Category: Science/Technology

Visa launches consulting practice to advise client...

Visa launched its new AI Advisory Practice as a way to add value for clients by offering insights and recommendations on implement...

This 25-year-old converted her love for cars into ...

What started as her organising car trips for students from her school, in south-west Nigeria, to Lagos, 45 kilometres away, and ba...

A Kenyan high court, yesterday, dismissed a billion-dollar class action lawsuit against Safaricom and Vodafone. Earlier in March, ...

Prolific VC firm MaC Venture Capital shares its in...

In a fireside chat at the Moonshot by TechCabal Conference, Marlon Nichols, a managing general partner at MaC Venture Capital, a f...

Abdulhakeem Olasupo might just be 21, but this product design expert has a wealth of experience working for companies globally. In...

CV VC wants to invest $20 million in African crypt...

Ask An Investor episode featuring Brenton Naicker, principal and head of growth at Crypto Valley VC (CV VC)’s Africa operations. A...

Weathered face of 'old man' Neanderthal comes to l...

A new facial reconstruction depicts a Neanderthal whose skeleton was found by priests in a French cave.

3D map plots human brain-cell 'antennae' in exquis...

A new map of 56,000 cells in the outer layer of the human brain could inform research into a whole class of diseases.

1st images from the Euclid 'dark universe' telesco...

The first images from ESA's dark universe detective Euclid are out, featuring spectacular views of nebulas, distant galaxies and g...

Volcanic 'devil comet' racing toward Earth resprou...

The massive volcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which grows giant horns when it erupts, has exploded for a third time in five months a...

The moon will 'smile' at Venus this Thursday. Here...

Look up early Thursday (Nov. 9) to witness one of the most beautiful celestial sights of 2023 — a 'smiling' crescent moon dancing ...

NASA surprised to discover 'dinky' moon orbiting a...

NASA snapped a picture of an asteroid in an outer belt near Mars, which had a tiny moon orbiting the space rock called Dinkinesh. ...

This robot pumps gas for you

A new robotic refueling system, powered by Autofuel, can fill up your gas tank based on the data you put into the system such as t...

Apple Watch Series 9 vs. Ultra 2: Which one should...

Apple offers various features for the new Apple Watch including the double tap, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains the new design a...

How the sneaky CEO Apple gift card scam almost got...

Apple gift cards can potentially be used as a scam to dupe employees by impersonating a company's CEO by sending emails or texts t...

How to use Safari Profiles on iOS 17 to separate w...

With Apple iOS 17, Safari users can create Profiles for different users, or for work and personal browsing. Kurt "The CyberGuy Knu...

What’s cheaper, Airbnb or a hotel? The shocking an...

Alternatives to traditional hotels like Airbnb once were affordable but now see sky-high costs across the board. Here's how to pay...

Microsoft's Xbox developing generative AI tools fo...

Microsoft-owned Xbox announced it has entered a multiyear partnership with Inworld AI to build artificial intelligence-powered too...

Dallas woman joins dozens across the nation in sex...

A Dallas woman is one of nearly two dozen women nationwide alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers.

Elon Musk's chatbot modeled after sci-fi cult seri...

Billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI announced the launch of its Grok AI assistant, which is in a beta phas...

HBO boss admits he used fake accounts to troll cri...

HBO CEO and Chairman Casey Bloys apologized for his use of fake social media accounts to push back on critics who panned the netwo...

The Highly Anticipated PHANTOM V Series Finally La...

TECNO Mobile Pakistan’s premium sub-brand, PHANTOM, has recently launched two luxurious additions to its product lineup: the PHANT...

Unlocking the Future: The realme C Series to Make ...

In a testament to resilience and innovation, realme, with its unwavering focus on the Pakistani market, is set to make a remarkabl...

A snapshot of Sabi at Moonshot by TechCabal

A snapshot of Sabi at Moonshot by TechCabal. At TechCabal’s flagship conference, Moonshot, Anu Adedoyin Adasolum, co-founder and ...

Kenya’s $20 billion crypto market takes first step...

Kenya, which is already taxing digital assets such as cryptocurrency exchanges, has tasked the Blockchain Association of Kenya to ...

How to build a launch pad for Africa’s innovation,...

CEO Big Cabal Media Tomiwa Aladekomo explained that Moonshot by TechCabal represents a monumental effort to build radical or innov...

Telecom MTN is in talks for possible exits in three African markets: Liberia, Guinea-Conakry and Guinea-Bissau. The telecom will a...

Flutterwave CFO, two finance executives resign mon...

Flutterwave’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Oneal Bhambani has resigned just 18 months after joining the fintech startup, raising ...

Elon Musk Declines To Join Twitter Board Despite B...

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter, despite being the company’s largest shareholder....

Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2022

The Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2022: We live in an age where internet security is absolutely essential. As vulnerabilit...

New Vizio TVs and Soundbars Deliver Impressive Fea...

