Category: Science/Technology

Biotech CEO ‘shocked’ by Uber’s response after bei...

Victim claims rideshare giant deactivated his account after he reported the attack.

‘Dark money’ group paying pro-Dem influencers up t...

"Chorus Creator Incubator Program" said to be brainchild of Sixteen Thirty Fund, nonprofit accused of operating as left’s answer t...

Fox, YouTube TV avoid blackout with ‘short-term ex...

In a statement earlier Wednesday, Fox said that it was “disappointed that Google continually exploits its outsized influence by pr...

Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Ant...

As OpenAI's ChatGPT and its imitators exploded onto the world stage over the past few years, they kicked off a series of legal sho...

OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversat...

For the better part of a year, we've watched (and reported) in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading pe...

AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental S...

Are "dark patterns" and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as "AI psychosis" b...

Google's AI Flies Into Rage at the Word "Clanker"

When it's not spitting out phony game tips, suggesting you put glue on pizza, or trash-talking itself and its creator, Google's sh...

Mysterious Object Headed for Inner Solar System Ha...

Our solar system's latest and only third known interstellar visitor is becoming more fascinating by the minute.  Spotted in early ...

I tested 6 best WeTransfer alternatives for file s...

I tested six WeTransfer alternatives to find the best file-sharing platforms. Here's what I found about their limits, speed, secur...

I tested the 6 best Sflix alternatives for free on...

I tested six top SFlix alternatives to find the best free, legal, and safe streaming options for movies and TV shows without pop-u...

 VS Code vs Visual studio (2025): I tested both fo...

I compared Visual Studio and VS Code to find out which is better for "vibe coding." Here’s how these two Microsoft tools stack up ...

How to move an off-screen window in Windows (2025 ...

I tested every trick to recover an off-screen window on Windows. Here are the best ways to bring back your apps using simple keybo...

I tested the 6 best KissAsian alternatives for asi...

A hands-on review of six top KissAsian alternatives. I tested each platform to find the best free, legal, and safe sites for strea...

Belkin Launches First Qi2.2 Wireless Chargers with...

Belkin Launches First Qi2.2 Wireless Chargers with 25W Fast Charging Belkin has officially launched its first set of accessories t...

How to Connect Two Phones to Play the Same Music a...

How to Connect Two Phones to Play the Same Music at Once Have you ever wanted to share your favorite song with a friend and play i...

Microsoft Tests New Windows 11 Feature to Resume A...

Microsoft Tests New Windows 11 Feature to Resume Android Apps on PC Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 feature that lets use...

Managing Complex Projects: Lessons Learned from th...

Managing Complex Projects: Lessons Learned from the Field As a Technology Account Manager with a background in technical project m...

LEADING TECH BRANDS DRIVE FUTURE DIGITAL ECONOMY T...

LEADING TECH BRANDS DRIVE FUTURE DIGITAL ECONOMY TO SUPPORT NIGERIA’S US$1 TRILLION 2030 VISION AT WEST AFRICA’S LARGEST TECH, AI ...

These jobs are most at risk from AI according to M...

Microsoft analyzed 200,000 Copilot chats to reveal which jobs AI targets most and which are safe… for now.

Why an email alias is my secret weapon for safer o...

Your email is a skeleton key to your identity. Learn how aliases stop tracking, block spam, and protect your privacy in seconds.

Hacker exploits AI chatbot in cybercrime spree

A hacker exploited Claude AI to target 17 firms in a cybercrime spree. See how to protect yourself against AI-driven cyber threats...

Vibe coding: democratizing DevOps or bad vibes?

AI, like any technology, is neither inherently good nor bad. As always, it depends on who is using it and what they’re using it fo...

Websites still matter, but can't survive on their ...

Why entrepreneurs are ditching traditional websites in favor of Instagram

How to watch Dutch Grand Prix 2025: live stream th...

All the ways to watch Dutch Grand Prix live streams online and from anywhere, as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri battle for victory...

'This is not the end of the Clair Obscur franchise...

Sandfall Interactive has confirmed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the first game in a new franchise.

Shred less, save more: why enterprises are ditchin...

Shredding servers feels safe - but it's costly and unsustainable. Certified erasure offers a smarter path.

See Hurricane Erin from the International Space St...

As Hurricane Erin​ hovered over the Atlantic Ocean, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season​ was spotted from ab...

