USAASA has finalised its revised Universal Service and Access Fund. (Image source: iStock) The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) has a new, ministerial-approved Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) manual. This follows last November’s faux pas that saw the agency swiftly withdrawthe manual after it was released for public comment without…
At SXSW, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a major shift in how the platform handles recommendations: the Taste Profile. This new AI-powered feature allows users to directly intervene in their discovery algorithms, offering a level of manual customisation previously unavailable on the platform. The feature is set to enter beta for Premium users in New…
The draft manual of the Universal Service and Access Fund has been withdrawn. The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) has swiftly withdrawn its recently-published draft Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) manual. The move, according to USAASA, is to align the draft manual with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies…
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