The 2023 Vizio TVs and soundbars offer an exciting mix of features at great prices. Recently, we got the opportunity to get hands...

Italy Bans ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

In a move that has surprised the tech world, Italy has announced that it is banning the use of ChatGPT, a popular AI language mod...

16 Ways to Make Money Using ChatGPT

In today’s world, making money has never been easier. With the advent of technology, the internet, and artificial intelligence, p...

Sphinx may have been built from a natural rock fea...

It's possible that wind erosion made a rock feature in ancient Egypt look something like a sphinx, and then the Egyptians further ...

Science news this week: The many faces of cats and...

Nov. 5, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained ...

Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. B...

DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before.

See how an Incan 'Ice Maiden' comes alive in this ...

Forensic artist Oscar Nilsson explains how he created a facial approximation of an Incan "Ice Maiden" 500 years after she died.

Space photo of the week: A radio 'ring of fire' sh...

Radio astronomers in California imaged the sun's scorching hot corona for the first time ever during a partial solar eclipse on Oc...

Inflation is rising across Africa, can DeFi help?

Whichever way we look at it, it is evident that the current economic reality is challenging with inflation soaring in emerging mar...

Kenya’s dx5 set to pick East Africa’s most influen...

Moses Onkundi of ABSA bank won in 2022 and will be defending his title among many other contenstants.

How Victor Ekwueme is helping the blind see throug...

Victor Ekwueme, now an Odoo specialist and data scientist at Chams, a Nigerian company providing integrated technology solutions, ...

At Black Ops Operators Happy Hour, experts explore...

Speaking at Black Ops' Operators Happy Hour event in Lagos, Uwem Uwemakpan, head of investments at Launch Africa, said it is criti...

Zambia startup Save&Remit wins pitch competition a...

Zambia startup Save&Remit wins pitch competition at Africa Fintech Summit By Ephraim Modise Link: techcabal.com/2023/11/03/save-...

'Yeti hair' found in Himalayas is actually from a ...

DNA from a supposed Abominable Snowman actually came from a horse, but that doesn't mean stories of the Yeti passed on by local pe...

Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of repti...

Researchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo.

Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seal...

Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an at...

Deadly bacteria may be the culprit behind mysterio...

Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacte...

Nikon Prostaff P7 8x42 binoculars review

These premium binoculars might be small, but they’re a true testament to Nikon’s commitment to producing high-quality equipment fo...

A $35,000-a-year boarding school named AI bot its ...

Cottesmore School announced an AI bot would be the institution's "principal headteacher." The tool has helped faculty reduce time ...

Facebook accounts hit with malicious ad attack wit...

A malicious new virus known as NodeStealer is being used by hackers to steal login information and other data from Facebook users ...

How to forward a voicemail from any smartphone

Have you ever received a voicemail that you waned to share with others? Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how you can forward ...

AI buzzkill detects rowdy parties in an Airbnb ren...

Airbnb is using the power of artificial intelligence to catch all the red flags of guests who could pose problems by throwing part...

How to associate a ringtone with one of your conta...

Want to have a specific ringtone for each of your contacts? Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to select and purchase vario...

Elon Musk says AI will eventually create a situati...

Tech titan Elon Musk says artificial intelligence will eventually become so advanced in capabilities that it will eliminate the ne...

Zambia announces plans to open smartphone factory ...

Zambia planning to open smartphone factory by June 2024. By Ephraim Modise Link: techcabal.com/2023/11/02/zambia-smartphone-fact...

Backed by 30+ unicorn founders and institutions, N...

Backed by 30+ unicorn founders and institutions, Norrsken22 has closed an oversubscribed $205 million to back high-growth companie...

Nairobi will host the 2024 Africa Fintech Summit

Nairobi to host 2024 Africa Fintech Summit By Ephraim Modise Link: techcabal.com/2023/11/03/nairobi-africa-fintech-summit/

Exclusive: Chipper Cash expands partnership with V...

Chipper Cash, which claims to have issued one million virtual cards, will leverage Visa’s experience and investment across more ar...

The leading African tech moves from October 2023

In October 2023, 27 African startups raised $144.3 million. This marks a 23.6% rise compared to September's $116.7 million. Energy...

5,000-year-old mass grave of fallen warriors in Sp...

A new analysis of a mass grave from Neolithic Spain reveals that the site wasn't a burial ground from a massacre, but of fallen wa...

Massive solar eruption carves 60,000-mile-long 'ca...

A powerful explosion from the sun briefly opened up an enormous valley on the solar surface that was more than twice as wide as th...

Can rats 'imagine'? Rodents show signs of imaginat...

Rats immersed in a VR world played games that could be won only by using imaginative route planning, scientists report.

Sped-up 'biological aging' linked to worse memory

A new study suggests that a person's epigenetic "clock" may be a better predictor of how much their memory function has declined o...

Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the s...

