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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…

#DrosRapist: Nicholas Ninow pleads guilty to raping little girl, Twitter reacts

Nicholas Ninow, who last September was accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in a Dros restaurant, on Monday pleaded guilty to the crime, as…

Twitter thinks Sam Mshengu ‘snitched on himself’ following Hawks arrest

Sam Mshengu, known for his trucking logistics company Sam Holdings, was on Sunday arrested by the Hawks following a “prolonged investigation into his citizenship”….

You can now use Google Assistant to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp

Google on Thursday announced a number of new features coming to Google Assistant and supported smart devices, including the ability to make voice and…

‘It’s only gotten worse’: Charlize Theron speaks out against femicide in South Africa

Charlize Theron on Thursday added her voice to South Africa’s fight against gender-based violence and femicide, which rose to the forefront this week after…

South Africa has a laugh with #BokoHaramChallenge on Twitter

Amidst the tension brewing between South Africa and Nigeria following looting and attacks against foreign nationals in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africans took to…

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss return for ‘Matrix 4’

The fourth Matrix movie starring the original Trinity and Neo is official, a report by Variety revealed on Tuesday. The publication confirmed that Keanu…

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

In an attempt to curb “unfair” and “aggressive” manual copyright claims on its platform, Youtube on Thursday announced further updates to its manual claims…

Twitter’s testing a direct messages filter for ‘unwanted’ offensive content

Twitter is testing out a new feature for Direct Messages that will filter message requests with offensive content so that users don’t have to…

Facebook Group privacy settings are now a lot less confusing

Facebook on Wednesday announced the rollout of simplified Group settings to help users better understand their privacy on the platform It’s now condensing the…

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…

YouTube’s testing giant thumbnails on its homescreen (and people hate it)

Several users on Reddit and Twitter (spotted by The Verge) on Tuesday spotted bigger thumbnails on YouTube, which the company seems to be testing….

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…

Spectacles 3 is Snapchat’s stylish $380 augmented reality sunglasses

Now that its financials and user numbers are looking much better, Snapchat’s owner is doing this Spectacles thing all over again. Spectacles 3 is…

Twitter’s making it a lot easier to follow controversial tweets and their comments

Twitter wants to help you keep up with its infamous comments section through a new feature that allows you to turn on notifications for…

YouTube Super Chat donation feature arrives for South African streamers

Have you always dreamed of having your thoughts and feelings seen by your favourite YouTubers? Well, YouTube on Tuesday expanded its Super Chats donations…

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…

WhatsApp’s fingerprint unlock feature is finally coming to Android

WhatsApp is rolling out a fingerprint unlock feature for Android users similar to the Face and Touch ID lock it launched on iPhones a…

Twitter roasts South African woman upset about Hong Kong protests

Over in Hong Kong, ten weeks of ongoing protests between the Chinese government and pro-democracy activists have upset one South African woman. On Monday,…

Twitter could be getting a ‘snooze’ button to pause your notifications

Twitter may soon allow users to “snooze” the app’s notifications thanks to a yet-unreleased feature. Spotted by feature-seeker Jane Manchun Wong, the “snooze” button…

‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ is Disney’s take on the ‘Red Wedding’

South Africa rejoice: no load shedding scheduled for Sunday, says Eskom

Google Maps now features four new road incident report categories

Here are five SA hardware startups making waves in 2019

Here are the nine startups pitching today at Seedstars Kampala

Two reasons why Google’s Pixel 4 doesn’t have 4K 60fps video recording

HTC Exodus 1S: impressive in theory as it is dismal on paper

Nintendo’s ‘Ring Fit Adventure’ hits South Africa for R1299

What other parts may need to be replaced with my windscreen? [Sponsored]

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

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

Social

Facebook updates location settings for Android 10 and iOS 13

#DrosRapist: Nicholas Ninow pleads guilty to raping little girl, Twitter reacts

Twitter thinks Sam Mshengu ‘snitched on himself’ following Hawks arrest

You can now use Google Assistant to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp

‘It’s only gotten worse’: Charlize Theron speaks out against femicide in South Africa

South Africa has a laugh with #BokoHaramChallenge on Twitter

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss return for ‘Matrix 4’

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Twitter’s testing a direct messages filter for ‘unwanted’ offensive content

Facebook Group privacy settings are now a lot less confusing

Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

YouTube’s testing giant thumbnails on its homescreen (and people hate it)

Facebook had real people transcribing your Messenger audio messages

Create your own Instagram AR effects with this new Facebook app

Spectacles 3 is Snapchat’s stylish $380 augmented reality sunglasses

Twitter’s making it a lot easier to follow controversial tweets and their comments

YouTube Super Chat donation feature arrives for South African streamers

Facebook is working on a dark mode for its mobile app

WhatsApp’s fingerprint unlock feature is finally coming to Android

Twitter roasts South African woman upset about Hong Kong protests

Twitter could be getting a ‘snooze’ button to pause your notifications

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