X, Facebook and Instagram exercise ordinate and often pernicious power, which must be contested and socially enriching alternatives developed
The bill in its current form creates a safe haven in South Africa for machine learning
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The brand is confident it will continue its growth in the local mobile industry
By partnering with Google, the agency is poised to expand its reach and impact
Google’s Gemini Pro and Imagen 2 to deploy in producing new text, voice, and image features on the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series
Legacy publications struggle in the digital age and they need investment, not cutting skilled staff
US tech giants have survived unscathed for years against accusations of wielding illegal monopoly power
If anything, the programmes in their current incarnation are more like sophisticated parrots, incapable of original thought
Warning system will reach more countries to help mitigate the effects of flood-related disasters and empower more people to take precautions
The artificial intelligence language model is regarded as the fastest growing ‘app’ in history, garnering over 100 million active users in two months
This is the country in which falling in love may be a death sentence and romance is being stabbed to death, remains dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the street
The fortunes of Silicon Valley billionaires took a beating in 2022 as the share prices of the world’s tech giants plummeted
As you read this, the future is being coded in Silicon Valley. The algorithms that will one day govern our lives are being built. But who is building them, and who are they being built for?
David Holeck explains why the company chose to go the Google route and become the first car manufacturer to team up with the multinational technology company
Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain and regulators threaten tougher rules
Rage against the machine: If we are not careful, artificial intelligence will replicate the racism inherent in today’s world. Timnit Gebru will not let that happen.
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Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.
As the economy takes a beating, digital tools may help your job search and career upskilling journey
The Covid-19 pandemic created wealth for some, including internet entrepreneurs, and poverty for many
The German reform coincided with new EU draft legislation unveiled in December aimed at curbing the power of the internet behemoths that could shake up the way Silicon Valley can operate in the 27-nation bloc.
The spy in your pocket: Granting microphone and camera permission to certain apps does not mean they are only active during use
Countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK are pushing back against the tax practices of global giants such as Google and Facebook
In an increasingly digital world, OnlyFans has given online creators a new way to make money on their own terms
Hodan Nalayeh was a Somali journalist famous for telling uplifting, positive stories about her country. She was killed in a terrorist attack in Kismayo in July 2019. A year later, the writer Ifrah Udgoon remembers how Nalayeh’s life and work shaped her own
John Davenport’s Google survey of 500 people shows that people are twice as scared of the economic effects of Covid-19 than they are of catching the virus
Publications have cut salaries and frozen posts in a bid to survive the disease, but most owners failed to take appropriate steps when problems emerged in the late 1990s
Australia’s new regulations will also cover the sharing of data, and the ranking and display of news content, to be enforced by binding dispute resolution mechanisms and penalties
Movement in the grocery and pharmacy category — supermarkets, food warehouses, farmers’ markets, specialty food shops and pharmacies — has dropped by 60%
As efforts to repatriate Africa’s artefacts continue, a Zulu collective has hit upon a digital solution
The country needs an institute that will be a conduit for AI knowledge to industry, society and government