The R49 million funding reflects Google’s long-term commitment to supporting SA’s digital economy, it says. Google has announced a $2.85 million (R49 million) funding injection through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, to support artificial intelligence (AI) skills development, education, online safety and cyber security in South Africa. The announcement was made last night at AI Expo…
OpenAI has officially launched its new AI-powered web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, marking its latest effort to challenge Google in the core area of web interaction and search. The browser was unveiled during a livestreamed demo, following a mysterious teaser earlier in the day. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: WhatsApp in-app translation! ChatGPT…
Mary Barra speaks onstage during WSJ’s Future of Everything 2025 at The Glasshouse on May 28, 2025 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images NEW YORK — General Motors is targeting a suite of new software initiatives for its vehicles over the next three years, including an in-vehicle artificial intelligence assistant from Google…
Google South Africa, in collaboration with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), has launched a significant new initiative: an AI glossary standardising 100 key technology terms in Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans. This project marks a critical step toward linguistic inclusion and digital empowerment for South Africans. Read: Apple bumps entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro to…
Google South Africa MD Kabelo Makwane Google South Africa has launched an “AI glossary” that standardises 100 terms in Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans in partnership with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). Google South Africa country director Kabelo Makwane told a launch event in Johannesburg on Wednesday that the glossary marks a critical step…
Google has announced a major initiative to support higher education across Africa by offering its premium AI subscription, Google AI Pro for free to university students for 12 months. The offer is available to eligible students aged 18 and above in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, providing them with access to Google’s…
In a move set to expand both Digicloud Africa and Google Cloud’s footprint across Africa, Digicloud Africa has been appointed as a distributor of Google security operations (SecOps) products in Africa. Google SecOps cloud-native security operations platform offers a unified experience across SIEM (security, information and event management), SOAR (security, orchestration, automation and response), and…
A major announcement from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit confirms that Google is finally merging its Android and ChromeOS platforms to create a new operating system for computers. Read: Xiaomi launches 17 series with secondary displays and huge batteries Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon revealed the plan, and Sameer Samat, Google’s head of the Android Ecosystem, provided a…
The One Campaign, a global non-profit that lobbies to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases, has launched an agentic AI data-query platform with Google, allowing academics, researchers, policymakers and others to compare global health financing data for decision making. Named the One Data Agent, the platform has a particular focus on Africa. According to Prem…
Google is seeking to avoid a forced sale of part of its online advertising business in its latest faceoff with US antitrust enforcers. The trial is the government’s next best shot at curbing what a judge has ruled is Google’s monopoly power, after losing a separate bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser earlier…
