Category: Science/Technology

Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Pho...

"This network had the potential to disable cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City." The ...

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next ...

"We’ll be able to execute this mission, and it is our plan and our desire to be able to bring our crew safely home." The post NASA...

Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” S...

So much for AI boosting productivity. The post Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” Stanford Research Finds appeared f...

TowerCo reportedly accused of a takeover plot in U...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss TowerCo being accused of takeover plot in Uganda, Uber drivers making ₦6.1B extra in 2023, and Sta...

Apple Watch Series 11 vs Ultra 3 (2025): How are t...

Choosing between Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3? We break down the differences in durability, health, and battery life to help ...

Ido Sum departs TLcom Capital after 14 years

Ido Sum exits TLcom Capital after 14 years, having played a key role in shaping Africa's tech ecosystem.

Five Cutting-Edge Forex Trading Strategies Every I...

Trading currency pairs is one of the most effective ways to enjoy short-term profits. However, the liquid nature of the Forex sect...

iphone Air review: Apple’s thinnest iphone ever te...

iPhone Air is here. At just 5.6 mm, it's shockingly light, sleek, and packed with features you’d usually expect in a Pro model.

itel Launches Durable Curved Display Smartphone SU...

itel Launches Durable Curved Display Smartphone SUPER 26 Ultra: A Breakthrough of An Unbeatable Performance and accessible AI for ...

10 new movies and shows to stream this week (Septe...

See your favorite actors like Jessica Chastain and Ethan Hawke in new shows like The Savant and The Lowdown.

EE is now an official Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 pa...

Try Black Ops 7 early for free thanks to EE.

Salesforce, Snowflake and other tech giants team u...

Tech giants team up together to improve agentic AI’s access to data.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's first official villain...

Spider-Man 4 will reportedly include a major crime boss from Marvel Comics, but it's not the one you think it is.

Figma is making its AI agents smarter and more con...

Figma is expanding its MCP server to help your projects share even more context.

Clean up with up to $80 off Levoit cordless vacuum...

Save on Levoit's LVAC-200 & LVAC-300 models, plus other Levoit tech.

Newly discovered dinosaur had a crocodile leg in i...

The new find was possibly 23 feet long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans.

MLB approves robot umpires as part of challenge sy...

Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in ex...

WIRED global editorial director on tech's growing ...

For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment w...

Taiwan imposes chip export restrictions on South A...

Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of semiconductors to South Africa and now demands pre-approval for most…

Kenya’s IoT slowdown

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Cassava Technologies plan to build 5 AI facilities...

Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwe’s richest man and founder of Cassava Technologies, has revealed plans to build five artificial intellige...

Crypto millionaires hit a record 241,000 as Bitcoi...

The global count of crypto millionaires surged to 241,700 by the end of June 2025. That represents a…

Livescores, X, and xAI partnership: what it means ...

Football result and betting platform, Livescores, have partnered with social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and its artificia...

Rare blue-and-green hybrid jay spotted in Texas is...

The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, potentially due to climate ...

We could nuke 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 befo...

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the...

7-year-old Maya child had green jade 'tooth gem,' ...

Archaeologists already knew that adult Maya had tooth inlays, but this is some of the first evidence that children also had tooth ...

'A serious threat': China braces as Super Typhoon ...

Millions across China are under evacuation or stay-at-home orders as the storm closes in on the country's southern coast.

Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors restore a man's vision...

A man underwent one of the first "tooth-in-eye" surgeries ever conducted in Canada. Only a few hundred people have had the surgery...

Beware of fake Wi-Fi networks that steal your data...

Travelers face increased risks from fake Wi-Fi networks at airports and on flights as attackers exploit growing reliance on in-fli...

Waze update ends support for older Android phones

Older Android phones, tablets and car systems will lose access to new Waze features as the app drops support for Android versions ...

Social media verification systems lose power as sc...

Social media scams are rising as fraudsters create fake accounts and buy verification badges to deceive users, but these simple sa...

Wisconsin unveils historic solar farm with battery...

The new groundbreaking Paris Solar-Battery Park in Wisconsin provides renewable energy day and night by capturing excess energy fr...

Nvidia to invest up to $100B in OpenAI

AI firm OpenAI and chipmaker Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment deal to deploy 10 gigawatts to power data centers beginnin...

Can another Instadeep AI success story come out of...

Karim Beguir, co-founder and CEO, built InstaDeep with a strong team and recently sold it for $700M, a story we wish for many more...

In today's edition: Safaricom completes M-PESA upgrade || Kenyans pay more taxes than Nigerians ||Malawi has a new tech to fight c...

