Category: Science/Technology

Best Travel Tech 2026: 12 Gadgets Worth Packing Th...

Best Travel Tech 2026: 12 Gadgets Worth Packing This Summer Summer is one of the busiest travel seasons of the year. Whether you’r...

NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 6 (...

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July...

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzle...

How to watch Mexico vs England replay – it's spoil...

Here's how to watch Mexico vs England replays and highlights for free online – without any spoilers after the most controversial g...

Dell 27 Plus S2725HSM review: An ultra-simple 1080...

A classically styled FHD monitor with dual HDMI that keeps things ultra-simple and affordable.

Crawl, walk, run – that’s how you get humanoid rob...

Though manufacturers are investing billions in development, the robots themselves remain in adolescent stage.

3 futurists predict what America will be like in t...

From space to healthcare and artificial intelligence, what could the next 250 years of the United States look like?

The American innovation that made millions of othe...

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by America...

How Tony Elumelu’s $100 million bet on African fou...

Ten years after Tony Elumelu committed $100 million to back African entrepreneurs, the numbers from the Tony Elumelu…

How 1m $TRUMP investors lost $3.8bn, while Preside...

Nearly a million people who bought President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin have collectively lost $3.81 billion, according to…...

WeLight plans $650 million solar mini-grid expansi...

WeLight, Africa’s largest solar mini-grid operator, has announced a $650 million expansion plan that aims to increase its…

Kenya’s internet metre

Africa’s most secure crypto platforms – ranked

As the Five Eyes warn that AI will transform cyber threats within months, and the cost of an…

Alien life on nearby 'super Earth' much likelier t...

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, raising...

The US is hooked on unregulated peptides. But are ...

The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little c...

NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with red,...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrates the 4th of July with a dazzling array of red, white and blue space phenomena.

Has there ever been a period in human history with...

Humans have fought countless wars over the millennia. Has there ever been a time when we weren't fighting?

Superintelligent AI in space could explain the Fer...

Why haven't we found evidence of advanced aliens? It could be that they've outsourced cosmic exploration to superintelligent AI, a...

NASA's Chandra telescope reveals Milky Way's outer...

Rare gamma-ray bursts detected by powerful X-ray telescopes orbiting the Earth helped astronomers measure Milky Way spiral arms wi...

Zoox robotaxi redesign brings big rider upgrades

Zoox unveils its updated robotaxi with comfort upgrades, no steering wheel and bidirectional driving as it awaits NHTSA regulatory...

Cheap streaming box could hijack your home interne...

The Popa botnet reportedly turns millions of cheap Android TV boxes into residential proxies, routing strangers' traffic through y...

$1.44 billion raised in the first half of 2026

African tech funding H1 2026 reached $1.44B. Discover how record-breaking M&A deals, debt financing, and AI restructuring are shap...

Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-Afr...

Twenty startups advanced to the final pitch, where 10 emerged as winners. Data Entry Academy took the top prize, followed by start...

A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calcula...

Nyoni's Lobola Calculator, housed on the Google Play Store, has attracted users across Southern Africa, Europe, and even Japan, wh...

Digital Nomads: The AI engineer who left Nigeria f...

AI engineer John Robert left Nigeria for Germany after years of planning and built a global career in artificial intelligence and ...

In today's edition: FoodCourt pauses operations || Nigeria expands its crypto sandbox || Kenyan government loses 'block first' pow...

Despite Holding 9 Degrees Collectively, These 4 Wo...

The unemployment rate for Black Americans is consistently higher than that of their white counterparts, and Black women — despite ...

After Once Calling Crypto A ‘Scam,’ President Dona...

President Donald Trump didn’t see the value in bitcoin at first, but the latest earnings from a federal filing suggest he now sees...

How A $50K Loss Led Eric Jones To Build Memberly A...

Eric Jones just absorbed a $50,000 loss, forcing him to question not only his next business move but also his future as an entrepr...

Meet Tambra Clark, An Educator Whose Passion For T...

Tambra Clark realized her purpose in education and tech, and now she’s helping young people in Birmingham, AL, realize theirs.

Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot star...

Selby's VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t...

At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

Private space pilots are flying orbital missions f...

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.

Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Austral...

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline pass...

Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his...

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the ...

Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthro...

Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier ...

Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud After Kalshi Trad...

One of Kalshi’s most prominent traders tells WIRED he’s swearing off Spotify-related markets until the issue is resolved.

How Big Is ‘Love Island USA’? More Than 10 Million...

“We have more people voting on the ‘Love Island USA’ app than we do in many political elections taking place across the country,” ...

The Onion’s ‘Infowars’ Parody Is Here. Alex Jones ...

The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how...

EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then ...

“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.

Google loses fight against EU’s record $4.7B fine ...

Google on Thursday lost its last bid to overturn a record-breaking $4.7 billion antitrust fine from the European Union, the latest...

County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn...

Priorities in order. The post County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Sco...

Fans Furious as Netflix Uses AI to Bring Gene Wild...

"I hope this gets cancelled." The post Fans Furious as Netflix Uses AI to Bring Gene Wilder’s Voice Back From the Dead for Willy W...

Tesla’s Semi Truck Involved In Horrific Crash That...

This is grim. The post Tesla’s Semi Truck Involved In Horrific Crash That Killed Married Couple appeared first on Futurism.

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatG...

"The timeline you're leaving behind? It won't miss you — because it's not about being needed or required anymore. This is about yo...

The Amount of Profit Trump Is Making Off Crypto an...

"It's OK to do that." The post The Amount of Profit Trump Is Making Off Crypto and Corruption Will Blow Your Mind appeared first o...

Nigeria wants to build smartphones, not just impor...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria's plan to manufacture smartphones at home, a new court ruling that makes layoffs more diff...

How to Learn Free Skills on Your Phone in 2026: Th...

How to Learn Free Skills on Your Phone in 2026: The Complete Beginner’s Guide Your smartphone is probably one of the most powerful...

How to watch Switzerland vs Algeria: Free Streams,...

Here's how to watch Switzerland vs Algeria for free online and from anywhere as the unbeaten Swiss face a battle-tested Algeria in...

GMKTec’s new $3,600 mini PC recycles Ryzen AI Max+...

GMKtec redesigned its Strix Halo workstation around cooling, local inference, and substantially higher memory capacities for AI.

UK government signs £30 million deal to build the ...

Dassault Systèmes to lead UK prototype fusion power plant digital twin software with £30 million deal, supporting engineering and ...

Project Hail Mary is my favourite feel-good movie ...

We rated this sci-fi blockbuster 4.5 stars and it has been a critical darling with a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, so you’re in for a...

Redodo battery and accessories review

Redodo’s 2.1kWh battery can power a small off-grid installation for just under $1000, including a 20A battery charger and 2kW AC i...

A $2 trillion market cap loss made H1 2026 crypto’...

For the global crypto ecosystem, the first half of 2026 felt like an ambush: a 48% wipeout in…

Here are the top CBN directives that shaped Nigeri...

For Nigeria’s financial sector, the first half of 2026 was less about new licences or flashy product launches…

James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysteri...

A new study has identified a very specific wavelength of light missing from both Pluto and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The surpr...

'Uncharted territory': Record high ocean temperatu...

Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a newly declared El Niño hits the Pacific Ocean, prompting concer...

Hubble telescope spots 'impossible' light from a g...

Researchers say the surprising discovery of the faraway galaxy MXDFz4.4 could help explain how the cosmos went from opaque to tran...

The hantavirus outbreak is over, WHO declares

A hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship and prompted an international public health response has now ended. It sickened ...

'Milestone': Scientists claim to build synthetic c...

University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass traits ...

Fox News AI Newsletter: American manufacturer says...

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

New sodium-ion battery could reshape grid storage

CATL launches TENER, the first commercially ready sodium-ion battery energy storage system designed for grid storage and renewable...

Afreximbank says Spiro investment signals Africa’s...

His comments offer the clearest indication yet that Africa's multilateral trade finance bank is moving beyond financing mining pro...

Is the Infinix Note 50 still worth buying in 2026?

A year later, the Infinix Note 60 has arrived, and the Note 50's price has fallen sharply, making it worth a second look.

Catalyst Fund completes $30 million second close t...

For Catalyst Fund, investing in climate technology has evolved from being impact-focused as the sector proves it can deliver both ...

