Category: Science/Technology

This wild new phone has its own subwoofer, and it'...

The new Redmi K90 Pro Max has a denim rear panel, a flagship chipset, and a built-in subwoofer – it’s undeniably weird, but raises...

Apple Maps is about to copy Google Maps, a new rep...

Apple Maps might soon introduce ads to the user experience, and many people are unhappy.

With both Xbox and Nintendo having launched dedica...

The PlayStation Portal has allowed me to chip away at my overgrown gaming backlog in 2025, and I'm really hoping for a discount on...

The PlayStation Portal is my favorite PS5 accessor...

The PlayStation Portal still delivers two years on, and now at a better price with this neat discount.

The Nothing Phone 3a Lite is officially landing th...

Nothing has announced that it's launching a fourth handset for 2025, and it's likely to be the cheapest yet.

Fossils show dinosaurs thriving in North America b...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing ...

Tarantulas: Why you shouldn't be afraid

We know very little about the brown tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi), whose habitat stretches from Louisiana to Texas and Colorado. ...

Crypto regulation is needed to keep out bad player...

Cryptocurrency adoption has continued to skyrocket in Nigeria, a testament to how Nigerians are increasingly seeing digital curren...

Inside Peter Maina’s plan to turn coffee trees int...

Kenya’s lush coffee heartland of Embu was once a symbol of national pride; its beans were among the…

UTME: 85 of 599 underage candidates who scored ove...

JAMB has released the UTME and final results of 85 underage candidates who successfully passed the screening process…

Bolt, Uber, inDrive lack authority to set ride far...

As the debate about whether e-hailing drivers have the power to set their own prices continues to rage,…

Access Holdings acquires National Bank of Kenya fo...

Access Holdings Plc, parent company of Access Bank, has finalised its N179.1 billion ($109.6 million) acquisition of the…

'Extremely rare' and 'highly unusual' Roman-era to...

An unusual stone circle that's likely a tomb is providing archaeologists with more information about life in Roman Bavaria.

Indigenous Americans dragged, carried or floated 5...

Researchers have determined the age and origin of a massive tree that was found at the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia in what is no...

Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jew...

The Moche made human sacrifices to their gods, including Ai Apaec, the Decapitator.

Why can pumpkins grow so large, but blueberries ca...

Most fruit is pretty small, so why do pumpkins grow to such enormous sizes?

New blood test can predict risk of postpartum depr...

Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biol...

Hackers steal medical records and financial data f...

A cyberattack on SimonMed Imaging exposed personal information of 1.2 million patients, including medical records, financial detai...

Payroll scam hits US universities as phishing wave...

Microsoft reports Storm-2657 cybercriminals sent phishing emails to 6,000 addresses at 25 universities to steal payroll credential...

Scientists spot skyscraper-sized asteroid racing t...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the second-fastes...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Conservative activist reac...

The Fox News AI Newsletter delivers the latest developments form the world of artificial intelligence, including the technology's ...

Teen sues AI tool maker over fake nude images

A New Jersey teenager filed a major lawsuit against AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd. over ClothOff, an AI tool that created fak...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's annual pay climbs to...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives saw dramatic pay increases in fiscal year 2025, with Nadella's compensation r...

Amazon unveils high-tech eyeglasses, AI to boost e...

Amazon's Delivering the Future Summit in California showcased AI-powered robotics and the future of the e-commerce giant's deliver...

Meta cuts 600 jobs amid AI expansion push — as aut...

Meta announced job cuts affecting 600 employees across AI research divisions, although the company expects most workers to find ne...

Palantir CEO says company is in an AI 'arms race' ...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said his company is in an artificial intelligence arms race with its competitors, after reaching a deal wit...

In today's edition: Nigeria, South Africa exit dirty money list || Lesotho reels from US tariff hit || Canal+ eyes Showmax control...

Access to pay $109.6 million for Kenya’s NBK in Ea...

Access Holdings, the parent company of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, will pay $109.6 million (₦179.1billion) to acquire Nation...

Price, not demand, keeps Nigeria’s 5G adoption at ...

New data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reveals that just 57,200 devices nationwide are 5G-enabled, 0.05% of th...

Can technology make African mining transparent? Sa...

Every month, Nigerian B2B digital commerce company Sabi facilitates the movement of more than 100,000 tons of lithium—a mineral in...

Sun King sets up first African factory in Kenya in...

Sun King’s new Nairobi plant signals growing interest in clean energy firms and a push to build closer to their customers in Afric...

Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up...

The round was led by Eclipse and saw participation from Nvidia's venture capital arm, NVentures.

