Category: Science/Technology

The 4.5-star Ninja air fryer just dropped to its l...

The Ninja Foodi FlexDrawer Air Fryer is a fantastic addition to your kitchen and offers amazing results — it's on sale at a great ...

Why business demand for AI video creation Is surgi...

As AI scales production, creative direction and execution become the new competitive edge.

What is the release date for Rivals season 2 episo...

Tony Baddingham has launched his most hostile revenge on Rupert Campbell-Black yet. But when does Rivals season 2 episode 4 drop o...

To adopt or to adapt? Why SaaS is easing banking's...

Why banks should take 'adopt' approach as opposed to the adapt approach.

Meta to reassign 7,000 employees to new AI roles a...

Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly reassigning about 7,000 of its workforce to AI roles this week, following its…

Surveyo AI: How Samuel Damfe is empowering struggl...

Walk into a typical school lecture hall across West Africa, and the first thing that strikes you is…

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Doctor's kit found on Mount Vesuvius victim in Pom...

A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans reveal.

Bright-blue 'potash ponds' shine alongside a dark-...

A 2017 astronaut photo shows two sets of solar evaporation ponds alongside the Colorado River. The stripy structures are used to r...

1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains ...

Excavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition.

Global warming is accelerating 5,000 times faster ...

A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before.

World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots...

Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its eng...

Papa Johns drone delivery skips the pizza

Papa Johns launches drone delivery with Wing in Indian Trail, North Carolina, starting with sandwiches while custom pizza packagin...

Amazon recall text scam comes with red flags

Scammers are sending fake Amazon product recall texts with phishing links designed to steal your login and payment details. Here's...

Federal jury delivers verdict on Musk's lawsuit ag...

A jury in federal court reached a verdict in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after Musk accused the maker of ChatGPT of violati...

Kenya appoints Adan Mohamed as tax chief amid reve...

Kenya has appointed Adan Abdulla Mohamed as Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), in a major leadership reshu...

In today's edition: Kenya has a new tax chief || Fawry seeks licence for inbound remittances || Ethiopia gives timeline for cloud ...

Chicken Inn owner handles 6,000 daily deliveries a...

The figures point to a broader shift in how restaurant chains are expanding in African cities, where logistics capacity is becomin...

uLesson names Iheanyi Akwitti CEO as Sim Shagaya t...

The transition comes a month after Shagaya announced the launch of Myka, his newly founded insurance startup.

Spotify now wants listeners to know when AI helped...

As AI-generated music becomes harder to distinguish from human-created work, streaming platforms are being forced to answer uncomf...

Instructure Canvas Cyberattack Exposes 275M Record...

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New Course Centering Beyoncé And Her ‘Cowboy Carte...

A course on Beyoncé and her album “Cowboy Carter” (2024) has arrived at Harvard University.

Data Centers Continue To Drain Water In Drought-St...

Data centers continue to use public water supplies without authorization, leaving residents in water-stressed communities to bear ...

US Justice Department Accuses Yale School Of Medic...

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Social Security Insolvency Fears Grow As Trust Fun...

Social Security insolvency has become a growing concern among Americans, many of whom worry their benefits could be unavailable by...

Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman ...

Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verd...

Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used ...

Stainless, a New York-based startup, founded in 2022, rose to prominence in the emerging AI industry for automating the creation a...

OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase sit...

The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.

SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Clau...

Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting tha...

Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford...

"There's a common refrain among [young] people in this world that it's easier to raise money for a startup right now than to get a...

Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals in May 2026

Whether you’re shopping for a ThinkPad, Yoga laptop, or Legion gaming PC, these Lenovo discount codes and promotions can help you ...

50% Off Home Depot Promo Codes | May 2026

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AI advances are breaking into the physical world –...

A tech VC said, physical AI is "the challenge of figuring out how to reinvent the physical world. It's a big challenge." In descri...

Meta employee gets dark about horror of working th...

"I definitely spend a good amount of that time sort of despondent somewhere in my house."

TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privac...

TikTok is nearing a $400 million truce with President Trump’s Justice Department over child data privacy breaches – a sweetheart d...

