Kaspersky opens Transparency Centre in Kigali

Visitors get an inside look at the cybersecurity firm's engineering and data processing practices.

VMware, Intel, unlock
private AI

Private AI, announced at VMware Explore in Barcelona yesterday, will deliver superior privacy, security, performance and...

SAP turns every developer into an AI developer

At the SAP TechEd conference in Bangalore yesterday, the software company unveiled major new Generative AI...

Google goes for access

New updates to Google Maps are not about cars, but about wheelchairs, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

GPT-4 AI gets chemistry
pass-mark

The latest AI "large language model" could aid chemistry researchers, but limitations still hold it back...

Data analytics at a click 

Qlik’s acquisition of Talend and their implementation of AI technology simplify data analytics, writes JASON BANNIER.

Tired of Twitter? Try Mastodon

An open-source software based social platform, Mastodon works on multiple decentralised servers. This is what you...

SA comes under intensive Amazon focus

The $4-billion AI investment by AWS into Anthropic has significant implications across Africa, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

Google Bard gets to know you

Google's generative AI tool can now be integrated with Google apps and services, meaning it can...

Prosus goes full gen AI

A new Generative AI tool, PlusOne, is intended to accelerate how its network of companies collaborate...

TikTok moves the clock – and worlds

Part of the secret of TikTok's success is its ability to create a "world of worlds",...

Google ramps up Africa search power

As Google commemorates its 25th anniversary, Google South Africa Country Director ALISTAIR MOKOENA highlights 5 ways...

Can we design voice assistants for SA?

South African speech poses a challenge, with twelve official languages, further subdivided into many regional, cultural...

WhatsApp voice notes put you at risk

Only 60 seconds of talking is needed to clone someone's voice, and use it to impersonate...

Cloud takes on tradition at Stellenbosch U

The university's transition to Oracle Fusion came with an ancient challenge, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

WhatsApp bot will give youth reproductive info

The Department of Health has teamed up with Reach Digital Health and the Elton John Aids...

Out with the life coach, in with the chatbot

A study finds that virtual assistants can support humans to increase daily steps, add extra fruits...

Chat superhero to
the rescue 

Researchers study how a chatbot can teach kids supportive self-talk, by learning from superheroes and AI.

Meta unveils answer to ChatGPT

Partnership with Microsoft produces next generation of Llama open-source large language model, free to all.

Guess which social verified status costs most? 

Twitter is in the news for trying to push users to pay for a blue tick,...