Category: Science/Technology

New Data Suggests That AI Really Is Already Replac...

Ominous. The post New Data Suggests That AI Really Is Already Replacing Human Jobs appeared first on Futurism.

Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to D...

AI strikes again. The post Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism appeared first on F...

A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish Ab...

"What stage of capitalism is this?" The post A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish About Its Plans for AI That He’s Now ...

It Seems a Lot Like Trump Accidentally Invested $1...

"Does Trump have any interest in sushi? I always picture him eating steak and hamburgers every day." The post It Seems a Lot Like ...

Paystack bets on an AI-powered dashboard to drive ...

Paystack has redesigned its merchant dashboard for the first time in a decade, positioning the overhaul around artificial intellig...

M-KOPA unlocks $82M in credit across Ghana

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss M-KOPA unlocking $82 million in credit across Ghana, Airtel and Starlink begin satellite phone tes...

Bujeti’s Payroll Launch Bets That Payroll Belongs ...

Most African businesses have never had to decide who owns...

Google and Samsung’s New Smart Glasses Work with i...

Google and Samsung’s New Smart Glasses Work with iPhone Too – Here’s What They Do Smart glasses have been a tech industry promise ...

Google Just Changed How Search Works for the First...

Google Just Changed How Search Works for the First Time in 25 Years -Here Is What Is Different For most of the past 25 years, sear...

Google’s New Gemini Spark AI Agent Runs 24/7 – But...

Google’s New Gemini Spark AI Agent Runs 24/7 – But It Will Cost You $100 a Month Most AI assistants work when you do. You open the...

Gmail Live: Stop Typing, Just Ask Your Inbox

Gmail Live: Stop Typing, Just Ask Your Inbox Searching Gmail is about to change. At I/O 2026 on Tuesday 19th of May 2026, Google a...

Infinix NOTE 60 SERIES Garners Red Dotand iF Award...

Infinix NOTE 60 SERIES Garners Red Dotand iF Awards, Redefining Premium Smartphone Design Infinix today announced that the NOTE 60...

Inheritance scam email looks real but steals your ...

Got an inheritance email out of nowhere? It’s likely a scam. Here’s how it works, red flags to watch and how to stay safe.

You have a credit freeze. It still isn’t enough

A credit freeze can stop new accounts, but it misses synthetic identity fraud, tax scams and takeovers. Here’s what else to do.

After missing jury duty, Gale’s 70th birthday turns into a nightmare scam. Learn the warning signs, crypto ATM tricks, recovery st...

Zendesk becomes the latest to adopt MCP to futurep...

Zendesk adopts the MCP standard to unify AI agents, eliminate silos, and enhance cross-platform interoperability for businesses.

No need to wait for Memorial Day — you can get a 5...

You don't have to wait for Memorial Day – Best Buy has just dropped the award-winning LG 55-inch B5 OLED TV to an incredible price...

18 content creator upgrades in Amazon's massive Me...

If you're a photographer, filmmaker, or streamer, you won't want to miss these early Memorial Day deals.

Mullvad to patch VPN fingerprinting issue to stop ...

Following the discovery of an exit IP fingerprinting issue, Mullvad is testing a new IP assignment method that prevents third part...

I could probably generate hundreds of Gemini image...

Gemini’s shift from daily limits to a new 5-hour window has changed the way I use it.

2 humpback whales swam record-breaking distance, p...

The pictures represent the longest-distance ever seen between two pictures of the same humpback whale, researchers said.

Concern ramps up over the use of AI in combat

The Defense Department says it wants to be "AI-first," but some service members are concerned about how quickly the technology is ...

Businesses urged to strengthen cyber resilience at...

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China solar panel exports to Africa jump by 83% as...

China’s solar panel exports to Africa surged 83% year-on-year in April 2026, reaching 123,787 metric tons, according to…

Bujeti’s Payroll launch bets that payroll belongs ...

Bujeti launches Payroll to drive financial control for African businesses

Tinubu appoints 39-years-old Professor Segun Aina ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…

Why a16z-backed Syndicate Labs is shutting down af...

Syndicate Labs, the high-profile blockchain infrastructure entity backed by Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowi...

Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cance...

Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.

Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by aski...

A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms t...

Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Cor...

Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.

How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing th...

Researchers have found that introducing human-made data into AI training can help to prevent AI model collapse.

Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years ear...

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal."

Meta AI launches private Incognito Chat

Meta says Incognito Chat is coming to WhatsApp and the Meta AI app, offering temporary AI conversations processed in a secure envi...

