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This Tesla robot could be ready by end of next year
The Tide is turning against Short Term Rentals like AirBnB
The Science Behind Erthecode: Merging Ancient Wisdom with Modern Innovation
Meta leverages WhatsApp and others to enable masses to have access to AI
The Records Company Welcomes New Era of Record Retrieval in the US
The Rotating CEO: An antidote to One Man Rule by Apple’s major supplier – Foxconn
Enjoy Barrier-free Communication with the Revolutionary Samsung Galaxy S24
What happened after Netflix Password-sharing crackdown?
Inside the Battle against Smartphones
Dove just created an Award deserving AI related Ad
The Ultimate Review of the AI Pin is here
Unpacking the Amazon CEO’s letter
Huawei Fusionsolar launches Luna 2.0 solar solution in South Africa
Google just launched its own chip (based on ARM) to challenge Amazon and Microsoft
Elon Musk is facing an investigation in Brazil over Fake news on X
How Countries can respond to AI advancements
The meaning of being an African Youtuber: Big audiences, no Big money
This Student got into trouble for using an AI Tool: Grammarly
Apple will no longer support this iPhone
How tax consulting has evolved over the past decade.
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Dove just created an Award deserving AI related Ad
When Dove launched its “Evolution” commercial in 2006, it went viral almost immediately. The spot showed a time-lapsed inside look at how an image goes from photograph to beauty ad—and all the digital manipulation in […]
The Ultimate Review of the AI Pin is here
Reviews for Humane’s wearable Ai Pin are finally in—and they are, to put it lightly, very bad. Not that we’re surprised. Before the pin officially debuted last November, Fast Company’s global design editor, Mark Wilson, […]
Huawei Fusionsolar launches Luna 2.0 solar solution in South Africa
Leading global digital power and product solution vendor, Huawei has launched its innovative Fusionsolar Residential Luna 2.0 solar solution to the South African market. The product can be utilized in smaller scenarios i.e. residential, Small, […]
Google just launched its own chip (based on ARM) to challenge Amazon and Microsoft
Google has launched its own design of a CPU, based on the ARM architecture. The new chip, called Axion, will reside in the Google Cloud. Companies will pay to run their computing jobs on the […]
How Countries can respond to AI advancements
A lot has been said by the public about what is good and bad about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Now, the South African government has spoken out about AI during the AI National Government Summit held […]
The meaning of being an African Youtuber: Big audiences, no Big money
In April 2018, 31-year-old Nigerian content creator Tayo Aina’s video about rapper J. Cole’s performance in Nigeria went viral, amassing 1.1 million views. Despite that success, because his audience was largely based in Africa Aina […]
Apple will no longer support this iPhone
Time marches quickly for just about anyone. But in the technology world, it can positively gallop. Apple has declared the iPhone 6 Plus to be “obsolete” technology, meaning it will no longer repair or service […]
Inside the new Zoom Redesign
Zoom is as synonymous with video chat as Kleenex is to tissue paper. With 300 million daily meeting participants (a stat last measured in 2020), Zoom exploded during the pandemic due to its accessible design, […]
Tik Tok ban may not work
American lawmakers took steps that indicated they are serious about banning TikTok if the Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell to a US company. When the ban becomes a reality it will be a […]
Lessons from the Kate Middleton scandal
It’s the scandal that keeps on giving—and has dominated social media discourse in a way few other stories have in years: What the hell is going on with Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, and wife […]
The Elon Musk legal challenge is good for Tech
Elon Musk has been receiving serious backlash lately for all the right reasons. He has been off the mark a couple of times. He has been vocal about issues that should have been left to […]
Venus Williams just launched an AI interior design platform called Palazzo
Instagram. Pinterest. Augmented reality apps from Ikea and Amazon. There are all sorts of ways we try to reimagine the design of our homes—without actually hiring an interior decorator. And, frankly, none of them are […]
Microsoft adds another AI company beyond OpenAI
Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products. […]
SOVEREIGN AI: An opportunity for uniquely South African powered Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT got most people excited about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although AI has been with us for some time, recent developments have increased its adoption. Before then and through this era of AI euphoria, I’ve been […]
Unpacking Gemma: The new Google open source AI model
Google announced recently set of new large language models, collectively called “Gemma,” and a return to the practice of releasing new research into the open-source ecosystem. The new models were developed by Google DeepMind and […]
Why you should not put your iPhone in rice if it gets wet
For over a decade, the home remedy for people who drop their iPhone in the sink, a puddle, or, ahem, the toilet has been the same: Dry it off and stick it in dry rice […]
OpenAI just released a text to video tool, called Sora
With the unveiling of a new text-to-video tool called Sora, OpenAI has joined Runway, Meta, Google, and others in the race toward AI video that nears the quality of traditional live-action video. Announcing Sora — […]
Tinder is trying to get new love and improve your love life
Tinder emerged onto the scene 12 years ago and disrupted online dating forever with the swipe. Now the company’s new CEO says it’s time for another shift—and she wants to make sure Tinder is once […]