This new app lets tourists pay Kenyan traders with...

Tourist app could change how tourists spend in Kenya by letting them pay small merchants with contactless cards or mobile money, a...

In today's edition: Taiwan doesn't want South Africa to have its chips anymore || Kenya's DTB exits Burundi || Hyundai pulls out o...

Nigeria’s ageing satellite gets extended life as r...

Nigeria has shifted its timeline for replacing its ageing national satellite, NigComSat-1R, to 2028, three years later than initia...

The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help s...

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population heal...

Mirror founder Brynn Putnam to unveil her gaming h...

Seven years after unveiling Mirror at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018, Brynn Putnam is returning to the stage where it all began.

Sila opens U.S. factory to make silicon anodes for...

Sila has been building the facility on Moses Lake, Washington, for nearly two years. Now, it's poised to start volume production.

After India, OpenAI launches its affordable ChatGP...

OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Go in Indonesia to compete with Google AI Plus plan.

Rocket.new, one of India’s first vibe-coding start...

Rocket.new has surged to 400,000 users and $4.5M ARR in three months.

Goodnotes collaborative docs and AI assitant to ca...

Note taking app Goodnotes is launching new features to cater to professional users.

How Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Remembers SignalGa...

The Signal Foundation president recalls where she was when she heard Trump cabinet officials had added a journalist to a highly se...

WIRED Tested the Best Organic Sheets (2025): Coyuc...

Looking to go organic with your bedding? These are the best sheets to sleep on, from cotton percale to bamboo and linen.

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She...

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can pro...

How to Use 1Password's Travel Mode at the Border (...

Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.

Confessions of a Black Looksmaxxer

Critics say looksmaxxing—the trend of men boosting their physical attractiveness—often uses eugenic beauty standards. Some Black i...

Mark Zuckerberg has Wi-Fi glitch during live demo ...

The Facebook founder’s big demo at Meta Connect 2025 went off the rails Wednesday.

I’m an AI CEO and even I think it can be dangerous...

In a recent Pearl.com survey, 37% of respondents reported that their trust in doctors has declined over the past year.

Google’s digital ads empire faces potential breaku...

Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over dig...

Nvidia investing up to $100B in ChatGPT owner Open...

Companies worldwide are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into securing and expanding capacity for powerful cloud computing ...

Oracle names co-CEOs to take reins from billionair...

In her 11 years at the helm, Catz turned Oracle into a cloud powerhouse from a database provider by fiercely competing for a share...

Woman Asks ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers, Wins $15...

 "I’m like, ChatGPT, talk to me... Do you have numbers for me?" The post Woman Asks ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers, Wins $150,000 a...

ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific...

A question should quite literally be as easy as ABC, but isn't. The post ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific Questi...

xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok...

"It actually made me sick." The post xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok Users appeared first on Futurism.

Hospitals Deploying Robot Programmed to Act Like C...

"Imagine a pure emotional intelligence like WALL-E." The post Hospitals Deploying Robot Programmed to Act Like Child to Comfort Pe...

Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous As...

They want to go nuclear. The post Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here appeared first on F...

Canal+ fulfills all conditions to complete $2bn Mu...

Canal+ has completed its $2bn takeover of MultiChoice after regulators approved a new LicenceCo structure, cementing its position ...

Trump’s $100k fee creates rare opportunity for Afr...

President Trump’s executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas could reshape global talent mobility, presenting a uni...

Uber says drivers made ₦6.1 billion in additional ...

Uber says Nigerian drivers earned an additional ₦6.1 billion in 2023. The company highlights gains in incomes and tourism, though ...

Kenyan EV startup Arc Ride secures $10M boost from...

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Arc Ride's $10 million investment, Bleyt's desire to solve a problem that LemFi and TapTap couldn'...

Foreign banks don’t trust Nigerians. This startup ...

When Nigerians move abroad, foreign banks often reject them due to lack of credit history. Wale Akanbi, ex-CTO of Aella, is buildi...

Nothing’s CMF Headphone Pro Launches September 29 ...

Nothing’s CMF Headphone Pro Launches September 29 with Customizable Design Teased Nothing is gearing up to release its CMF Headpho...

How to Use Your iPhone as a Scanner

How to Use Your iPhone as a Scanner Need to scan a document but don’t have a scanner nearby? Good news: your iPhone can double as…...

Kredete Raises $22M Series A to Expand Credit Acce...

Kredete Raises $22M Series A to Expand Credit Access for African Immigrants Kredete, a fintech company focused on African immigran...

How to protect yourself from ‘vishing’ scams

The caller on the other line might not be who they say. Before you give away sensitive data to callers you may recognize follow th...