Woman loses nearly $10K in jury duty crypto scam

Gail Barr was tricked into paying $9,260 through a Bitcoin ATM in a jury duty scam on her 70th birthday. Arizona's new crypto kios...

Standard Chartered CEO walks back comments about r...

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters walked back remarks about cutting thousands of jobs to replace workers with AI, calling his co...

Joshua Adewolu chose to build for medical doctors,...

“I told my parents that I would rather be the one to make the devices that you use to treat people,” he recalls. “That was the beg...

In today's edition: Kenyans file petitions to block new tax chief || Lagos targets 250MW data centre capacity || US backs West Afr...

Paystack’s first Dashboard rebuild in a decade bri...

Paystack has launched the first full rebuild of its Dashboard in a decade, introducing simplified navigation structure, mobile par...

Nigerian fintech Sycamore wants $29 million in dep...

The move reflects a broader shift among Nigerian fintechs that are increasingly acquiring microfinance banking licences to gain di...

Nigeria reviews 26-year telecom policy as networks...

Nigeria has begun reviewing its 26-year-old telecommunications policy, proposing 15 major changes that could affect everything fro...

This HBCU In Maryland Has A Nursing Program That H...

Morgan State University’s nursing program is now the best in the state.

Agent 00 Once Used Student Loan Money To Buy A PC,...

Canadian-born streamer Agent 00 has forged his own lane.

Black Women-Owned Zero-Proof MEDASE Cocktails Make...

MEDASE Cocktails has expanded to another retailer.

Ruka Hair, A Biotech Beauty Brand Pioneering Lab-G...

Ruka Hair has raised new funding to scale its mission of ensuring hair and beauty solutions work for the textured-hair community.

How Justin Tuck Went From NFL To Managing Director...

Football was never the end goal for two-time Super Bowl champion Justin Tuck.

How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond you...

Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updat...

Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and vid...

Good news! Discord's hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.

You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at G...

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational sea...

Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn't stop at YouTube.

Google just declared itself a contender in AI desi...

Google says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Buil...

A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to...

Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Sh...

The Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, a...

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Nee...

The White House says Trump’s pro-vape stance is based on “gold standard science.” It feels more like vice-signaling to a demograph...

Everything to Look for When Buying a New Laptop in...

Shopping for a laptop can be infuriating. Here’s how to sift through the acronyms, storage options, and extra features to find the...

How to Upgrade Weber and Kamado Joe Into Smart Gri...

You don't need to buy a smart grill to make perfect meat. You can buy a dumb grill and send it to school with smart upgrades.

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns of simila...

Burry, who rose to prominence after his bet against the subprime mortgage market was featured in “The Big Short,” pointed to evide...

Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy ...

Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder and former director of AI at Elon Musk’s Tesla, has joined Anthropic – adding to the artific...

Gen Z gets heat for booing AI, but their lives hav...

The typical Gen Zer was handed an iPad as a child; their high school experience was upended by a pandemic; and now, they’re confro...

Tom Steyer makes shocking flip flop on water-hoggi...

The billionaire is not calling for a temporary ban on new data center construction.

FTC urged to investigate Roblox for allegedly expo...

Fairplay and the National Center for Online Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) allege that Roblox’s voice and text chat features “are a s...

Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spec...

"That is a lesson learned for us." The post Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Cere...

Book About AI’s Effects on the “Future of Truth” F...

Poetic, really. The post Book About AI’s Effects on the “Future of Truth” Found to Contain Slew of AI-Hallucinated Quotations appe...

Elon Musk Compares His Work to Miracles Performed ...

"They’re sort of what I might call Jesus-level technologies." The post Elon Musk Compares His Work to Miracles Performed by Jesus ...

Pizza Hut’s AI Store Control System Is Such a Disa...

Mamma mia, that's a lotta money. The post Pizza Hut’s AI Store Control System Is Such a Disaster That It’s Wasted $100 Million, La...

Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Playing a Cruel Game With...

"It's a bit surreal that 1 out of 10 people are about to be hit, and no one knows how the lists are being made." The post Mark Zuc...

Yango Group’s $150M Africa bet reshapes ride-haili...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Yango targeting Africa's ride-hailing behemoths, Nairobi breathing again after a transport strike,...

Backed by $8 million, Checker expands into Africa ...

Checker is betting stablecoins can fix Africa’s costly cross-border payments problem as trade volumes rise and fintechs search for...

Starlink wins provisional satellite license in Uga...

Uganda's UCC has granted Starlink a provisional licence while Airtel Uganda tests the operator's direct-to-cell satellite service,...

