Google updates its Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, brings Street View to four new locations, and sharpens Google Earth and Maps satellite imagery
Google is updating Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more.
Amazon launches its online store in South Africa, offering same-day and next-day delivery and 3,000+ pickup points, challenging local rivals like Takealot.com
Amazon (AMZN.O) launched its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging a number of online retailers dominated by Naspers' (NPNJn.J) Takealot.com.
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters
What To Know About ‘Llama 3’ Model Marcus Gopolang Moloko / Memeburn : Meta AI with built in Llama 3 is on WhatsApp in South Africa Hamsat Abdurasheed / News.ng : Meta releases Llama 3, new AI assista...
Instagram rolls out Notes, a friend-focused status updates feature that appear atop the inbox, and begins testing BeReal-like Candid Stories in South Africa
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Google Play expands its third-party billing pilot to the US, Brazil, and South Africa, with Bumble joining Spotify as one of the pilot testers
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A look at AI-powered surveillance in South Africa, as CCTV cameras and fiber internet proliferate; one company operates 5,000+ cameras in Johannesburg
The cameras are not there yet. But the fiber already is. — Thami Nkosi points to the telltale black box atop a utility pole …
WHO's WhatsApp global COVID-19 information service is launching in 20+ languages, aiming to reach 50M people, after successful trials in South Africa
- World Health Organization steps up social media communication — Service employs articial intelligence to offer range of topics
Twitter rolls out its “Hide Replies” feature to all users globally
here's how Stephanie Mlot / Geek.com : Twitter Rolls Out ‘Hide Replies’ Feature Globally Shereesa Moodley / Memeburn : Twitter's ‘hide replies’ feature now available in South Africa Andrew Hutchinson ...
Facebook expands its internet infrastructure projects, including its Terragraph platform and Express Wi-Fi, to Peru, Nigeria, South Africa, California, and more
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Samsung's Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in US English and Korean
But it only recognizes English and Korean — Samsung's voice assistant Bixby is now accessible in more than 200 countries worldwide …