GoPro Max 2 360 Camera Review: It’s Finally Here

The Max 2 is the long-awaited update to GoPro’s 360 camera line that delivers “true” 8K video.

It’s official – the M5 MacBook Pro is class-leadin...

We've tested the M5 MacBook Pro, and it just posted some incredible benchmark results.

Has Spotify been crashing on your Android device? ...

Spotify is still working on a solution

OpenAI's new Atlas browser may have some extremely...

Atlas, Comet, Fellou are all susceptible to indirect prompt injection, so be careful.

Tropical Storm Melissa puts Caribbean's most flood...

It's still uncertain which way Melissa will track, and how quickly, but the storm is likely to bring colossal rains and life-threa...

YouTube is Nigeria’s new TV, and creators are cash...

Internal data from Yoola, a global digital media company and multi-channel network, shows that views from Nigeria have increased b...

Keeper Review (2025): Enterprise-Level Password Ma...

Keeper Unlimited brings enterprise-level security to all your devices if you’re willing to pay for the privilege.

How to Manage Cat Allergies—Experts Weigh In (2025...

From dietary supplements to cleaning advice, we'll teach you how to live in harmony with cats (and dogs!), even if you're allergic...

ChatGPT’s Horny Era Could Be Its Stickiest Yet

OpenAI will soon let adults create erotic content in ChatGPT. Experts say that could lead to “emotional commodification,” or horni...

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Gen 2 Review: M...

Bose’s best headphones add some convenient new tricks for a modest price hike.

How Long Do Vacuums Last? (2025)

Vacuums don't last forever. Here are the signs to look for, and how to help your vacuum live longer.

OpenAI relaxed ChatGPT rules on self harm before 1...

Adam Raine's parents alleged that he spent more than three hours daily conversing with ChatGPT about suicide before the teen hange...

Chinese-owned TikTok allegedly meddling in NYC may...

A Tel Aviv-based tech insider claims that TikTok's algorithm is "distorting the playing field in New York City's mayoral race."

Elon Musk’s Tesla disappoints investors despite re...

Demand for Tesla's vehicles and those of its rivals is also expected to drop through the rest of the year without the tax credits ...

GM embraces AI with plans to use ‘eyes-off’ drivin...

General Motors will enhance its upcoming vehicles in 2026 with conversational AI.

Anthropic CEO insists he’s no wokester in wake of ...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is pushing back on claims that his artificial intelligence company is too “woke” following a wave of cr...

AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amaz...

"As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done." The post AWS Outage That Took Down Inte...

Zuckerberg Firing Hundreds of AI Developers After ...

What is going on at Meta? The post Zuckerberg Firing Hundreds of AI Developers After Hiring Spree appeared first on Futurism.

China Found Something Fascinating on the Far Side ...

The discovery could have major implications. The post China Found Something Fascinating on the Far Side of the Moon appeared first...

OpenAI Faces New Allegations in Teen’s Death

"We expect to prove to a jury that OpenAI's decisions to degrade the safety of its products were made with full knowledge that the...

Alan Hamel Says He’s Created an AI Clone of His De...

"I really can't tell which one is the real and which one is the AI." The post Alan Hamel Says He’s Created an AI Clone of His Dece...

10 best FirstRowSports alternatives for live sport...

Top 10 FirstRowSports alternatives for live sports in 2025: ESPN+, DAZN, fuboTV (paid) or SportSurge, VIPBox, Cricfree (free/cauti...

7 best Steamunlocked alternatives for Free PC game...

7 best Steamunlocked alternatives for safe, legal PC games in 2025: Epic Games Store (AAA), Steam Free-to-Play, GOG (DRM-free), an...

 9 best Pinterest alternatives for visual discover...

Top 9 Pinterest alternatives for creatives: Dribbble (pro portfolios), Designspiration (color search), Raindrop.io (bookmarking), ...

6 best SEMrush alternatives to boost your SEO game...

6 best SEMrush alternatives for SEO in 2025: Ahrefs (backlinks), Similarweb (traffic), Ubersuggest (budget), plus free tools like ...

 5 best Kindle alternatives to buy in 2025

Top 5 Kindle alternatives for 2025: Kobo (EPUB/Library), BOOX (Android/PDF), reMarkable (notes), NOOK (B&N store), and PocketBook ...

AI guardrails can be hacked, warns ex-Google CEO

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns that hacked AI could be trained to harm humans. Experts call for global safeguards before it’...

How hackers exploit Microsoft Teams and how to sto...

Hackers now weaponize Teams for spying, scams, credential theft, and ransomware. Learn how to defend yourself against scammers.

It now looks very likely that the Samsung Galaxy S...

Several sources now claim the Samsung Galaxy S26 series will launch later than originally planned.