Best Budget Laptops for Students in 2026

Best Budget Laptops for Students in 2026 Buying a laptop for school is frustrating. Prices keep rising, flashy marketing makes eve...

8 new movies and shows to stream this week (May 19...

Coming your way this week are all-star casts in movies like The Bride! and Jack Ryan: Ghost War, plus many more!

Meta Medicare scam ads targeting seniors face scru...

Medicare scam ads on Meta allegedly targeted seniors with fake benefits. Meta says it removed 159M scam ads last year.

Best Early Memorial Day Deals: Bose, HP, roborock

Shop Memorial Day deals on tech, outdoor gear, home gadgets and travel essentials. Check back as new discounts are added.

Cyber attackers have a new favorite, the browser

AI-fueled browser threats are rising fast, pushing enterprises toward isolation and stronger security strategies.

Want to feel more hands-on with your files and spr...

Logitech's top-end MX Master 4 mouse is getting Windows 11 Advanced Haptics - so strap in and feel the vibration.

How AI search is shifting brand visibility from SE...

AI systems are shaping first impressions – inconsistent or unverified data can misrepresent brands before users ever get to click ...

Need a compact soundbar upgrade ahead of the World...

The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is a good-sounding and compact soundbar ideal for many homes. It's on sale now at Amazon.

The Boys season 5 ending explained: who dies, is t...

The Boys season 5 finale brings the popular Prime Video show to an end — here's what happens to its main characters.

Live chicks hatched from artificial eggshell, biot...

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.

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VerseTap: How Pastor Simeon Taiwo built an AI-powe...

Every piece of purpose-built software is born from a precise moment of human friction. For Pastor Simeon Adeola…

Africa’s $1 billion talent play: Why the AISCA lau...

For years, the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa has largely been passive. While Silicon Valley and…

Why telecoms theft and vandalism are still on the ...

On June 24, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the Designation and Protection of Critical National Information Infrastructur...

The Era of Intelligence Consumption: How SSA Enter...

Across the sub-Saharan African (SSA) technological landscape, a cognitive revolution is underway around AI. For years, African ent...

China installs world's largest floating wind turbi...

Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the futur...

More young people are getting colorectal cancer — ...

People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number of ca...

800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper ...

Archaeologists recovered the 10-page wax notebook with Latin writing and its leather carrying case from a medieval latrine in Germ...

Diagnostic dilemma: Biopsy triggered 'spontaneous ...

Doctors describe a strange case in which a tumor in a woman's arm disappeared without specific treatment.

Celestron AstroMaster LT 70AZ review

A simple, beginner-friendly telescope that makes it easy to get started and enjoy your first real views of the moon and planets.

Texas company hatches live chicks from artificial ...

Colossal Biosciences says it hatched live chicks from artificial eggs for the first time, a step toward potentially reviving extin...

Turning 65? Month-by-month plan to protect yoursel...

Turning 65 can trigger data brokers to sell your personal details to marketers and scammers. Learn how to protect yourself before ...

MTN’s IHS acquisition could change who controls co...

MTN’s IHS Towers acquisition could reshape connectivity, competition, and startup opportunities across Francophone Africa’s digita...

Why Kenyan digital bank Cloud9 acquired Mtickets i...

Cloud9, a Kenyan digital bank, acquired ticketing platform M-Tickets in an all-stock deal valued at roughly KES 100 million ($773,...

He started building in military-era Nigeria. Now h...

In the 1990s, when most Nigerian businesses still relied on paper files, fax machines, and office memos, Chuma Chukwujama was alre...

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data cent...

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.

How to Make Apps and Websites Remove Your Nonconse...

Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to start complying with the Take It Down Act. Here's how more than a dozen of ...

Google I/O 2026 Live Blog: All the Gemini and Smar...

Follow our live coverage of Google’s annual developer keynote, where the company will announce updates to its Gemini suite of AI t...

Set Up Your Phone’s Always-On Display So You’re Un...

Break the pattern of unlocking your phone for one thing and then getting sucked into something else. Set up your lock screen to sh...

Tom Steyer Wants to Save California From Billionai...

The hedge fund billionaire turned gubernatorial candidate wants to tax California’s ultrawealthy, regulate AI, and keep Silicon Va...

The real problem with African payments isn’t techn...

From fragmented regulations to deeply localised financial behaviours, Ehi Ijewere of KoraPay explains why scaling fintech products...

Mac users beware — this devious new infostealer ma...

SentinelOne found a new variant of the SHub macOS infostealer called Reaper.