Quick Fire

Meet Sheriff Adedokun, an entrepreneur and software builder with over a decade of experience scaling technology businesses across ...

In today's edition: Quick Fire

Gran Coramino Tequila Taps Lori Harvey To Serve As...

Lori Harvey is attaching her name to a tequila brand that has already made millions.

Elii Emeghebo, A Nigerian-Australian Model, Files ...

Elii Emeghebo is suing a company he modeled for after an AI-generated image appeared to closely resemble him.

Starbucks Is Turning Its Employees Into Influencer...

Starbucks is leaning into the creator economy with the help of its employees.

NBA Champion Jalen Brunson Become Equity Owner And...

NBA champion Jalen Brunson’s competitive spirit will fuel his next business move.

Why Sole Play Sees The FIFA World Cup As A Launchp...

As Atlanta hosts matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Anthony “T.

US government says it got hacked — again

A top Democrat on the Senate's Intelligence Committee warned that the information accessed on a Homeland Security intelligence-sha...

Lucid Motors’ CFO is out as its new CEO continues ...

The company announced a new slate of executive hires meant to help turn things around, as Gravity SUV sales are not taking off as ...

Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down a...

TV Time, the popular TV tracking app, is shutting down on July 15 as parent company Whip Media pivots toward enterprise AI product...

Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures...

Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised a $46.6 million Fund II from LPs including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures

OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussi...

I Tried Rips, the Card-Pack App Where Users Spend ...

I ripped open $892 worth of Pokémon packs on my phone in under 15 minutes and walked away with 62 cents. My adrenaline rush felt l...

How Trump Helped China Make America’s Cheapest EV...

Slate is the latest automaker to transition to lower-cost batteries perfected in China, driven in part by the repeal of EV tax cre...

Bublue BuVortex V5 Pool Skimmer Review: An Impract...

The Bublue BuVortex V5 ditches conventional skimming for a vortex-powered design that’s fascinating to watch, even if it’s severel...

7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should ...

Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared public...

8 Best Travel Adapters (2026): My Top Recommendati...

When going abroad, the right plugs are essential to keep your gadgets charged. These are my favorite travel adapters and chargers.

Meta contractors posed as teens to test rival AI c...

The covert effort was managed by Meta contractor Covalen and targeted OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Character.AI, accordin...

US-based ‘Amazon of South Korea’ forced to recover...

A Coupang rep traveled to Shanghai on Dec. 17 to meet with the suspect and his lawyer, who handed over a desktop PC, four hard dri...

Sony to stop releasing PlayStation games on discs ...

The change will not apply to games released, or already scheduled for disc release, before 2028.

Elon Musk’s Tesla shocks Wall Street with record s...

The strong figures suggest Tesla's mainstay auto business is regaining momentum after two straight annual sales declines.

US government would get 5% stake in OpenAI under S...

Sam Altman has argued that broad public ownership is the best way to ensure Americans benefit from the enormous wealth AI is expec...

“Televised Nervous Breakdown”: CEO of Palantir Suf...

"This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!" The post “Televised Nervous Breakdown”: CEO of Palant...

Is Your Air Conditioning Killing People Thousands ...

"Individual air conditioning is a scourge." The post Is Your Air Conditioning Killing People Thousands of Miles Away? appeared fir...

The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device”

SpaceX's best try just landed with a thud. The post The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device” appeared first on Futurism.

Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated

That's gonna leave a Mark. The post Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated appeared first on Futurism.

Scientists Horrified by Record-Breaking Ocean Temp...

It's not looking great, folks. The post Scientists Horrified by Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures appeared first on Futurism.

Kenya finalises Safaricom stake sale as Vodacom ta...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Vodacom gaining majority control of Safaricom, CA's move to penalise telcos for poor service, and ...

More Than a Ride: The Everyday Acts of Kindness Dr...

In a fast-moving world where people are often rushing from...

M-Pesa enters stablecoin pilot with Visa and Onafr...

On Techpoint Digest, we talk about Visa and M-Pesa testing stablecoin payments in the DRC, the CBN revoking licences for NowNow, S...

Why we revoked the licences of 46 microfinance ban...

46 microfinance banks (MFBs) have had their operating licences revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank said so...

Standard Chartered Foundation, Enterprise Developm...