YouTube declares war on deepfakes with new tool th...

YouTube's new deepfake detection tool offers creators a powerful way to spot and remove unauthorized AI-generated content featurin...

PS5 sales are looking good despite recent price hi...

The PlayStation 5 has officially outsold the PlayStation 3 in lifetime sales as of September 2025.

Snap up this great value Philips electric toothbru...

The Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5300 Electric Toothbrush is a great mid-range toothbrush at an even better price right now at...

How to watch The Traitors Canada season 3 — it's *...

The Traitors Canada is free-to-view and we'll show you how to watch from anywhere in the world.

Global climate change limit efforts off-track for ...

Global climate change limit efforts are off-track from the 2030 goals set out by the Paris Agreement in 2016, according to the Sta...

TETFund to roll out electric campus shuttles acros...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has revealed plans to roll out electric vehicles across 12 selected Nigerian…

How Daniel Adeboye is redefining developer experie...

Daniel Adeboye was 17, sitting in the corner of a dim Lagos cybercafé with an old monitor flickering…

How Zoho is democratising agentic AI for businesse...

Zoho Corporation is doubling down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. The global software company has announced the rollout…...

Romance scam: Tinder launches mandatory face check...

Tinder, a popular dating app, has introduced a mandatory facial verification for new users on the platform. The…

492 loan apps now registered under FCCPC’s ₦100m r...

Following the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) new regulations on loan app registration and enforc...

World's biggest X-ray laser discovers never-before...

Researchers have unveiled ice XXI, a new form of ice that's solid at room temperatures when subjected to immense pressure.

Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic '...

Inspired by animal vision, the eye could become part of soft robots without any electronic components.

Mysterious glow at the Milky Way's center could re...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an explanatio...

1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued preh...

Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases.

Science history: Scientists use 'click chemistry' ...

Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, opening u...

Scammers target retirees with election tricks and ...

Public voter records expose retirees' personal details to election scammers who create targeted cons using names, addresses, and v...

Police agencies turn to virtual reality to improve...

Police departments across the U.S. and Canada are adopting virtual reality training to better prepare officers for high-pressure, ...

Ohio lawmaker proposes comprehensive ban on marryi...

House Bill 469 would prevent AI systems from owning property, serving as executives, or gaining legal personhood in Ohio under Rep...

From South Africa to Nigeria, here are the latest ...

While MultiChoice will revise decoder prices in South Africa, here are the latest DStv subscription prices across key African mark...

In today's edition: ANKA gets acquired || Inside Mogo’s legal storm || Zepz launches stablecoin payments || Paratus Group goes to ...

Court suspends parts of Kenya’s new cyber law over...

A High Court in Nairobi, Kenya has suspended key sections of a cybercrime act that critics say threaten online freedoms. 

Nigeria’s next big export isn’t oil, it’s AI compu...

For the past six years, Tsado and his teams at Alliance4AI, a global non-profit pushing adoption of AI in Africa, and Udutech, an ...

Best Battery Life Smartphones in 2025- Buyer’s Gui...

The year is 2025, and you shouldn’t be stuck with a phone that needs to be recharged every 3 to 4 hours. Today’s smartphones not o...

Snapchat makes its first open prompt AI Lens avail...

Snapchat is expanding access to its AI-powered “Imagine Lens,” allowing all users to generate and edit images with custom prompts ...

Why Cohere’s ex-AI research lead is betting agains...

Cohere's former VP of AI research, Sara Hooker, is launching a new startup to build AI models that can adapt to their environment.

OpenAI requested memorial attendee list in ChatGPT...

The new information comes as the Raines family updated its lawsuit against OpenAI. The family first filed a wrongful death suit ag...

As China’s 996 culture spreads, South Korea’s tech...

South Korea's 52-hour workweek cap is stricter than the U.S. and Singapore but more flexible than much of Europe. Still deep tech ...

Elon Musk frets over controlling Tesla’s ‘robot ar...

Tesla's profit actually fell 37% compared to the same period last year, despite buyers rushing to take advantage of the expiring E...

Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2025

We break down the current iPad lineup to help you figure out which of Apple’s tablets is best for you.

The Best Gifts for Rock Climbers (2025): Coros, Me...

Here's what to get for your friend with the fiddly little fingers and stinky feet.

Former OpenAI Researcher Horrified by Conversation...

Oh, it's bad bad. The post Former OpenAI Researcher Horrified by Conversation Logs of ChatGPT Driving User Into Severe Mental Brea...

How to restart iPhone: 5 easy methods (all models)

5 easy methods to restart your iPhone (all models): Use hardware buttons, Settings menu, AssistiveTouch, or a Force Restart if you...