Dark web phishing service hijacks Microsoft and Go...

A dark web phishing service platform called VoidProxy is hijacking Microsoft and Google accounts by stealing credentials.

ChatGPT adds parental controls for teens

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with parental controls to keep teens safe. New tools let parents monitor, guide, and protect their kids on...

AI cybersecurity risks and deepfake scams on the r...

AI is fueling a new wave of cybercrime. From deepfakes to poisoned models and stolen accounts, here’s what the 2025 report reveals...

The Data Broker opt-out steps every retiree should...

Your personal info is sold on data broker sites, putting your retirement at risk. Learn how to opt out and protect your privacy no...

I tested the Baseus Security S2 – a camera powered...

No more worrying about wires or charging with this cordless wonder.

iOS 26.1 just landed to improve several key apps –...

The iOS 26.1 beta has launched, and it brings several great new additions to your iPhone.

Hideo Kojima's espionage action game Physint gets ...

As part of Kojima Productions' 10th anniversary "Beyond the Strand" livestream today, the studio has unveiled the poster for Phys...

Oracle appoints not one, but two, co-CEOs as Safra...

Safra Catz steps down as Oracle CEO after 10 years, Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia elected to take over as co-CEOs.

Apple’s Image Playground might be about to get a N...

New code in the latest iOS 26 beta hints at future AI image upgrades coming to Apple Intelligence

Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give glimpse ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time.

Texas teen uses computer science to fight scammers

Tejasvi Manoj of Plano, Texas, was named Time magazine's "Kid of the Year" for her work helping seniors avoid being victims of fin...

Flesh-eating bacteria kills 5th person this year i...

Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters and can be contracted through raw seafood or open wounds.

Amazon faces trial over whether it duped people in...

The FTC alleges Amazon tricked consumers into signing up for a Prime subscription and making it hard to cancel.

Meta's AI glasses could mean more independence for...

Members of the blind community have found new ways to use the AI technology to help manage everyday tasks, such as reading the mai...

AI glasses foster independence for visually-impair...

Visually-impaired people are finding new independence with AI glasses. "CBS Saturday Morning" meets Emeline Lakrout, an active, vi...

TikTok's fate in the U.S. could hinge on who contr...

TikTok's algorithm is the "secret sauce" behind the app's success, experts say. U.S.-China talks over the app's ownership must res...

Online safety for all: TikTok is leading the charg...

From a niche video-sharing app to a global cultural phenomenon, TikTok’s rise is one of the most compelling…

Uber’s investment in Nigeria grew drivers’annual p...

A report has shown that Uber, a global mobility platform, has invested a total of ₦34 billion into…

Don’t Just Pick Any Broker: Here’s What Matters in...

Interest in financial markets appears to be growing, especially among younger Nigerians seeking alternative income streams. They a...

M-Pesa’s big leap

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Nigeria leads as stablecoins hit a record $283bn s...

The stablecoin market has just broken several records at once. According to new data from Token Terminal, the…

'Cleopatra's Final Secret' documentary reveals hun...

Hundreds of coins that depict Cleopatra VII have been discovered in an Egyptian temple. The archaeologist who led the team believe...

What happened to the asteroid that killed the dino...

A killer asteroid slammed into Earth at 27,000 mph around 66 million years ago. Where is it now?

Quantum internet inches closer thanks to new chip ...

Researchers used the Q‑Chip to send quantum data over standard fiber using Internet Protocol (IP), showing that future quantum net...

'Completely unexplained': James Webb telescope fin...

The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions between i...

Statuette of a Comic Actor: A 2,000-year-old depic...

The ancient Romans had a soft spot for physical comedy (aka fart jokes), as exemplified by a bronze figurine of a comic actor.

How AI browsers open the door to new scams

AI browsers from Microsoft, OpenAI and Perplexity can fall for scams faster than humans, completing fraudulent purchases and click...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Zuckerberg's demo fail

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest AI technology advancements, challenges and opportunities now and for the future.

10 things I wish I knew before buying refurbished ...

Expert tips for buying refurbished electronics reveal what to check before purchase, including warranty policies and seller reputa...

5 e-commerce tech terms every shopper should know

Five key tech terms reshaping online shopping from mobile payments and instant delivery to social media commerce and inventory-fre...

Zuckerberg’s AI glasses live demo fails spectacula...

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses demo failed twice during a live presentation, with cooking assistant and video call...

Next Wave: Lend to drivers, bet on autonomous cars

Moove’s business works because it can turn drivers’ future cash flows into repayments; in a driverless future, there are no driver...