NEWS

Brazilian drug lord serves his time in a ‘VIP cell’ that had a library, plasma TV, 3 rooms and an en-suite bathroom

A Brazilian drug lord serving an eight-year prison sentence, spent his time behind bars in a 'VIP cell' - complete with a plasma television, a kitchen, wardrobes, conference room, air conditioning, tiled walls, furniture, and library - complete with a DVD collection that included all episodes of a television show about Pablo Escobar.  (more…)

NEWS

Schoolboy in Namibia invents phone that doesn’t use airtime

A Namibian schoolboy in the country’s Ohagwena Region has come up with a sim-less mobile phone that does not require airtime to make calls. The Grade 12 learner, Simon Petrus, a pupil at Abraham Iyambo Senior Secondary School created the phone using spares from a phone and television set, New Era reports. Complete with a light bulb, fan and charger socket, the handset functions off power supplied through a radiator and is able to make calls to anywhere through the use of radio frequencies. (more…)

LIFESTYLE

Film Alert! Suicide Squad (5th August 2016)

Directed by David Ayer (Fury), Suicide Squad is the rare superhero movie that makes the villains the heroes. Those villains are – big deep breath - ace marksman Deadshot (Will Smith), former-psychiatrist-turned-lunatic Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), assassin Boomerang (Jai Courtney), fire-summoner El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), reptilian misery Killer Croc (Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje), martial artist Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and rope-expert Slipknot (Adam Beach). (more…)

LIFESTYLE

How To Train Like The Rock

If you follow The Rock on social media then you’ve been privy to some of his training sessions and workout pep talks. The man also known as Dwayne Johnson is inspiring, hilarious and – most importantly – goes hard AF. And who can deny the results, when his bulging biceps and tree-trunk thighs are staring us right in our jabroni faces? (more…)