How to cancel Caktus AI subscription (2025 guide)

Here’s how to cancel your Caktus AI subscription via website or mobile app. Learn about the no-fee policy, 90-day data retention, ...

 12 best Flixtor alternatives: legal streaming sit...

Top 12 legal Flixtor alternatives for 2025: Netflix, Max, Disney+ (paid) or Tubi, Pluto TV, Kanopy (free/ad-supported). Stream saf...

Beyond Connected [Ep. 2]: CyberGuy Uncovers Genius...

Travel rewards expert David Fleming joins for a fun, insightful chat about airline perks, miles, and smart home upgrades.

10 Best Amazon sales this week: Shark, Lenovo, Nin...

Discover the 10 best Amazon sales this week. Save on home, tech and lifestyle essentials before these deals are gone.

Should we hit pause on superintelligence?

Experts and public voices urge a prohibition on superintelligence until AI is safe, controllable and aligned with humanity.

Get $100 off the near-perfect OnePlus 13 with this...

We scored the OnePlus 13 an impressive 4.5 stars, and you can now get a tempting $100 off this excellent phone for a limited time ...

Hackers are exploiting OAuth loophole for persiste...

These fully automated attacks let hackers retain serious access to OAuth apps.

Settlers, herd your sheep – Netflix reveals Catan ...

Catan is getting the Netflix TV and movies treatment, but will the streamer adapt its best expansion pack?

“A first step in Europe” – Proton slams Switzerlan...

An amendment to the Swiss surveillance law could soon force VPNs and messaging apps to identify and retain user data.

Oracle Red Bull is securing the win with 1Password...

Oracle Red Bull Racing and 1Password are working together to secure wins.

Group of unlikely allies seeking ban on AI "superi...

There arfe many big names in a group of unlikely allies seeking a ban, for now, on AI "superintelligence" they say could threaten ...

OpenAI launches web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, in cha...

AI companyy said the new browser is now available on Apple laptops that run on macOS and will expand to other platforms soon.

Complete step-by-step guide to applying for studen...

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has opened the student loan application portal for the 2025/2026 academic session.…

Egyptian fintech, Money Fellows now has over 8 mil...

Money Fellows, Africa’s leading fintech digital platform, has announced that it has surpassed 8 million users on its…

How YouTube content creators can stop others from ...

The threat of AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic content that impersonates a creator’s face or voice has become one…

MTN Nigeria plans major network maintenance in Ada...

MTN Nigeria has announced a planned network maintenance exercise that will temporarily disrupt telecommunications services across ...

Netflix posts 17% Y-o-Y revenue growth in Q3 despi...

Netflix has once again demonstrated its resilience in a recently turbulent streaming market, reporting robust third-quarter result...

Unitree's H2 robot poses, pirouettes and pulls off...

Chinese robotics startup Unitree has shown off its latest humanoid robot, the H2 "Destiny Awakening" — and it's eerily lifelike.

Plants self-organize in a 'hidden order,' echoing ...

Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry landscapes...

James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the ea...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near ...

New eye implants combined with augmented-reality g...

Of the 38 patients with age-related macular degeneration, 80% were able to read again after having the eye implant and using the g...

Diagnostic dilemma: A toddler accidently ate gonor...

In a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.

AI jobs that pay $200K or more

Instead of fearing what comes next with artificial intelligence, think outside the box. Here are high-earning AI jobs that don't r...

Global MVNO Lebara begins hiring in Nigeria ahead ...

Lebara, a global Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), has commenced a major recruitment drive in Nigeria as it prepares to laun...

Only 4 Nigerians hold an Unreal Engine certificati...

3D animator, Uchenna Gilbert Okiya, is creating opportunities for marginalised Nigerians to learn 3D animation and graphics.

Kenyan borrowers ask court to declare Mogo’s lendi...

Mogo Auto Ltd, a Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firm popular among gig workers, has been hit with a class action lawsuit over all...

Here’s what it will take to support Africa’s $20 b...

Africa’s cultural and creative industries could contribute over $20 billion to GDP each year, yet only a fraction of that returns ...

These new Google AI tools will help African conten...

The tech giant has rolled out three AI-powered tools: Video Reach Campaign (VRC), Video View Campaign (VVC), and Demand Gen.

Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B ...

As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a uni...

One startup’s quest to store electricity in the oc...

Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to...

Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertai...

Netflix isn't planning to use generative AI as the backbone of its content but believes the technology has potential as a tool to ...

YouTube adds at timer for you to stop scrolling Sh...

YouTube is adding an timer for the Shorts feed to curb doomscrolling

Life360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of ...

Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs.

NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to La...

Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options.