Category: Science/Technology

'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in ...

A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached e...

City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a gl...

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral and ...

Physicists recreated the first millisecond after t...

Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after the B...

Don't ignore Apple's urgent security update

An Apple security update fixes CVE-2026-20700 zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by hackers targeting iPhone, iPad, Mac, Ap...

Substack data breach exposes emails and phone numb...

Substack data breach exposed user email addresses and phone numbers for months before CEO Chris Best confirmed the October inciden...

Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here...

Your home photos on Zillow could help criminals plan break-ins. Learn how burglars use real estate listing sites and get removal i...

5 trendy tech words shaping today's internet cultu...

Internet terminology explained: slop, burner accounts, shadowbans, clickbait and targeted ads. Understand how these five key terms...

Tax season scams 2026: Fake IRS messages stealing ...

Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts that s...

AI giant Palantir moves its headquarters to Florid...

Palantir joins the tech exodus to Florida as the AI innovator relocates its headquarters to Miami, following billionaires like Bez...

Gabon suspends social media indefinitely amid risi...

In a televised statement on Tuesday, Gabon's media regulator announced an indefinite suspension of social media platforms.

Nigeria’s crypto startups say SEC’s ₦2bn capital r...

This could narrow Nigeria's virtual assets markets to only a few players who can afford the cost of operating well-oiled, complian...

Jennifer Adebisi on why the “SaaS or nothing” mind...

“Food tech is too operational for Software as a Service (SaaS) investors,” she says. “But it is too tech-driven for traditional ho...

In Today's edition: Nigeria’s Gigalayer acquires Registream || Uber, Bolt face deadline for e-hailing rules || Gabon switches off ...

MTN locks in 12-month pay protection for IHS staff...

As MTN Group moves closer to finalising its takeover of IHS Holding Limited, it has offered employees a measure of certainty: at l...

Bybul Blog: doacWeb History and Current Affairs

doacWeb is a Nigerian digital‑media platform that publishes user‑generated articles, aggregated news, and paid advertising service...

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’

OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet ...

The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision ...

DG Matrix raises $60M to make data center power sm...

The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources befor...

Heron Power raises $140M to ramp production of gri...

Tesla alumni Drew Baglino raises a large round to build a giga-scale factory, this time at his own startup.

India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to fea...

The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can wo...

How Two Zoomers Created RentAHuman, the First Mark...

“We would [all] love to have an AI boss who wouldn't yell at you or gaslight you. Claude as a boss is the nicest guy ever.”

Are Mushroom Supplements Worth Taking? (2026)

We spoke with registered dietitians and tested popular formulas to break down the research behind functional fungi.

Why Olympic Choreographer Benoît Richaud Went Vira...

Benoît Richaud is working with 16 figure skaters from 13 countries at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. WIRED spoke to him abo...

Dell XPS 14 Review (2026): This Laptop Marks an In...

Sporting a refined design and incredible integrated GPU performance, the Dell XPS 14 is the return to form I hoped it would be.

The Best Smart Rings, Tested and Reviewed (2026)

A svelte smart ring can track important activity, sleep, and health metrics. Unlike some smartwatches, a ring doesn’t need to be c...

Palantir moves headquarters to Miami and joins gro...

Tech giants have been increasingly flocking to Florida from business hubs like New York and California in pursuit of lower taxes, ...

Best printer deals right now: 10 standout steals o...

We're laser focused on these deals that are hot off the press.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals surpri...

The fourth quarter was the final quarter of Warren Buffett's 60-year run as chief executive.

86% of Americans want Meta, Google held accountabl...

The vast majority of Americans want Google and Meta to be held accountable for their role in a child safety crisis that has contri...

YouTube restores service after serious outage affe...

Alphabet-owned YouTube was down for more than 320,000 users in the United States on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website ...

Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls

Is it really the best time to arm them with spears and swords? The post Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls appeared first on Futu...

FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake

As you do. The post FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake appeared first on Futurism.

It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’...

"An invisible disaster." The post It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’re About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychol...

Pentagon Issues Threat to Anthropic

"Everything's on the table." The post Pentagon Issues Threat to Anthropic appeared first on Futurism.

AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices

First RAM, now storage? The post AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices appeared first on Futurism.

MTN Group proposes $6.2 billion buy-out of IHS Tow...

