Google has introduced the Googlebook, a new laptop priced at $899 that integrates its Gemini AI assistant directly into the operating system and desktop experience through features like cursor integration, dictation, and widgets. The device represents Google's strategy to drive hardware adoption by embedding AI capabilities throughout the user interface.
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SASSA is tendering for a modern national citizen engagement contact centre capability to enhance service delivery. The initiative aims to establish more efficient communication infrastructure for social security beneficiaries. Source: ITWeb
South Africa's Film and Publication Board has approved an AI strategy to monitor and classify content on streaming and social media platforms. The initiative aims to enhance oversight of online content and video-on-demand services using artificial intelligence. Source: ITWeb
An MIT Technology Review investigation found over 1,050 people died within range of U.S. border surveillance towers between 2015 and early 2026, despite the government spending billions on AI-enabled systems designed to detect migrants and enable rescue responses. The analysis reveals that surveillance failures and delayed or
MIT Technology Review's investigation found that people have died near US border surveillance towers despite AI-enabled detection systems, with cases involving undetected crossings, broken equipment, and failed agent responses. The article proposes four reforms: conducting comprehensive audits of deaths near the virtual wall, improving migrant death tracking