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Google Assistant gets an ‘Ambient Mode’ for smart devices and Nokia phones

Google on Thursday revealed a new Ambient Mode for several smart home devices and phones supported by its Google Assistant. “Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode…

YouTube pays $170m fine for child safety violations, announces changes

The US’s FTC on Wednesday revealed that Google and YouTube have agreed to pay a $170-million fine to settle allegations against it regarding child…

Facebook is rolling out its ‘face recognition’ settings to all users

Facebook this week revealed that it will expand its “face recognition settings” to all new and existing users on the platform. The setting, which…

Android 10, Google’s ‘simpler, smarter and more helpful’ OS, is now live

Google on Tuesday officially launched Android 10, its “simpler, smarter and more helpful” operating system for Android smartphones. “With this release, we focused on making your…

Zao, a Chinese face-swap app for iOS, goes viral in China

A new deepfake iOS app called Zao went viral in China this weekend after users grew concerned about the app’s potential privacy violations, a…

Google Play Store will now autoplay app and game videos

Promotional app videos on Google Play will now start playing automatically to attract users and show off app features. This means that, when you…

Spotify will let users share 15-second song clips to Facebook Messenger

Spotify will now let Facebook users share 15-second long video clips to Facebook Stories, the company announced on Friday. The feature addition, which in…

Kaspersky launches perfume to, uh, combat cyber attacks

We’re just as confused as you are. Kaspersky Labs — best known to the average human as the virus protection you have to pay…

Game of Thrones season 7 release date and teaser is here

Game of Thrones fans rejoice: the great war is here. Yesterday, the Game of Thrones Twitter announced the much-awaited release date on a live stream with Jaime…

13% of South Africans use ad-blocking – study

A new report by Effective Measure has found that 13% of South Africans use ad-blocking software. The study saw 2987 respondents being surveyed from…

Google honours women in heartwarming International Women’s Day doodle

It’s easy to list off men who have made history: Nelson Mandela, Neil Armstrong, Mozart. These names are drilled into us from day one….

How to increase your advertising ROI with Programmatic buying

Programmatic buying is a relatively new concept in South Africa and it uses highly advanced technology — both of which can make it seem…

Cisco Connect South Africa: company affirms pledge to Africa’s growth

Cisco’s SVP Hilton Romanski and country manager Cathy Smith today opened Cisco Connect South Africa with a joint keynote, expressing the company’s acute focus…

Google Assistant hits Android 6.0, 7.0 devices

The Google Assistant is essentially a supercharged take on Google Now, delivering reminders, answers to more specific questions and more. It was initially limited…

UberEATS Cape Town gains weight, expands again

It was just over a month ago that UberEATS launched in Cape Town, coming a few months after the Johannesburg launch. Since then, we’ve…

Amazon’s S3 outage temporarily killed some of the internet

The last time the internet literally lost itself was October 2016, when global DNS giant Dyn suffered a DDoS attack. That was bad, plunging…

Google Keep is now a G Suite app, gains Docs integration

In a bid to integrate its products into everything (even within its other products), internet giant Google has announced that its Keep note-taking app…

Mozilla acquires read-it-later service Pocket

Mozilla isn’t known for its acquisition of companies at all. But the company has just announced major news, having purchased Pocket for an undisclosed…

ICYMI: here are the Bookmarks finalists for 2017

The IAB Bookmark Awards takes place on 16 March, but judges have recently narrowed down their shortlist to finalists. “We are thrilled with the response…

Google Allo is coming to the desktop (kind of)

Smart messaging app Google Allo is heading to the desktop, this according to a tweet from Google VP of communication products Nick Fox. The…

Cloudflare bug leaks personal information to search engines

US Internet giant Cloudflare revealed yesterday that a bug in its coding had put many users’ sensitive information at risk. Google Zero engineer Travis…

New Google Doodle honours NASA’s latest discovery

It’s not often mother Earth discovers long lost relatives in outer space, but that’s largely what NASA has announced this week. The space exploration…

Microsoft’s Skype Lite Android app launches in India

An interesting counter-trend is emerging among the world’s most popular apps. With Facebook launching the likes of Messenger Lite and Facebook Lite last year…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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