HEAPS Sponsors #HISA2023
With the 8th Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2023 on the horizon we are excited to announce one of our sponsors, HEAPS an expert led AI-driven health tech platform that helps in optimising care management with the use of cutting-edge technology, data analytics and artificial intelligence. Fast Growing Care Management Solutions
Read moreNew App Simplifies Cash Conversion in South Africa
Paycorp has introduced CryptoExpress, an app designed to simplify the conversion of cryptocurrencies to cash for South Africans. Seamlessly integrating with users’ crypto wallets, the app allows them to effortlessly withdraw cryptocurrency as cash at over 3,000 crypto-enabled Cash Express ATMs nationwide, operated by Paycorp subsidiary ATM Solutions. Available on
Read moreIntelsat and AMN Reach 8 Million with Rural Satellite Antennas
Intelsat in collaboration with Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), has successfully deployed over 3,000 rural base satellite antennas across multiple African countries since 2018. This initiative has ushered in new telecommunication services, benefiting more than 8 million people. AMN, a consortium of companies specializing in the construction, ownership, operation, and maintenance
Read moreEU faces privacy complaint over CSAM microtargeting ads it ran on X
A microtargeted advertising controversy which has implicated European Union lawmakers in privacy-hostile practices banned by laws they had a hand in passing is the subject of a new complaint by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb. The complaint against the EU Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs is being filed
Read moreRefilled wants to save 100 million plastic bottles from the landfill
The Australian government recently set new packaging regulations after an official review found just 18% of plastic packaging is recycled, falling far short of a 70% target by 2025. Refilled, a Sydney-based startup, wants to help with its smart drink dispensers, which are meant to be used with reusable bottles.
Read moreMicrosoft launches a deepfakes creator at Ignite 2023 event
One of the more unexpected products to launch out of the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure AI Speech text to speech avatar, the new feature, available
Read moreMicrosoft renames Bing Chat to Copilot as it competes with ChatGPT
Everything’s coming up Copilot — including Bing. Today at Microsoft Ignite 2023, the company renamed Bing Chat, the AI-powered chatbot it launched on Bing earlier this year, to Copilot in Bing. Meanwhile, the premium, corporate-focused version of Bing Chat, which was previously called Bing Chat Enterprise, has also been rebranded
Read moreMicrosoft unveils new AI tools Copilot Azure, Copilot for Service and Copilot Studio at Ignite event
Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI technologies, promises to be a big moneymaker for the company, with one analyst predicting that it could generate $10 billion in annualized revenue by 2026. Despite a staggered and somewhat confusing rollout, 40% of companies in the Fortune 100 were testing Copilot by fall,
Read moreMicrosoft Teams gets an AI-powered home decorator, voice isolation at Ignite 2023
During Microsoft’s Ignite 2023 event, the company’s annual IT pro conference, a slew of interesting updates were revealed for Teams, its Slack-like collaboration and messaging service. Among the dozens of updates here, some of the highlights are the initial rollout of voice isolation, an AI-driven noise reduction feature that can
Read moreThreads starts testing hashtags…without the hash
Instagram’s Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it’s adding one more feature that’s been core to the Twitter experience for years: hashtags. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads will begin testing the ability to tag topics on Threads to categorize posts by
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