch code to be an impenetrable series of digits, numbers and symbols. It is, after all, the code that unleashes one of the most devastating weapons known to humankind.
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This Is How Victoria’s Secret Shop Assistants Deal With Awkward Men
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
Of course Victoria’s Secret Shop Assistants need special training in order to deal with men who attempt to buy gifts for their significant others.
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Here It Comes: Google Is Getting Serious About Robots
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
While Amazon was shooting its mouth off about drones that can deliver packages, Google was quietly acquiring several technology companies in a bid to create a new generation of robots.
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Dramatic Scenes As Obama’s Dog Knocks Over Toddler [VIDEO]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 7 Comments
What drama! A toddler was body-slammed to the ground by Obama’s dog in an unprecedented scene at the White House last week.
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Check Out This Kid’s Ridiculous Christmas Wish List [PIC]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
As toddlers, we have no conception of the realistic boundaries that govern the act of gift-giving. At that age anything is possible, so long as you ask Santa Claus nicely enough.
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Bill Clinton’s Presidential Doodles Have Been Leaked [PICS]
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
People tend to make a fuss about presidential doodles – they were even the subject of a book called ‘Presidentital Doodlings’. But for years, the Bill Clinton Foundation has refused to release any of his doodles. They still haven’t released them officially. Which drove one politically-minded hacker, ‘Guccifer’, to leak these onto the web.
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Nigella Admits Cocaine Use And Explains Why Saatchi Choked Her
05 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
An ever-thickening plot that began with the shocking revelations of Nigella’s drug habits has taken yet another turn, as the TV chef reveals that former husband, Charles Saatchi, strangled her in a jealous rage.
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The Complete History of Computers [INFOGRAPHIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
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These Paranoid Billionaires Have A Mindblowing Security System
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
Al and Lana Corbi are head of a company called ‘Strategically Armoured & Fortified Environment’ or ‘S.A.F.E’ – and they’re trying to help billionaires sleep a little easier at night.
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This Selfie Of A Woman 4 Days After Giving Birth Will Blow Your Mind [PIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 3 Comments
This is actually unfathomable. Fitness blogger, fooTball wife and new mom, Caroline Berg Eriksen, has sent the internet into a frenzy after posting a selfie.
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Such A Big Boy! Justin Bieber Acts Grown Up In New ‘All That Matters’ Music [VIDEO]
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
In a video that was quite likely inspired by Bieber’s exploits in Brazil, Justin attempts to “sex-up” his act. It doesn’t seemed to have worked all that well.
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Incredible Brain-Scans Reveal Men And Women’s Brains ARE Wired Differently
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
Men have known it for years, women have known it for years, but finally, we have incorrigible proof. A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania scanned the brains of nearly 1,000 men, women, boys and girls and found some very real differences.
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TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Photos Of 2013 [GALLERY]
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
It’s been one helluva hectic year. There was typhoon Haiyan, the crisis in Syria, the Boston bombings, wild Australian bushfires and worldwide protests.
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Billy Joel Has Made His Historical Announcement – Here It Is
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
In a massively unexpected move, Billy Joel attended a New York press conference,where he said he would assume residency at Madison Square Garden.
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Yeah Right – Lottery Winner Says She’s Not Moving Out Of THIS House [PIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 9 Comments
An unemployed woman from Northern Ireland bought a Euromillions lottery ticket “on the spur of the moment”. She just won over R450 million rand. HALF A BILLION.
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New Corruption Index Shows SA Alongside Serbia And Brazil
04 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
While the ANC was busy pointing fingers at Thuli Madonsela for leaking the Nkandla report, South Africa slipped to its lowest-ever spot on the global corruption charts.
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NO WAYS: Mind-Blowing Footage Shows Rescue Of Man Trapped At The Bottom Of The Sea For Three Days [VIDEO]
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 3 Comments
YISLAAIK – this is one for the scrapbook. Last June, a Nigerian chef survived three days under the ocean, hiding in a pocket of air that was trapped beneath his sunken ship.
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CCTV Footage Captures Moment Paul Walker’s Car Smashes Into Trees [VIDEO]
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 2 Comments
We were all saddened to hear about Paul Walker’s death on the weekend. He was a passenger in his friend’s car when it smashed into a row of trees, and was soon engulfed by flames.
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The Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide To Bar Etiquette
03 Dec 2013 by Michelle Hattingh / 1 Comment
The unofficial rules of bar etiquette, also known as “how not to be an asshole”, have just been released by Goldman Sachs. These gems will help you get quick service while keeping your dignity intact
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This Is The Guy They Call The ‘Instagram Playboy King’ [GALLERY]
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 2 Comments
Dan Bilzerian, 32, describes himself a an “actor/astronaut/asshole” to his 100,000 Instagram followers. He’s a professional poker player, and you could pretty much sit motionless on your couch, follow his Instagram updates everyday, and live a very full life vicariously through him.
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The Future Of 3D Printing In 3 Minutes [VIDEO]
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
All right, all right, so we’ve all heard about 3D printing. We’ve all heard the stories of how 3D printers can create pretty much anything with ease. But have you watched a video that summarises the implications and future applications of 3D printing? No? Here’s one that’s only three minutes long.
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This Is Why Amazon’s Drone Plans Aren’t So Stupid
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 1 Comment
A lot of people are talking about Jeff Bezos’ plans for the delivery methods of Amazon, and “drone” has become something of a buzzword. So you should know that Amazon’s new PrimeAir service wont actually be using drones. They’ll be using robots.
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Behold: This Year’s Ridiculous Kardashian Christmas Card [PICS]
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
The Kardashian-Jenner crew release a Christmas card every year, in case you didn’t know. This year’s edition was released on Sunday’s episode of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, and if E! Entertainment are to be believed, it was “highly anticipated”.
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Iceland Police Have Never Killed Anyone. Ever. Until Now
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / No Comments
Take a moment to absorb the fact that, until now, police in Iceland had never killed anyone. A 59 year-old guy in Reykjavik was firing a shotgun in his apartment in the early hours of Monday morning. That was his first bad move.
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This Is Why Amazon.com Is Setting Up Call Centres In Cape Town
03 Dec 2013 by Luke Buchanan / 3 Comments
In 2010, Amazon set up a call centre in Cape Town to service British, American and German clients. It was quite cool, you know, being an essential part of an international, first-world-run industry. That is, until you learn the real reason they came here.
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