Kiladze Caldera, formerly called Kiladze crater, may be a supervolcano that erupted fairly recently, spewing ice across the surfac...

Ozone hole proves smaller than predicted, NASA say...

NASA says the Antarctica ozone hole is smaller than anticipated this fall after concerns of an undersea volcano releasing high amo...

How to protect your Apple iPhone from cyberattacks...

Apple users can utilize the Lockdown Mode for iOS devices to keep their private information safe. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explain...

How Biden's executive order will impact the future...

President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that directly regulates artificial intelligence. The new order will establish ne...

Exclusive: Payments giant Interswitch loses ₦30 bi...

Interswitch, the African payments and infrastructure giant, has lost as much as ₦30 billion after a system glitch allowed some mer...

Save over 50% on these incredible Sony headphones ...

Black Friday has come early, and this Amazon deal is music to our ears.

Save over $300 on this powerful laptop, ideal for ...

Work and play in style with this HP Victus laptop.

Circular temple dedicated to Maya serpent deity di...

The recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200.

What causes metal allergies?

The symptoms of a metal allergy can vary in severity, but why do they happen?

NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidde...

Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new...

Skeleton with 4 prosthetic metal fingers unearthed...

The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, ...

15 signs the sun is gearing up for its explosive p...

Experts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that...

Watch this monstrous 'sea devil' goosefish walk al...

Footage filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface shows a goosefish strolling along the seafloor before tuning its bulbous head ...

NASA reveals 'ghostly cosmic hand' 16,000 light-ye...

NASA has released X-ray images of a dead collapsed star that looks eerily like the bones of a “ghostly cosmic hand" located about ...

Beware of these popular Android apps containing de...

Malicious apps are targeting Android phone users and bombarding them with ads. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to protect yo...

Meet the first person ever to receive a fully func...

The Mia Hand is a bionic hand that functions using artificial intelligence to communicate hand movements such as touch, pressure a...

Apple’s twice as fast new MacBook Pro laptop and 2...

Apple has launched its new iMac and MacBook Pro laptop that runs "scary fast," thanks to the company's next generation silicon chi...

Fox News AI Newsletter: WH unveils executive order...

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for ...

US-listed Swvl quietly releases long-delayed 2022 ...

Swvl's long-awaited 2022 financial report shows the company made its first-ever gross profit as it doubled revenue, but it is stil...

Kwarabuild is a tech community building a tech ecosystem in North Central Nigeria. The community has provided over 4,500 students ...

SA tech sees boost in investment from private equi...

According to data from the 2023 Southern Africa Venture Capital Association report, in 2022, 11% of South Africa’s private equity ...

Fintech MFS Africa has rebranded to Onafriq. Per CEO Dare Okoudjou, the facelift was due to trademark challenges in the US. The ne...

WeWork South Africa distances itself from WeWork G...

WeWork South Africa distances itself from WeWork Global's bankruptcy By Ephraim Modise Link: techcabal.com/2023/11/01/wework-sa-...

How does plaque cause cavities?

A buildup of dental plaque breaks down tooth enamel, leading to tooth decay, gum disease and other oral health conditions.

Sacrificial pits filled with 120 horse skeletons f...

The walled city likely served as a political and cultural hub in Bronze Age China.

Flesh-eating 'killer' lampreys that lived 160 mill...

Scientists have described two lamprey fossils with "extensively toothed" mouths from the Jurassic period, shining a light on how t...

AI apocalypse team formed to fend off catastrophic...

Ensuring that AI is used for good and not evil comes with preparedness where a team aims to anticipate and prevent catastrophes be...

No driver, no problem with this revolutionary camp...

The Pebble Flow is an all-electric smart camper that allows you to enjoy the outdoors while also offering technological convenienc...

Big tech, trade groups react to Biden's AI executi...

President Biden on Monday signed a broad executive order on artificial intelligence technologies that elicited a response from the...

Astronaut captures image of a glowering 'skull' lu...

NASA has released a new image of an eerie, cranium-shaped caldera in the Sahara Desert, which looks like it is staring right at th...

Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored a...

A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so...

Do traditional Chinese herbs actually 'heal'? This...

A new tool may be able to predict the effectiveness of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines — but what do experts think of ...

Haunting 'mermaid' mummy from Japan is a gruesome ...

Scientists have scanned the mummified remains of a supposed "mermaid" from Japan. The initial results suggest it is a horrifying m...

These 6 images show the moment when parasites burs...

Watch as these gruesome parasites emerge from their hosts.

How to dig up dirt about yourself online

A new TikTok trend called "consensual doxxing" is educating users on how to secure their personal data on and offline to protect i...

How to use Smart Compose to write emails faster on...

Gmail offers an artificial intelligence-powered feature to help Google users compose their emails. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explai...

Preventing mass shootings with AI detection: Navy ...

To prevent mass shootings in the U.S., an expert team of former Navy SEALs and tech geniuses have developed security cameras that ...