WhatsApp announced yesterday, Tuesday (16), the introduction of a new feature to help users quickly find the most important messages. These are conversation filters, which ensure that priority messages are highlighted without the need to scroll through the entire inbox. According to a publication by Sapo Teck, users can now...
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Instagram will allow you to edit private messages
Instagram has announced that social media users will be able to edit private messages already sent to other contacts. According to a note from the company, quoted by Notícias ao Minuto, this editing should take place within 15 minutes of sending. Simply press the message you want to edit for a few moments to...
Lenovo presents first laptop with transparent screen
Lenovo has unveiled a laptop with a transparent screen at the Mobile World Congress, an event taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain. The Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept is a prototype laptop that stands out for having a 17.3-inch microLED transparent panel. The transparent screen has no bezels. According to...
Mozambique could unify payment systems on a single mobile platform
Mozambique could become the first African country to unify its various payment systems on a single mobile platform. The Norwegian fintech company SOFTEC, which already develops financial solutions in Europe, will be in charge of the project. The CEO flew to Mozambique this week to familiarize himself with the legislation concerning the financial sector, and to prospect the...
Young man creates fuel from recycled plastic
A young Zambian, 19-year-old Jowetti Mwambazi, has created an environmentally friendly formula to produce fuel (diesel and oil) from recycled plastic bottles. This discovery is already being put to good use by members of his community in the town of Chipata, in eastern Zambia, according to international media reports. O...
Tmcel leads mobile Internet speed in Mozambique
Tmcel topped the mobile network Internet speed charts in Mozambique in the fourth quarter of 2023, with the fastest download speed of 27.80 Mbps and the most consistent performance (91.6%), according to Oakla. For Mohomed Mussa, chairman of Tmcel's management committee, this result "is yet another fruit of the...
LG and Samsung presented their first transparent TVs
The 2024 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off this Tuesday, the 9th, but, not wanting to waste any time, LG and Samsung have taken advantage of the start of the week to show off their transparent televisions. According to a report published today by Notícias ao Minuto, LG's OLED T is the first model with a...
Artificial Intelligence helps predict risks and death dates
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving all the time and is equipped with functionalities that until recently would perhaps have been unimaginable. The fact is that, while it has been possible to predict births for some time, even without the use of AI, AI now makes it possible to predict dates of death and the risk of death arising from...
Apple wants to train AI with the help of media companies in a deal that could amount to 50 M$
Apple wants to reach an agreement with media companies and organizations so that it can train its Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. As The New York Times reports, Apple is currently in talks with major media companies. According to Notícias ao Minuto, the aim is to pay for...
Growth opportunities in the e-sports economy
In the digital age, new opportunities for technology, entertainment and competition are emerging in the form of e-sports. Previously considered a niche culture, the sport of e-sports has evolved into a very lucrative industry and is experiencing unprecedented growth, with estimates at 1.8 billion dollars a year. Below we look at the main factors driving the strong growth...