Category: Science/Technology

Roblox adds age-based accounts for kids and teens

Roblox rolls out Kids and Select accounts with age checks, safer chat and tighter controls for users under 16. Here’s what changes...

Why your home Wi-Fi needs more than just a strong ...

A strong Wi-Fi password is not enough. Learn who can still see your data and how a VPN helps protect your privacy at home online.

Governing the hidden risks of generative AI in the...

With the right governance, organizations can scale generative AI securely and build lasting trust.

What 2025 taught us about the importance of resili...

In retail and beyond, reactive security is limited. Exposure-led resilience is now essential.

'Hope this doesn't get delayed further': Spider-Ma...

Despite a much-needed update, Spider-Verse movie fans are still concerned over a potential delay to the trilogy capper's arrival.

Is AI helping or hindering R&D tax credits?

AI is shaping how businesses grow and innovate.

Adobe issues emergency security patch — Reader and...

A zero-day used since December is now patched and users are advised to upgrade immediately.

Extended interview: Sen. Dave McCormick on AI

In this web exclusive, Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) talks with Robert Costa about how energy and the rise in artificial intelligenc...

Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistanc...

To fuel their artificial intelligence initiatives, tech companies are building massive numbers of AI data centers, with more than ...

What to know about Anthropic's new AI model and it...

Former AI company founder and CEO Matt Shumer joins "CBS Mornings" to break down Anthropic's report about one of its AI models, Cl...

Sam Altman says "we should deescalate the rhetoric...

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, shared a personal blog post and photo of his family saying, "In the hopes that it might dissuade th...

How Baobab Microfinance Bank is Powering Small Bus...

If you run a small business in Nigeria, you already know, access to the right financial support can…

Binance co-founder CZ talks going to prison and th...

Few figures have shaped the modern payment and cryptocurrency industry as visibly as Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as…

Meta set to overtake Google as world’s largest ad ...

Meta Platforms is on course to overtake Google as the world’s biggest digital advertising company by the end…

With less than 0.2% coverage, Nigeria’s emergency ...

An industry report by Salvus Emergency has identified a lack of real-time data and digitalisation as a major…

Kenya’s crypto benchmark

Homo erectus' tools include stunning geodes and fo...

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes — possibly to serve ...

'Oslo patient' likely cured of HIV after getting s...

A man known as the "Oslo patient" joins a short list of people in long-term remission from HIV following bone marrow transplants.

Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air i...

Trace amounts of antiseptic chemicals in hospital rooms may be driving tolerance and resistance in bacteria, a study finds.

Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descen...

An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead.

Mini lake meets snowy rim of Canada's oldest ice m...

A 2010 satellite photo shows the point where a small lake bisects the snowy rim of an ancient glacier on Canada's Baffin Island. T...

Artemis II astronauts splash down after first moon...

Four Artemis II astronauts completed a historic 10-day mission around the moon, splashing down off the coast of San Diego Friday e...

NASA's Artemis follow-up mission 'right around the...

NASA targets the moon's south pole for a future base as Artemis III prepares to test critical docking maneuvers in Earth's orbit l...

Toyota joins hydrogen truck alliance push

Toyota teams up with Daimler Truck and Volvo Group to scale hydrogen fuel-cell technology for heavy-duty trucks through the Cellce...

Remove your personal info from the web; stop it fr...

Struggling to remove personal information from data broker and people search sites? Here's a complete guide to taking back control...

AI is now powering cyberattacks, Microsoft warns

Microsoft Threat Intelligence says cybercriminals are using AI across nearly every stage of a cyberattack to move faster and scale...

Africa can’t build 54 clouds, and importing one wo...

I sat in on a cloud panel at GITEX Africa in Morocco on April 8, 2026, that was less about how countries and companies are adoptin...

Storipod strikes deal to distribute Chimamanda Ngo...

The agreement will see titles from the Lagos-based publisher distributed digitally via Storipod, as both companies look to widen a...

Ex-Flutterwave executive Awa Koné joins Cauridor a...

Koné's appointment comes as Cauridor moves beyond its early infrastructure-building phase and pushes into new markets.

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Airtel expands network capacity in latest move to ...

Airtel Nigeria, the second biggest player, has been building aggressively to compete. By December 2025, it had added 1,561 sites o...

Kareem Edwards Went From Wall Street To Chicago’s ...

Kareem Edwards went from Wall Street to making history in entrepreneurship.

Collide Capital Closes $95M Oversubscribed Round F...

Collide Capital aims to support emerging talent across fintech, supply chain, and future-of-work companies.

Will Smith Expands Portfolio And Reportedly Joins ...

Will Smith is reportedly expanding his portfolio, joining the ownership group of a planned WNBA expansion team in his hometown of ...