Meta employees told to work remotely Wednesday as ...

The companywide bloodbath will take place in three waves, with impacted workers learning their fate by email at 4 a.m. local time ...

Elon Musk’s bid to sue bitter rival Sam Altman fai...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jurors on Monday handed Elon Musk a loss in the landmark trial over the future of OpenAI — finding that the worl...

AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology

There's a huge gap between the public and AI executives. The post AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology appeared first on ...

People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More AI...

"It's like saying I want to look like Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid.'" The post People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More A...

Parents Explode in Fury at School’s Plan to Consta...

"I am troubled by the idea of using my child's likeness in unknown AI tools and how this could be abused." The post Parents Explod...

If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX...

The pressure is building. The post If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO appeared first on Futurism.

Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by O...

"Not Found." The post Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by One of Its Writers After Accusation of AI Plagiarism appear...

Kenya gives Safaricom a 25-year lifeline amid Voda...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya giving Safaricom a 25-year lifeline, Your NIN is now your tax ID in Nigeria, and Bolt wants ...

Nairobi ride-hailing drivers abandon apps as fuel ...

Nairobi ride-hailing drivers are bypassing apps during a fuel strike, negotiating fares directly with stranded commuters as Kenya ...

How Sulfman’s Eagle Watch is putting African innov...

Sulfman Consulting introduces Eagle Watch, its AI-powered digital investigation platform designed to help organisations investigat...

Zimbabwe gives content creators until June to decl...

Zimbabwe has given content creators and social media influencers until end of June to voluntarily disclose undeclared income, as Z...

Nigeria sets June 17, 2026 as official date for an...

Nigeria has confirmed June 17, 2026 as the date for its Digital Switch Over, ending analogue broadcasting and reshaping the countr...

Can Therapy Apps Replace Therapists? The Honest An...

Can Therapy Apps Replace Therapists? The Honest Answer Mental health apps are everywhere now. From guided meditation tools to AI-p...

Rideable robot looks ready to stomp all over us

Unitree’s $574K rideable robot can walk, carry a passenger and transform. Would you climb inside one of these machines?

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As TechRadar's TV tester, I've created 4 TV and so...

With the World Cup only weeks away, I've put together four TV and soundbar combos to suit every budget to upgrade your setup

Thinking of upgrading to the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ul...

If you've been thinking of buying the top-end Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, you might find another, older device that ticks your box j...

12 Memorial Day TV Deals worth shopping at Best Bu...

Best Buy's Memorial Day sale is live, and I have all the top TV deals, including up to $2,000 off 4K, QLED, and OLED TVs from Sams...

'We have not seen the limits of what Atlas can do'...

Atlas robot hefts 50lb fridge to deliver a single drink — and yes, this is progress.

'I'm sorry Dave': NASA is working on an AI chip to...

NASA developed a powerful autonomous spacecraft processor designed to improve deep-space decision-making without constant Earth co...

How a growing El Niño will affect 2026 hurricane s...

The last time an El Niño pattern occurred was in 2023, when the Eastern Pacific hurricane season produced 20 tropical systems.

New dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants ident...

The long-necked herbivore is the largest ever found in Southeast Asia, researchers said.

El Niño could bring "double whammy" of high tide f...

The upcoming El Niño could trigger frequent and widespread flooding in coastal areas around the United States, even when storms ar...

Driverless Waymo cars get into traffic jam in Atla...

Atlanta residents woke up to Waymo traffic jams on Friday. The driverless cars took over a quiet cul-de-sac. Skyler Henry has more...

Atlanta residents report Waymo traffic jams

Atlanta residents say they're waking up to traffic jams of self-driving Waymo vehicles confused by neighborhood signage.

Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit aga...

California jury dismissed all charges, finding that Musk missed the three-year statute of limitations to file suit.

An adobe renaissance

For thousands of years, civilizations around the world have built houses out of earth – whether it be mud brick, wattle and dab or...

TECNO officially launches the SPARK 50 with massiv...

TECNO has officially unveiled the new SPARK 50, a smartphone designed for users who want more power, smoother…

Infinix NOTE 60 SERIES garners Red Dot and iF Awar...

