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- WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky moveThe decision to start advertising on WhatsApp marks a major shift for a private messaging service that has long positioned itself as being different from other social media platforms. Back when Meta (then known simply as Facebook) bought it in 2014 for US$19 billion, WhatsApp had an unusual and simple business model. Users… Read more »
- Information overload: smartphones are exposing children to an avalanche of irrelevanceMore than 80% of children aged ten to 12 in the UK own a smartphone, according to a recent report by media watchdog Ofcom. Many people think this is a bad thing: there has been much debate about whether children should be allowed to have smartphones. The discussions around the potential negative aspects of… Read more »
- New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life
The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the signs of life – called biosignatures – that scientists may find will likely be difficult to interpret. Figuring out… Read more » - Celebrating 30 Years of IncredibleIt’s Incredible’s birthday, but the gifts are all yours. Incredible is turning 30 – and they’re celebrating with deals you can’t ignore, value that goes beyond price, and expert service that has made them South Africa’s tech destination for three decades. Now, as they celebrate their 30th birthday, they’re bringing… Read more »
- Oppo’s new Pad SE tablet turns up locally this July with a R6,000 price
If you thought you could escape the seemingly endless reach of artificial intelligence by journeying to the very depths of the tablet pool, think again. Even Oppo, the talents of which typically include decent budget and mid-range devices, is sticking AI into the most six-thousand-Randest tablet out there, the Oppo… Read more » - Honor 400 and 400 Pro launched in South Africa, from R13,000
At its local launch event last night at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Honor South Africa took the wraps off the Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones. Following on from the successful Honor 200 and 200 Pro that launched last year, the 400 and 400 Pro bring a few hardware… Read more » - Nintendo Switch 2 review – Proper Switch Pro
Now that we’ve spent roughly two weeks in the company of the Nintendo Switch 2, we have some thoughts. One of those is ‘When can we get back to playing The Wind Waker?’ and another is ‘Why do squids look like that?’ We don’t have those answers as we’ve spent… Read more » - Meta’s AI app may make your private searches public. Very public
Only Facebook, now of course known as Meta, would make it mightily easy to mistakenly publicly share private queries in its Meta AI app. This is the upshot of the exposé that very private queries were being shared by mistake by many users. Meta’s solution? To warn you to “avoid… Read more » - It’s a dog eat world: Sixty60 now delivers pet food and other related productsCheckers’ has partnered with Petshop Science, a retail chain of stores selling pet-related goods, to offer same-day pet product delivery on its Sixt60 online shopping app. Pet owners can now enjoy the platform’s signature 60-minute delivery time. The service has launched in three provinces and will roll out to the… Read more »
- Assessment in the age of AI – unis must do more than tell students what not to doIn less than three years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has radically changed the assessment landscape. In this time, universities have taken various approaches, from outright banning the use of generative AI, to allowing it in some circumstances, to allowing AI by default. But some university teachers and students have reported they remain… Read more »
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