Tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook, plans to invest up to 65 billion dollars in projects related to artificial intelligence (AI) over the course of this year. On the table will be the construction of a giant data center and an increase in hiring for Meta's AI team. The company plans to use...
French technology company Cegid, a Decentralized Computing Management company specializing in management software for accounting, finance and tax, payroll, human resources and retail professionals, recently announced the acquisition of PHC Business Software, a leading Portuguese company in the management software market for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).....
The US Supreme Court has unanimously decided to uphold the law banning TikTok in the United States as of Sunday, unless the social network is sold by ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company, to an investor outside of China by then. According to a publication in the Portuguese newspaper Negócios, in a...
Meta plans to populate its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, with AI-powered personas, complete with their own profile pictures, biographies and ability to create and share content. According to a Marketeer publication, these virtual users will emerge from Meta's AI Studio, where humans can design...
Mozambique advocates strengthening international cooperation to combat the risks associated with the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The position was defended by the Mozambican Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, this Thursday in New York City, at an open debate of the UN Security Council on the maintenance of peace and...
WhatsApp is preparing to launch a new feature: voice message transcription. By turning voice into text, the tool aims to make it easier to keep conversations going when you're on the move or in a noisy place. According to a report in the Portuguese newspaper Expresso, the company, which is owned by Meta,...
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, has recommended that the National Telecommunications Institute of Mozambique (INCM), the country's telecommunications regulator, implement measures to promote the safe use of social networks. Speaking this Monday (25) in the district of Marracuene, Maputo province, during the opening ceremony of the 18th annual meeting of...
Absa Bank Mozambique signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC - TRANSCOM) yesterday (Wednesday 16), aimed at supporting the inclusion of women in technological areas, as well as reinforcing its commitment to gender equality. An Absa press release states that the initiative comes as part of...
Mozambique Telecom (Tmcel) and Ericsson have recently signed a partnership agreement under which the flagship operator will start using Ericsson Charging and Ericsson Mediation software to modernize its Business and Operations Support Systems (BSS/OSS), as well as Ericsson Dynamic Activation to reinforce...
The Bank of Mozambique recently issued two notices on cyber risks, introducing a series of requirements that are now mandatory for local credit institutions and financial companies to comply with. Reacting to this measure, Ernst & Young (EY), an international auditing firm, considers that this is a...