Apple has released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera, the company announced on Thursday. Both apps were previously announced during the company’s iPad event in May. Apple also released updates for Final Cut Pro for Mac.
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Powered by GPT, Abbie offers personalized expert guidance to support and streamline the entire international education journey
ApplyBoard, the leading international student mobility platform, today announced the launch of Abbie, an indu…
iOS apps that build their own social networks on the back of users’ address books may soon become a thing of the past. In iOS 18, Apple is cracking down on the social apps that ask users’ permission to access their contacts — something soc…
WhatsApp updated the video calling experience across devices on Thursday by introducing screen sharing with audio support and a new speaker spotlight feature. It’s also increasing the limit for video call participants to up to 32 people.
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The zeitgeist in technology today is all about artificial intelligence, so in an effort to drive more users and usage, LinkedIn is catering to the buzz. On Thursday, it took the wraps off a raft of new services powered by AI.
The comp…
Even as Apple embraces AI in iOS 18, it’s working to improve users’ ability to get answers in a more traditional way: through its Spotlight Search feature. Accessed by swiping down on the middle of the Home Screen, Spotlight Search already…
Picsart, a photo-editing startup backed by SoftBank, announced on Thursday that it’s partnering with Getty Images to develop a custom model to bring AI imagery to its 150 million users. The company says the model will bring responsible AI …
Spotify announced on Thursday that it’s venturing further into the ad space with its first in-house creative agency called Creative Lab, helping brands create custom marketing campaigns. It will also begin testing generative AI ads, the co…
Apple is to boost its Siri voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI's ChatGPT as it seeks to catch up in the AI race.
The iPhone maker announced the Siri makeover along with a number of other new features at its annual develo…
On Monday at its WWDC conference, Apple announced iOS 18, the upcoming update to its operating system for iPhones. You'll soon be able to more fully customize your home screen and control center, lock and hide your applications, check out …
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Compute (HPC) continue to disrupt the data centre landscape, Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has announced a new por…
Canon Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com) introduces the RF 35mm F1.4L VCM, a first of its kind hybrid lens designed to capture both stills and video, along with the new Speedlite EL-10 for elevating portraits with controllable …
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today provided a closer look at its 2024 TV lineup at the Unbox & Discover event by showcasing the latest Neo QLED 8K and 4K and OLED TVs. As the world’s leading TV manufacturer for 18 consecutive years, Samsu…
KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today released its new 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organization’s Phish-prone…
AI-powered summaries of web pages are a feature that you will find in many AI-centric tools these days. The next step for some of these tools is to prepare detailed and well-formatted web pages for your search queries. The Arc browser is d…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of …
Pinterest announced today that it is evolving its Creator Inclusion Fund to now be called the Pinterest Inclusion Fund.
Pinterest teamed up with Shopify’s Build Black and Build Native programs to allow small business owners who are from…
Amazon is rolling out an AI-powered search feature to Fire TV that would enable Alexa to answer open-ended questions about TV shows and movies, and deliver more specific recommendations tailored to users’ preferences.
Announced at Amaz…
Can AI help you tell your story? That’s the idea behind a startup called Autobiographer, which leverages AI technology to engage users in meaningful conversations about the events in their lives and how they felt about them, and then turns…
Global browser innovator Opera today announced a significant privacy enhancement to Opera Mini with the introduction of Locked Mode, which enables PIN-protected browsing to further boost privacy protections. The move addresses the needs of…
As competition in the browser market heats up, thanks to innovations from startups like Arc and others, Google is preparing to make a notable change to how its Chrome browser operates. The company announced Wednesday that it’s introducing …
In a bid to combat harassment on its platform, Instagram said on Thursday it is expanding the scope of its “Limits” tool specifically for teenagers that would let them restrict unwanted interactions with people. Once they turn the feature …
With the first AWS Wavelength Zones in Morocco and Senegal, customers can build applications using AWS services installed within Orange’s network (https://www.Orange.com) to securely process and store data locally and deliver low-lat…
The iPhone-versus-Android debate has always been intense, and I'm here to add fuel to the fire.
I used Apple's and Google's newest high-end flagship phones, the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Pixel 8 Pro, side by side to compare everything f…
Canon’s (Canon-CNA.com) Miraisha Programme focuses on delivering job opportunities and future livelihoods to young people across Africa through skills workshops, training programmes and enterprise support; The programme has educated …
Ghanaian tech influencers, Dessy and Delppy, have been selected by META, the parent company for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to push the company’s new AI innovations and make the technology more accessible to the Ghanaian community.
