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Facebook is rolling out redesign beta with dark mode

After revealing plans to redesign Facebook at F8 back in May, Facebook this week started rolling out a beta update for some users. Spotted…

World Mental Health Day: Facebook adds stickers for those who need to talk

In honour of World Mental Health Day on Thursday, Facebook revealed a new filter and sticker pack designed to promote conversation on the platform….

Facebook has begun hiding like counts in Australia

Facebook has officially begun hiding like counts on posts in Australia, a report by TechCrunch on Thursday revealed. According to the publication, Facebook confirmed…

Facebook reveals Oculus Link, Hand Tracking updates for Oculus Quest

Facebook on Wednesday revealed a number of new updates coming to Oculus and the Oculus Quest VR headset. Quest, which first launched last September,…

Facebook will resume listening to Portal commands to train AI

Facebook on Wednesday revealed a few practices it intends to implement on its newly released Portal range, the company’s home video-calling devices. Users will…

Facebook updates location settings for Android 10 and iOS 13

Following last week’s release of Android 10 and the upcoming launch of iOS 13, Facebook on Monday announced new updates coming to its location…

Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Facebook on Wednesday announced a partnership with fact-checking company Africa Check to bring local African language support to its third-party Fact-Checking programme. The programme…

Facebook had real people transcribing your Messenger audio messages

Facebook is joining the list of companies that have been exposed for using real people to do jobs better suited for artificial intelligence. A…

Create your own Instagram AR effects with this new Facebook app

Now you can make your own AR camera effects and publish them on Instagram thanks to Facebook’s Spark AR, a new app the company…

Facebook is working on a dark mode for its mobile app

Jane Manchun Wong is at it again. After leaking Twitter’s upcoming Snooze button, the feature leaker on Tuesday revealed that Facebook is working on…

Again!? Instagram and WhatsApp are down in some parts of the world

In a headline that’ll probably make you say “what’s new?” Instagram and WhatsApp are today facing service issues in various parts of the world….

WhatsApp and Instagram are getting name changes ‘from Facebook’

According to a paywalled article by The Information, both Instagram and WhatsApp will receive a subtle name change “from Facebook”. The social media giant…

Facebook is open-sourcing its technology that detects abusive media

It seems Facebook wants help other platforms identify and stop the spread of harmful content online. The company on Thursday announced that it is…

MTN warns of multiple ‘fake MTN Facebook accounts’ scamming users

MTN is warning its users against a number of parody Facebook accounts parading as official channels for the telecoms company. It called into question…

Facebook will pay a $5bn fine to the FTC for bevy of privacy lapses

Facebook on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), which was investigating the company over privacy concerns surrounding last year’s Cambridge…

A ‘technical error’ on Facebook’s Messenger Kids app exposed children to strangers

Facebook is facing a user security problem once again, and this time it involves its Messenger Kids app, a platform where children can chat…

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down again tonight

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all experienced connectivity issues on Wednesday night, the former confirmed in a post on Twitter. Ironically alerting users of its…

Facebook is trying to reduce ‘spammy’ health claims

In an attempt to curb fake health news on its platform, Facebook has implemented new updates to detect posts that promote sensational health claims…

Facebook expands availability of political ad transparency tools

Facebook on Tuesday announced it’s expanding the availability of a number of ad transparency tools associated with politics and social issues on the platform….

Facebook to launch digital wallet for Libra cryptocurrency in 2020

Facebook on Tuesday revealed plans for its very own financial service provider Calibra, and the service’s digital wallet for its Libra cryptocurrency. “The first…

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

A report by Reuters on Friday revealed that Facebook has suspended pre-installation of its mobile apps on Huawei devices. This means that Huawei phones…

Uber Eats Pass brings monthly free deliveries to South Africans

Google Maps translation feature will help users navigate foreign countries

Uber launches new RideCheck feature in South Africa

Venture capitalist questions lack of women, role of foreign founders in Africa’s tech sector

Rainbow wins 2019 Innovating Justice Challenge Southern Africa regional finals

Motorola RAZR 2019 proves the flip phone never really died

Fitbit OS update: 7 new features heading to the Versa and Ionic

Orange, Itel and KaiOS announce the $28 Sansa XL smart feature phone

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African car company Mureza to debut Prim8 mini-SUV at Automechanika Johannesburg

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m