Infinix today announced that the NOTE 60 SERIES has received a series of world-renowned design recognitions, reinforcing Infinix’s...

Lagos records 16.4 million fake emergency calls in...

The Lagos State Command and Control Centre said it recorded 16.39 million fake emergency calls between January 2025…

MultiChoice, IHS, Mono: What employees gained from...

When a big merger or acquisition is announced, conversations mostly focus on the financial implications, the scenario of…

Tech Trivia with Abiola Rasaq, Founder of Bug Dete...

This is Technext’s weekly Women-in-tech trivia, a close-up series that spotlights the lives and personalities of female tech enthu...

'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the ...

A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind...

Daunian kyathos: A 2,700-year-old ceramic cup from...

A pre-Roman ceramic cup or ladle that could inspire kitchenware today — this li'l dude is excited to mix!

'Truly significant': James Webb telescope reveals ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have created the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever.

950-year-old burial of a pet dingo is first clear ...

Archaeologists have excavated the remains of a dingo that was buried by ancestors of the Australian Aboriginal Barkindji people an...

Deadly Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency...

Health officials suspect that an Ebola epidemic has killed 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the World Heal...

What a scammer sees the moment they Google your na...

Google your name and see what scammers find in seconds. Public records, data brokers and social media expose your personal details...

License plate cameras at Home Depot and Lowe’s spa...

Some Home Depot and Lowe's stores in Connecticut reportedly scan license plates in parking lots using automated readers tied to po...

Samsung phones that lost software support in May 2...

Table of contents How Samsung’s update system works The three phones that lost support Quick specs comparison What losing software...

The Kenyan Boeing engineer who chose trucks over p...

When we spoke, Thuo reflected on leaving Boeing, why Africa’s logistics startups keep failing, the cultural acceptance of ineffici...

Africa has seen oil shocks before. Why 2026 could ...

Africa has been here before. Oil climbs above $100, import bills balloon, Finance ministers across the continent convene emergency...

How to fix Samsung One UI 8.5 problems

Any major software update comes with a settling-in period, and One UI 8.5 is no different.

Samsung One UI 9 beta is here: What Galaxy users s...

Table of contents What is One UI 9? What is new in One UI 9 Which Samsung Galaxy phones will get One UI 9 When will your phone get...

Breaking Down Folorunsho Alakija’s Multi-Billion D...

Folorunsho Alakija built her fortune through bold decisions and strategic timing in Nigeria’s oil sector.

Tiwa Savage Is Supporting A Nigeria-Based Program ...

Tiwa Savage wants to ensure the next generation of Nigerian artists are well-equipped for the music industry.

Students’ Average Test Scores Are Declining For Gr...

A new report is shedding light on a “learning recession” in U.

After Losing His Grandmother Josiah Faison Launche...

Josiah Faison is leveraging tech to help people preserve their stories.

Tristan Thompson Invested In Anthropic Early After...

An NBA dinner led Tristan Thompson to invest in a major AI company.

The offline desk gadget that actually got me to si...

Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of pr...

OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a y...

ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $3...

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures a...

Gaza Is Rebuilding With Lego-Like Bricks Made From...

As reconstruction materials remain blocked, Palestinians are crushing debris into interlocking blocks to build shelters from destr...

The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Enti...

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature ...

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These free debt calculators help you set up payment plans to get back in the black.

If You’re a Serious Bowler, You Need to Know About...

Bowling centers apply oil to their lanes using a machine that works like a giant inkjet printer. The pattern in which it’s applied...

The 6 Best Grills and Smokers of 2026: Smart, Port...

I grilled, smoked, seared, cleaned, and synced digital temp controllers to find the best grill option for every cookout and tailga...

The small business guide to HP Printers: Trusted, ...

Small business owners, this one is for you!

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square discloses Microsoft ...

Ackman, 60, wrote in a lengthy X post that Microsoft operates “two of the most valuable franchises in enterprise technology” in th...

Everybody on Wall Street is ridiculing Ryan Cohen’...

GameStop is a lousy business, which CEO Cohen readily admits, but somehow he has made it work.