AI is disrupting education. But despite what the headlines (and some ChatGPT horror stories) might suggest, South African teachers aren’t being replaced — they’re…
Global internet population hits 2 billion, mobile users top 5 billion
The number of internet users worldwide has mushroomed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the UN’s telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure, said…
Facebook and Twitter for X-Box LIVE comes to SA
Social media integration is all the rage. Only a few months ago Microsoft launched Xbox LIVE, an online multiplayer gaming network, in South Africa…
Online news startup launches with heavyweight backing
Ongo, a subscription-based service backed by The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today, launched on Tuesday promising a “new way to…
Egypt blocks Twitter [and possibly Facebook] after day of rising protests
Twitter was inaccessible in Egypt on Tuesday in what was believed to be a move by the government to thwart protesters using the social…