MTN Group proposes a $6.2 billion buy-out of IHS Towers, which will give the telecom company 100% of IHS''s shares.

Anthropic and Rwanda partner to tackle malaria and...

Anthropic has signed a three-year deal with Rwanda to deploy AI against malaria and cervical cancer. The partnership could signal ...

MTN strikes $6.2B deal to acquire IHS Towers, taki...

On today's Techpoint Digest, we look at MTN's $6.2 billion deal to acquire IHS Towers, Nigeria's data probe into Temu, and TikTok ...

MTN’s $6.2 billion IHS acquisition to face Nigeria...

Nigeria’s communications ministry will assess MTN’s $6.2 billion plan to fully acquire IHS Towers, citing concerns over competitio...

G-rani wants to formalise Kenya’s informal carpool...

G-rani is turning Kenya’s informal carpooling culture into a structured, affordable mobility option, helping commuters share rides...

Affordable Laptops for University Students in Afri...

Affordable Laptops for University Students in Africa 2026 Guide A practical buying guide for students across African universities,...

Lagos is About to Host Africa’s Biggest No-Code Ga...

Lagos is About to Host Africa’s Biggest No-Code Gathering: Legacy 3.0 is Here Lagos has always been the heartbeat of African tech,...

AI models can’t fully understand security – and th...

Despite the hype around AI-assisted coding, research shows LLMs only choose secure code 55% of the time, proving there are fundame...

Adopting AI is a major priority for businesses - b...

All worker types, including CEOs, are showing a lack of readiness when it comes to using AI in cybersecurity.

Nigeria attracted $6bn foreign capital in Q3’25, b...

Nigeria is having a moment. In Q3 2025, total capital importation into the country hit $6.01 billion, up… The post Nigeria attract...

Kenya’s Arc Ride secures $5 million IFC commitment...

The company’s backing from the IFC comes ahead of its planned Series A round, which the startup plans to use for its regional expa...

The curious life of a clever slime mold

In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled Physarum polycephalum per...

After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think Op...

"From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch.

Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want t...

"We're exploring a different set of tradeoffs."

Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next ...

According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might.

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B v...

The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire th...

Cohere launches a family of open multilingual mode...

Cohere's Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges

Inside the App Where Queer Gooners Run Free

In light of Zoom crackdowns and Skype shutting down, Batemates has emerged as an alternative for “bators” who like masturbating to...

Amazon Props Up Misleading, Junky Laptops No One S...

I review laptops for a living, and it kills me when I see the PCs that Amazon and other retailers filter to the top.

The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning o...

Fears over a drug cartel drone over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in El Paso and New Mexico, highlighting just how tric...

Saatva Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress Review: Going f...

The Saatva Memory Foam Hybrid has been chosen for Olympians. Could it be the one for you, too?

The Small English Town Swept Up in the Global AI A...

The residents of Potters Bar are working to protect the “green belt” of farms, forests, and meadows that surround London from the ...

Thousands of smoke detectors sold on Amazon recall...

The products were sold on Amazon from February 2024 through December 2025 and cost about $30.

This community is hidden from Google Maps — here’s...

Now, an influencer has put them on the map.

California ballot measures that appear aimed at Op...

A push in California to clamp down on AI giants has taken a bizarre twist – after ballot measures that appear to be aimed at Sam A...

ByteDance pledges to restrict its AI video tool af...

The AI model has been compared to DeepSeek and has been praised for its ability to produce cinematic storylines with just a few pr...

Cryptocurrency use explodes in human trafficking n...

The number of cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking groups surged 85% in 2025 as digital assets play a growing ro...

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Ima...

They're on the move. The post Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows appeared first on Futurism.

There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”

"Why should I bother to read something someone else couldn't be bothered to write?" The post There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR...

Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

"They're real." The post Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens appeared first on Futurism.

Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of You...

"Everything is gambling now." The post Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling appeared first on...

Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioac...

"The only honor you can bank on in the oil and gas industry is there ain't nothing honorable being done." The post Site of Element...

Monica Cash Highlights Three Years of Growth, Proc...

Monica Cash marks 3 years as Nigeria’s leading crypto app,...

The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses MTN of il...

On today's Techpoint Digest, we look at DRC accusing MTN of illegal operations, Gebeya's AI gaining 80K users in four months, and ...

How one of Africa’s fastest growing AI platforms w...

At 85,000 users, Gebeya is a fast growing African AI startup built out of Ethiopia. The company has ambitions to build a small lan...

