GovChat gets global recognition with UNICEF partnership

After threatening to ban TikTok, US president Donald Trump gives Microsoft six weeks to complete acquisition negotiations with its mother company, ByteDance.

Praekelt’s Feersum Engine is an AI-powered conversational platform that builds intelligent assistants with the ability to chat to millions of users in multiple local languages.

The three suspects, two of whom are teenagers, are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and the intentional access of a protected computer.

A new report states that 3.43% of TikTok influencers in SA have over 100 000 followers, and can collaborate with brands and get paid for advertising.

The Sub-Saharan African edition of online resources hub, Think with Google, launched this week.

The citizen engagement platform will assist SASSA in managing frequently asked questions about the R350 relief grant, via WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

The social media platform continues its investigation of the hacking incident, working with law enforcement in a bid to bring the perpetrators to book.

As the world celebrates World Emoji Day, over 117 new emojis are expected to make their debut in 2020, including COVID-19 emojis.

A coordinated social engineering attack targets top users like Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kim Kardashian, among others.

The social media giant welcomes 12 community leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa to its first community accelerator, with six of them from SA.

By 2023, 44% of the global population will use social networks, with the evolution of smartphone tech driving new iterations on old ideas of social media.

The city rolls out a WhatsApp chat service to allow the public to interact with it directly on a range of service issues.