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Many companies have begun using AI and analytics to optimise their business, manage risk, fight fraud, and enhance customer relationships, amongst others. Even so, there are still significant challenges to putting AI into practice and gene…
Today, Horologer MING releases the new 37.09 Bluefin, featuring their third-generation design language. It is their first watch with a unidirectionally-rotating, luminous sapphire timing dial that replaces a conventional dive bezel. It rid…
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday. Later, Bluesky plans to “fully support end-to-end encrypted messaging down the line,” it also said.
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The Kia EV3 — the new all-electric compact SUV revealed Thursday — illustrates a growing appetite among global automakers to bring generative AI into their vehicles.
The automaker said the Kia EV3 will feature a new voice assistant tha…
KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the results of its Q1 2024 top-clicked phishing test report. The results include the most com…
Canon Central and North Africa (https://www.Canon-CNA.com), a global leader in imaging solutions, is proud to announce its partnership with GITEX Africa 2024, the largest technology and startup event in Africa, happening from 29 – 3…
It's late at night. You haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks. And your baby is crying again. Historically, it's been up to you to cycle through the diaper, bottle and/or comfort-object routine with fingers crossed for a fast and easy …
Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but wind farms come with an environmental cost as wind turbines can wreak havoc on bird populations. Meet Spoor, the start…
Google introduced a ton of new Gemini-related products at its Google I/O developer conference recently, and its Education suite is also getting an AI boost.
The company is launching a Gemini add-on for educational institutes through Goo…
As part of 2024’s Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or vision impairments.
Project Gameface allows gamers to use their faces to move the cursor and pe…
In 2014, Jason Frantz and Rob Woollen co-founded Sigma Computing, a platform that overlays data stored in data platforms such as Snowflake and Google BigQuery with a spreadsheet-like interface for data visualization and analytics. With Sig…
X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in town, and it’s from Instagram Threads.
Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is test…
TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature is available to a limited group of users in select markets, and TikTok says it doesn’t have any immediate plan…
Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year. The company said that most of the mechanisms related to awards will remain the same, with some new additions. For instance,…
Canon’s (https://en.Canon-CNA.com) entire UVgel roll-to-roll printer range, comprising the Colorado 1600 series and the new Colorado M-series, is now compatible with SAi Flexi, the all-in-one design, print and cut software for sign and pri…
At Google’s I/O developer conference, the company made its case to developers — and to some extent, consumers — why its bets on AI are ahead of rivals. At the event, the company unveiled a revamped AI-powered search engine, an AI model wit…
OpenAI has reached a deal with Reddit to use the social news site’s data for training AI models.
In a blog post on OpenAI’s press relations site, the company said that the Reddit partnership will provide it access to “real-time, structure…
Building on the core, proven capabilities of previous Colorado models, the key features of the Canon Colorado M-series – its modularity, white ink capability, in-field upgradability and scalable speed configuration – have enabled cus…
Craig Stephens, Advisory Business Solutions Manager, SAS in South Africa
Cloud computing's role in today’s digital marketplace is undeniable. It allows for significant advancements through analytics, machine learning, and AI. However, c…
Next-Gen Falcon 2 Series launches AI Model that is Open-Source, Multilingual, and Multimodal – and is only AI Model with Vision-to-Language Capabilities
New Falcon 2 11B Outperforms Meta’s Llama 3 8B, and Performs on par with …
LG Electronics (www.LG.com), a global leader in consumer electronics recently hosted its LG Showcase MEA 2024 at the Conrad Hotel in Abu Dhabi. With the overarching theme “Reinventing Together,” the event focused on showcasing the la…
WhatsApp is adding a native bottom navigation bar on Android to make it easier for users to find what they’re looking for quickly. The new navigation bar, which has been available on iOS for quite some time now, lets you quickly look at yo…
The internet is full of cool websites, and some of them are so interesting and useful, it’s no wonder people want to save them for posterity. Bookmark managers, notes apps, and read-it-later services like Pocket are great for collecting an…
Here’s a tidbit of startup history that may not be widely known outside of the tech firms themselves: The first versions of popular Android apps, like Twitter, were built by Google itself. That revelation came about via a new podcast with …