The Standard Chartered Foundation, in partnership with the Enterprise Development...

Smartphone Addiction Signs in 2026: What the Resea...

Smartphone Addiction Signs in 2026: What the Research Actually Says Take a moment to think about the last time you checked your ph...

The Role of AI in Modern Digital Signage Systems i...

The Role of AI in Modern Digital Signage Systems in Africa by April Miller AI digital signage influences how businesses in Africa ...

Voice Is the New Touch: How TECNO’s EllaClaw Is Re...

Voice Is the New Touch: How TECNO’s EllaClaw Is Redefining the Way We Use Smartphones There was a time when interacting with your ...

Internet Safety Month 2026 Recap: 10 Digital Safet...

Internet Safety Month 2026 Recap: 10 Digital Safety Lessons Everyone Should Remember As Internet Safety Month comes to a close, on...

Does Your Phone Cause Anxiety in 2026? What the Re...

Does Your Phone Cause Anxiety in 2026? What the Research Really Says It’s become a familiar routine. You pick up your phone to rep...

China’s robot-run hotel opens to public in 2027

China’s first robot-run hotel opens in 2027, with AI bots handling check-in, luggage, cleaning, room service and guest support.

Hi Mom text scam: How to spot fake emergency texts

That innocent 'Hi mom' text may be serious trouble. Learn how scammers fake a phone emergency and what to do before you reply or s...

Disney settlement could pay YouTube TV and DirecTV...

YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream customers may qualify for Disney settlement cash. Here’s who can file a claim and when payments coul...

A fake DMV text claimed Todd owed $160 or could lose his license. It was a scam from another country. Learn the five red flags tha...

Why identity theft comes back for the same people

Scammers target fraud victims again with recovery scams, sucker lists and stolen SSNs. Learn how to spot and stop repeat identity ...

New report claims AI is leading to job layoffs — b...

AI unemployment is disproportionately affecting higher-level, more educated tech workers in California, report warns.

‘Back pain in the morning? Can't touch your toes?'...

Dr. Lindsey Migliore explains how to best sit in your gaming or office chair.

In the future of gaming, you'll pay lump sums, and...

Physical games are dead thanks to Sony, and the future of gaming doesn't look bright at all, with the absence of game ownership.

The 'gorgeous' Microsoft Surface Laptop is the per...

In our review of this business laptop, we called it 'simply gorgeous and a joy to type on.'

If I was buying a fitness tracker right now, it wo...

The Fitbit Charge 6 is a budget-friendly smartwatch that has dropped back to its lowest-ever price right now at Amazon.

Ancient Egyptian burial site reveals centuries of ...

Human and animal remains unearthed in Egypt's Nile Delta reveal changing funerary practices over some 600 years, and the evolution...

Fossil found in drawer turns out to be first dinos...

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was pop...

Gadget prices have fallen for decades. Then AI hap...

The race to build AI data centers is leading to a global shortage of memory chips, driving up the cost of personal electronics.

AI could make people dull, one scientist fears. He...

AI tends to "play it safe within a user's preferences," nudging people toward more conventional choices, according to computationa...

How trains drove American history

The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics...

Consumers need protection from AI agents, lawmaker...

Sen. Mark Warner wants to create a federal registry of trusted AI agents and ensure autonomous bots operate like fiduciaries.

Sony to stop making physical discs for PlayStation...

After January 2028, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store and at retailers, Sony sa...

South Africans risk losing inactive prepaid phone ...

South Africa’s communications regulator is making a critical move in the country’s numbering administration by introducing a perio...

How staking can turn idle PoS crypto into a more p...

As the digital asset market matures, more investors are looking beyond simple buy-and-hold strategies and asking how idle…

Google bets big on Africa’s AI future with 5 new i...

Johannesburg played host to something new this week: Google Cloud’s first-ever Africa Summit. Not a satellite event bolted…

Kenyan High Court bars government from shutting do...

A Kenyan high court has ruled that government authorities lack the power to shut down websites without a…

Catalyst Fund secures $30 million to support Afric...

Pan-African climate venture fund Catalyst Fund has hit the second close of its debut fund, securing $30 million…

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a g...

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

NASA mission to rescue a falling space telescope b...

NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft aims to boost it...

Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery o...

An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died...