How Iniubong Obonguko built a global engineering c...

Iniubong learned to code on phone and paper during Nigeria’s power outages, later leaving university to pursue real-world engineer...

Nairagram Completes ₦10 Billion Capital Raise to D...

Nairagram, a leading pan-African payments and financial infrastructure company, has...

How to use AI Noise Removal For Clearer Audio

How to use AI Noise Removal For Clearer Audio In 2026, you don’t need a $300 Shure SM7B to sound like a pro. AI “Resynthesis” tech...

How Does Mobile Money Work in West Africa: A Pract...

How Does Mobile Money Work in West Africa: A Practical Guide This article explains how mobile money works in West Africa, covering...

Why Ranking on Google Is Harder Than Ever (And Wha...

Why Ranking on Google Is Harder Than Ever (And What Smart Brands Do Differently There was a time when ranking on Google felt almos...

 Unwind: Off the Deck – Reflection • Connection • ...

 Unwind: Off the Deck – Reflection • Connection • Growth Founder Institute Lagos, the Lagos chapter of the global Founder Institut...

What Are The Challenges Facing African Startups, E...

What Are The Challenges Facing African Startups, Explained This article examines the major challenges facing African startups, inc...

10 Best Presidents’ Day Amazon Deals: INIU, Ring, ...

Top tech deals on chargers, printers, air purifiers, dash cams and smart home gear. Save big on must-have gadgets today.

This is the first PCIe 6.0 SSD you can actually bu...

Micron has launched the 9650, the first PCIe 6.0 SSD built for hyperscale AI inference workloads and high-bandwidth data center st...

Sex toy firm hit by data breach - Tenga says hacke...

A Tenga employee fell for a phishing email, and gave away access to a company email account.

I’ve spent months tracking AI personalities like T...

Interest in AI characters doesn’t necessarily mean people want them – and it certainly doesn’t mean we’ll stick around.

What is the release date for The Pitt season 2 epi...

My man Louie is never coming back to the ER, but we've still got a lot of problem cases. When does The Pitt season episode 7 air o...

I became a master of stealth in Styx: Blades of Gr...

Styx: Blades of Greed isn’t perfect, but its excellent stealth foundations make it well worth playing.

These United States: George Washington and climate...

On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in an unantic...

How Washington's crossing of the Delaware presaged...

On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in a surprise...

Russia blocks WhatsApp as it pushes state-backed a...

The messaging platform WhatsApp says Russia has "attempted to fully block" its service inside the country, "to drive people to a s...

Amazon ends Flock partnership after backlash over ...

Amazon's Ring unit touted a "search party" service in its Super Bowl ad, but one critic called the app a "surveillance nightmare."

FTC warns Apple's Tim Cook over alleged political ...

The Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to Tim Cook one day after President Trump circulated a report raising questions about A...

SSS charges El-Rufai with cybercrime for tapping N...

The State Security Service has filed cybercrime charges against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai after he admitted… The...

“Anyone who wants to install a solar system should...

The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has issued a critical advisory to Nigerian homeowners and businesses amidst a rising… The post “Any...

SiBAN counters SEC’s new capital requirement for d...

The Nigerian digital asset ecosystem is at the crossroads following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) introduction of...

El-Rufai’s own goal, Terra’s $22m raise, other tec...

The post El-Rufai’s own goal, Terra’s $22m raise, other tech stories first appeared on Technext.

NDPC investigates Temu over misuse of data of 12.7...

Nigeria’s data protection regulator has launched an investigation into Chinese e-commerce platform Temu over concerns that the com...

Vaccine denial sets Americans up for more chronic ...

Despite well-established links between pathogens and chronic illness, the U.S. government continues to weaken public health measur...

Snakes keep evolving into cannibals — here's what ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary line...

Many men lose their Y chromosomes as they age. It ...

A researcher explores why men lose their Y chromosomes in cells as they age and the health implications associated with this loss.

Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old de...

Tumaco-Tolita artists were known for their intense realism in sculpting clay representations of humans.

Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old '...

A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 kilomete...

Astronauts arrive at ISS for 8-month mission after...

NASA Commander Jessica Meir leads an international crew, including France's second woman in space, to the ISS for an eight-month m...

Clean up your social media feed and cut the noise

Clean up chaotic social media feeds across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Threads and LinkedIn using content preferences...