Capcom is pulling out the big guns for season three of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, with Blanka coming to the roster on 20 February. FULL STORY >

A ‘Gig’ is simply a task performed as a once-off freelancing job, but because the trend towards freelancing has grown so significantly, a new economy has been born: the ‘Gig Economy’. FULL STORY >

High rates of botnet reoccurrence and automated malware demonstrate importance of intelligent and automated security controls combined with incident-response strategies. FULL STORY >

The jury may still be out on smartwatches, but a German telecoms agency views them as a possible surveillance threat, banning the devices in the native European country. FULL STORY >

Nationwide integration of web and mobile app is the next step towards a ‘digital lab’ for Lancet. FULL STORY >

Expanded Johannesburg facility the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. FULL STORY >

You can count on Netflix to be full of surprises, with them also looking after anime fans. If you love anime, and dig Godzilla and mecha, well lucky you. FULL STORY >

Research done by Professor Patricia Alexander and Lauren Singer of the University of Maryland found that comprehension suffers when text is read on-screen. FULL STORY >

We usually punt the books and comic books over at Humble Bundle, but the site is of course more well known for its gaming bundles. The hot one this week is their ‘Humble Endless RPG Lands’ Bundle, named for reasons that will become clear soon. FULL STORY >

Ex Machina must have been one of the top movies of 2014, with director Alex Garland really nailing it. He is back with what might just be the surprise hit of 2018. The teaser trailer for Annihilation has been released and it looks spectacular. FULL STORY >

The man behind series like Lost and The Leftovers, has now turned his attention to adapting one of the most celebrated graphic novels into a TV series for HBO. FULL STORY >

HP has partnered with Nvidia and a number of tech companies to design a virtual reality experience to discover what life on Mars could be like with a population of one million. FULL STORY >

While Valerian will pass the time with its beautiful cast, spectrum of colour and wonderful visuals, it's a fairly mindless exercise. FULL STORY >

Viresh Harduth, VP: New Customer Acquisition (Start up and Small Business) at Sage Africa & Middle East, answers some of the most common questions he hears from the newly self-employed about tax submissions. FULL STORY >

Sage Payments Landscape Report reveals that 90% of respondents are more likely to shop somewhere that offers them multiple ways to pay. FULL STORY >