The Doux, A Haircare Brand That Reached $38M In Sa...

Black-owned haircare brand The Doux has received new funding.

When Is Apple’s $2,000+ Foldable iPhone Going To B...

Apple’s iPhone Fold could be released as early as September 2026.

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait account...

X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, accordi...

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-...

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. ...

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming...

These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality...

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for bu...

Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space.

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test A...

The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

There’s a Secret Ingredient to Making Luxury Ice a...

Nice ice is big business, but you can get perfectly clear cubes at home without freezing your assets.

Best 2-in-1 Laptops (2026): Microsoft, Lenovo, and...

Whether you want a detachable tablet or a laptop screen that spins, these 2-in-1 devices manage to balance being both a tablet and...

‘The Audacity’ Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Wer...

AMC’s new black comedy about a manchild tech titan spinning out of control is a skewering Silicon Valley’s billionaire class deser...

AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life

The developers of Pixel Societies are using AI agents to simulate social interactions. It's an attempt optimize the process of cho...

Why Is It So Hard to Fix an Electric Bike? (2026)

Bike shop mechanics have lost fingers and their shirts while repairing ebikes of dubious origins. Make sure yours is repairable an...

California bill aims to put more human operators o...

A Silicon Valley lawmaker wants to require robotaxis like Google’s Waymo to hire local human operators to be on standby in case th...

Why laser printers outperform inkjets for small bu...

Is making the switch to a laser printer a guaranteed win for productivity?

Does your baby need a high-tech wearable health tr...

We’ve come a long way since the “Radio Nurse.”

Why the world’s biggest truck makers are ditching ...

Toyota Motor Corporation, Daimler Truck and Volvo Group are teaming up on hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks.

ChatGPT users flummoxed after AI bot starts insert...

It's AI-lingual.

Elon Musk Says He Could Definitely Build a Public ...

Sure. The post Elon Musk Says He Could Definitely Build a Public Transit System Better Than Anything In China If He Tried appeared...

Nike’s AI Designed World Cup Jerseys Are a Disaste...

"This is a stupid, STUPID design." The post Nike’s AI Designed World Cup Jerseys Are a Disaster appeared first on Futurism.

A New Study Found Something Disturbing About the W...

"It kind of bothers me that to be on time for about 75 percent of my trips, I'd have to exceed the speed limit rather a little bit...

Man Suing City After AI Camera Flags Him For Wrong...

He was a "100 percent match." The post Man Suing City After AI Camera Flags Him For Wrongful Arrest appeared first on Futurism.

CDC Caught Burying Report on Real Effects of COVID...

RFK Jr "has a fixed, immutable belief that vaccines cause harm." The post CDC Caught Burying Report on Real Effects of COVID Vacci...

Nigerian telcos lost ₦2.3 billion worth of generat...

Today on Techpoint Digest we discuss, generator theft at telco towers, moving abroad, and why Kenya has a problem with Meta's glas...

Play Network Partners MediaKing to Deploy Free Sma...

European smart technology company MediaKing has entered the Nigerian market...

The quiet shift: Why Northern Nigeria’s developer ...

Across Northern Nigeria, a different kind of ecosystem is taking shape, without the headlines, without the high-profile accelerato...

From medical ambitions to AI: The making of a mach...

In this edition of After Hours, Gift Ojeabulu shares how an unplanned switch to computer science, a crashed laptop, and a growing ...

CBN forces PoS agents to pick one provider

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss CBN forcing PoS agents to choose a single provider, a Lagos boy's journey to global AI work, and S...

3MTT NextGen Knowledge Showcase Pitch Event in Lag...

3MTT NextGen Knowledge Showcase Pitch Event in Lagos Highlights a New Wave of Innovation The NextGen Knowledge Showcase Pitch Even...

Impact Of AI On Job Market: Winners, Risks, And Sh...

Impact Of AI On Job Market: Winners, Risks, And Shifts AI is reshaping the job market by automating routine tasks, changing entry-...

Cloud Storage Solutions For Professionals: Best Pi...

Cloud Storage Solutions For Professionals: Best Picks This article explains how professionals can choose the right cloud storage s...

Did you know that your email could be costing you ...

Did you know that your email could be costing you customers? For most businesses, email sits at the centre of daily operations. It...

Your Smartwatch Tracks Your Health Data. Here’s Wh...

Your Smartwatch Tracks Your Health Data. Here’s Who Else Is Seeing It Smartwatches have quietly become some of the most powerful h...

Identity theft losses surge 70% for older American...

Older Americans lost billions to scams in 2025. Identity theft losses jumped 70% as fraudsters target retirement savings and accou...

