OpenAI has launched GPT 5.2, a major model upgrade now available in both the API and ChatGPT. It is described as the company’s most…
Thai political crisis fuels social media boom
When Thai authorities shut down his website, Sombat Boonngamanong turned to Facebook to share political views with fellow supporters of the “Red Shirt” opposition…
Why MXit is Africa’s largest social network
While South Africa’s teachers were on strike in September, volunteers used the country’s largest social network to help students prepare for exams. If you…
The Twitter founder who doesn’t tweet
Last week I went to see Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone talk at an Inforum meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California….
Social gaming: The hype is justified
There’s no shortage of hype about social gaming at the moment, resulting in substantial buyouts of social gaming startups by large media conglomerates. The…
