In addition to highly effective treatments like Lenacapavir, technology is central to South Africa’s HIV/Aids response. “Technology is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’ in the HIV response; it’s central. Young people live on their phones. If our solutions aren’t where they are, we are going to miss them,” said Cleo Sokhela, the chief programmes officer at…
Nkosikhona Nkosi, chief information officer of the CCMA. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) plans to deploy a WhatsApp chatbotfor labour dispute referrals, as it eyes tapping into generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This is according to Nkosikhona Nkosi, chief information officer of the CCMA, in an interview with…
A dispute between WhatsApp and the Information Regulator of South Africa has been settled out of court. Speaking at a media briefing on Thursday, the chair of the Information Regulator, Pansy Tlakula, said the matter – which stemmed from the Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp’s amended privacy policy in 2021 being in violation of the Protection of…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows users to translate messages directly within the app, making cross-language communication easier for its more than three billion global users. Now, if you receive a message in a language you don’t understand, you can simply long-press on it and select “Translate.” The app will then display…
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai and Neyaz FarooqueeBBC News, Delhi Getty Images India is WhatsApp’s biggest market and the app is almost a way of life in the country Can an Indian-made messaging app compete with the behemoth that is WhatsApp? Over the past couple of weeks, Arattai, developed by Indian tech company Zoho, has become…
Maski, a South African-built WhatsApp-based AI tutor for students in grades 1 to 12, has surpassed the 100 000-user mark just six months after the platform launched in March. It was built by Bytefuse in collaboration with textbook publisher Maskew Miller Longman. The two companies believe Maski’s AI foundations make it appropriate for individualised learning…
WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new feature that lets users translate messages inside the app – part of an effort to make cross-language communication easier for its more than three billion users worldwide. Users who receive a message in a language they don’t understand can now long-press and select “Translate”. The app will then…
WhatsApp has discovered an advanced cyberespionage campaign that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them. A researcher with Amnesty International said unidentified members of civic groups appeared to be among those impacted. In a brief statement, the Meta Platforms-owned communications service said it had patched…
WhatsApp is adding a suite of new features aimed at turning the app into a more structured communication tool for groups. The updates, announced in a recent blog post, position the Meta-owned messaging service as a new competitor to platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom by making it easier to plan and manage group calls….
WhatsApp said Russia was trying to block its services because the social media messaging app owned by Meta Platforms offered people’s right to secure communication, and vowed to continue trying to make encrypted services available in Russia. Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information…