Smart travel safety tips before your next trip

Traveling soon? Use these smart tips to protect your phone data and money before you go and avoid common travel headaches abroad

Beyond Connected [EP 5]: Inside the world of a fis...

A grandmother shares how she protected her grandson from danger in the metaverse. Plus, AWS outage insights and viral videos to wr...

Remove your personal info from the web (stop it fr...

Tired of your personal info coming back online? Learn how to remove it and keep it from resurfacing for good.

Don’t fall for that sneaky iCloud storage alert in...

iCloud scams use urgent messages about account issues to trick users. Learn to spot red flags and protect yourself from these atta...

NASA used a 12-year-old GoPro to capture a sight c...

The Artemis II has provided iconic images throughout its moon fly-by mission, using a string of surprising cameras

Adobe Reader users beware — experts flag months-ol...

Adobe Reader contains a zero-day that has been abused for some time, experts warn.

Amazon is slashing prices on Garmin watches — save...

Just in time for spring, Amazon has a huge sale on Garmin watches and I'm rounding up today's best deals, including up to $350 bes...

Inspired to start running this summer? Here are 8 ...

Capable, affordable all-rounders to help you find your running groove.

Currys refuses to end its Easter sale — I've found...

The Easter sale is still live at Currys, so I've looked through and picked out the 21 best deals on TVs, laptops, appliances, and ...

Emperor penguins listed as endangered species

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to exti...

March smashed heat records in several ways, federa...

Last month was the hottest March on record for the Lower 48 states, by the most for any month ever, federal data shows. And a fore...

First major forecast for 2026 Atlantic hurricane s...

Colorado State University has released its annual Atlantic hurricane forecast, predicting 13 named storms and six hurricanes may d...

Creature thought to be world's oldest octopus isn'...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is act...

Risevest suspends senior executive after old bigot...

Nigerian investment platform Risevest has suspended a senior executive after old social media posts containing ethnic slurs direct...

Rivers, Imo, Abia, emerge as telecom theft hotsp...

Latest industry data has revealed that Rivers, Imo, and Abia states top the list of states most affected…

A ₦167M loss?

Flutterwave to establish South-east office in Anam...

Flutterwave chief executive Olugbenga Agboola has announced plans to establish the company’s South-East regional hub in Anambra St...

Nigerian developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun is building ...

A Nigerian immigrant, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, has built Bitcoin’s first quantum-defence prototype. Olaoluwa, who goes by the username ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civi...

The first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties alone can fracture a group, igniting dea...

AI war games almost always escalate to nuclear str...

A new study reveals that AI decision-making during conflicts is naturally prone to escalation.

Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice a...

A genomic analysis of dozens of ancient Korean skeletons revealed a special "sacrificial caste" of people.

Aoshima: Japan's tiny 'Cat Island' where felines h...

Once a thriving sardine fishing island, today Aoshima is home to roughly 80 cats and just a handful of people who look after the f...

Artemis II returns LIVE: NASA prepares for Artemis...

Friday, April 10, 2026: The latest updates on the Artemis II mission as the crew prepare for reentry to Earth following their 10-d...

Apple Pay text scam almost cost her $15,000

A woman almost lost $15,000 after a fake Apple Pay text led her to call a scammer posing as law enforcement. Learn the warning sig...

Space travel tickets are back, but prices keep ris...

Virgin Galactic is selling space tickets again at $750,000 a seat, up from $600,000, with over 675 customers already waiting for s...

AI chatbots refilling psych meds sparks debate

Utah is testing an AI system to renew certain psychiatric medications, drawing concern from experts about safety, oversight and re...

Humanoid robots hit mass production in China

A Chinese factory is producing humanoid robots every 30 minutes, marking a shift toward large-scale manufacturing and broader adop...

M-KOPA unlocks $22.5 million in credit in South Af...

M-KOPA's 2025 impact report reveals that the Kenyan asset financing startup has extended more than ZAR 370 million ($22.5 million)...

For Kenyan stablecoin issuers, reserves must be ke...

Kenya’s draft rules are built to encourage well‑capitalised, heavily scrutinised stablecoin issuers whose fully backed, segregated...

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Quick Fire

Meet Chukwuemeka Mbachu, an experienced banking specialist who believes banking is no longer just evolving, it’s being rebuilt.

Nomba and Globus Bank say they built a loan book w...

Nomba and Globus Bank have announced that their 18-month credit partnership has disbursed ₦21.3 billion ($15.3 million) to Nigeria...

How I Earn $100 Per Referral from Affiliate Market...

Imagine waking up, checking your email or dashboard, and seeing a $100 credit alert sitting there waiting for you from an affiliat...