Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced a new feature that allows paid users to hide their likes. This update comes in response to recent rollouts by rival social networks Threads and Bluesky, which gave users the ability to view their own likes. The feature description reads: Your Likes tab…

MTN Group has announced the appointment of Marina Madale as group executive for sustainability and shared value, effective 01 September. Marina previously worked as the group’s general manager: sustainability and shared value. The company announced her appointment today, stating that in her new role, she would be responsible for setting the strategic…

U.S. tech giant Microsoft is finally making good on a promise it made back in April. On Thursday the company announced that it will finally unbundle Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity suites across the European Union, in a bid to allay European Union antitrust concerns. The move follows…

A day after Apple sent invites for the iPhone 15 event, Google Pixel fans, mark your calendars and start setting aside cash now, because yesterday, Google sent out invites to the media for its next Made By Google event, which is set for 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 4 in…

Wow, this is a real game-changer! Ever wanted to call someone on X, formerly known as Twitter? Oh well, soon, you’ll get your chance, because according to Twitter/X owner Elon Musk, the company is about to launch video and audio calls. In a tweet Thursday, Musk also listed some of…

OpenAI is reportedly on track to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months. This will be from the sale of artificial intelligence software and the computing capacity that powers it. Earlier, the ChatGPT maker projected $200 million in revenue for this year. The Microsoft-backed company is…

A global trailblazer in payments technology solutions, Financial Software and Systems (FSS) has unveiled BLAZE, an avant-garde payments technology platform meticulously crafted to meet the dynamic needs of banks and financial institutions across Africa. A shining example of the BLAZE architecture’s prowess is the FSS Payment Gateway, which boasts a…

The Google-owned company is offering creators a second chance if they violate the company’s community guidelines. Creators who are given a warning about their content will be allowed to complete an educational training course so that they can “stay in good standing” on the site. In a blog post, YouTube explained the…

Google is rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant called Google Duet that will serve corporate teams for $30 (R556) monthly per user. The assistant is aimed at corporate teams and will let users translate their documents into Google apps, including Gmail, Drive, Slides, and Docs. Google has been…

According to a recent court filing, X, formerly known as Twitter, has been hit with more than 2,200 arbitration cases from former employees. The company had faced 200 arbitration cases in January — and now 2,000 additional cases have piled up, according to a court filing from a lawsuit involving a…

Meta has walked out legs to player avatars in Quest Home — but not Horizon Worlds — in a new beta announced last week in the Meta Community forums (via UploadVR). Meta Quest avatars have famously been upper body only. Now beta testers for Meta’s Quest Home have access to the new leg feature. Users have…

As Samsung promised last week it has finally launched Food, a “personalized, AI-powered food and recipe” app in eight languages and 104 countries around the world. It draws on the food database of Whisk, an app Samsung acquired a few years back — and resembles a version of Whisk the company revealed…

Huawei Technologies may have suffered loads of US-induced setbacks in recent years, but that hasn’t stopped the brand from producing some otherwise great phones. Now, the Chinese brand is back with the newly announced Mate 60 Pro. Huawei in a statement said that; the Mate 60 series was its most…

Apple has set a date for its annual September event, during which we’ll undoubtedly learn all about the iPhone 15 lineup and new versions of other devices. The event will held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California on Sept. 12. The tagline for the event reads “Wonderlust.”  The launch event will…

Alibaba on Friday launched a new artificial intelligence model that the company says can understand images and carry out more complex conversations than the company’s previous products, as the global race for leadership in the technology heats up. The Chinese technology giant said that its two new models, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat,…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has licensed Paycorp as a direct clearing system participant. Paycorp may now acquire payment transactions directly into the National Payments System (NPS) via BankServ Africa, as well as worldwide via its primary memberships with Visa and MasterCard. An independent non-bank actor in South Africa’s…

Google Photos is rolling out a new, more powerful photo editor to all those who access the service via a web browser. Previously available only to paying Google One subscribers, the update brings with it a revamped user interface and a powerful selection of enhanced features that used to be…

Investors who lost money when Elon Musk tweeted about taking his electric car company Tesla private may soon collect from a $42.3 million fund set up when Musk settled federal securities fraud charges. In a Wednesday night court filing, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said 3,350 eligible claimants will share…

Leading African infrastructure private equity manager, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), and N+ONE Datacenters (N+ONE) are working together to build a new Pan-African data center and cloud services platform, with a short-term capacity of 40 MW. N+ONE which is a leading African data center owner and operator will contribute its…

Nominations for the annual Africa Tech Festival Awards, which will be held in South Africa, are now open until September 7, 2023. The Africa Tech Festival Awards celebrate the innovators enabling transformation, inclusivity, and digital democracy across the African continent. The short-listed candidates will be released on September 11, 2023, and submissions…