Village swallowed by the sea 8,500 years ago found...

Divers have collected evidence of a Stone Age settlement lost to rising seas after the last ice age from the seabed off Denmark's ...

World's first commercial carbon storage facility g...

The first commercial carbon storage facility has been inaugurated off Norway's coast, but is storing CO2 deep under the seabed rea...

U.S. scientists work to preserve vulnerable specie...

Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern Virgin...

Amtrak's high-speed Acela trains begin service on ...

New and faster Amtrak Acela trains are now in service. The new Acelas will be rolled out through 2027 as part of a $2.4 billion mo...

New study sheds light on what kinds of workers are...

Stanford University research offers insights for students and young workers as artificial intelligence begins to reshape the labor...

OpenAI says changes will be made to ChatGPT after ...

Court documents allege ChatGPT encouraged a 16-year-old boy to plan a "beautiful suicide" and keep it a secret from his loved ones...

Microsoft fires two employees after sit-in at comp...

Microsoft said the workers, who were protesting the company's links to the Israeli military, broke into the office of a top compan...

Zabira rebrands on 6th anniversary, repositions as...

Zabira Technologies, a leading digital assets exchange and financial services provider, has announced a major brand relaunch in…

Telling Stories in the Era of the New TV

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What you should know as Nigeria introduces stricte...

Nigeria is tightening its tax regulations, imposing stricter Value Added Tax (VAT) rules on digital services. This applies…

FG increases passport fee by 100% effective from S...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a 100% increase in the fees for the Nigerian Standard Passport.…

Techstars opens Spring 2026 applications with incr...

Global accelerator program Techstars has opened applications for its Spring 2026 programs, with an enhanced investment package tha...

James Webb telescope images reveal there's somethi...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears...

NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden '...

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life in t...

China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest bra...

Darwin Monkey or 'Wukong' features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses — similar to the neural st...

Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoner...

The fireflies are kept inside the webs for as long as they glow, before being consumed.

Gum disease treatment slows the thickening of arte...

New trial results show that intense gum disease treatment reduces how much the carotid artery narrows in otherwise healthy individ...

Over 2B users face phishing risks after Google dat...

Google Salesforce system breach exposes business data while scammers use incident to target users with fake security calls and phi...

Google Pixel 10 event brings new phones, smartwatc...

Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with Tensor G5 chip and Gemini Nano AI, introducing Magic Cue, Pro Res Zoom up to 100x and satell...

Schools’ safety tools are spying on kids — even at...

C San Diego study reveals 86% of school safety companies monitor students 24/7 on personal devices, raising privacy concerns.

How scammers target you even without social media

Scammers target seniors who avoid social media by exploiting public records like obituaries and real estate filings to steal perso...

AI drone finds missing hiker's remains in mountain...

Recovery team in Italy use AI-enabled drones to detect missing hiker's red helmet, leading to successful recovery after months of ...

Waymo lands first permit to test self-driving cars...

Waymo, one of the best-known companies for autonomous vehicles, has secured the first permit to test self-driving cars in New York...

Meta says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce post shatt...

Meta said Tuesday a joint Instagram post by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce broke records with 1M reposts in 6 hours and 14M likes i...

AI boom reshaping daily life as tech giants warn o...

Artificial intelligence development accelerates as 11% of voters use AI daily, while tech leaders debate benefits and risks of rap...

Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple, OpenAI over AI competi...

Elon Musk's xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in federal court, alleging the companies conspired to prevent competition...

Uncovered Fund, Monex Ventures partner for $20 mil...

The fund will invest between $100,000 and $500,000 as its initial ticket size in 30 companies and reserve half of its fund size fo...

In today's edition: CBN mandates PoS terminals to be no further than 10 metres from their location || UBA Kenya seeks capital from...

Access Holdings names Innocent Ike as Group CEO, e...

Agbede, a long-serving executive, stepped in after Herbert Wigwe's sudden death in February 2024, guiding the company through regu...

Lagos–San Francisco lab launches KidGPT that teach...

The platform also promises “child-appropriate responses” and “protected interactions,” features still absent from mainstream tools...

Nigerian telcos push for tougher penalties as fibr...

Despite telecom infrastructure being classified as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) under a 2024 presidential o...

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his d...

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for electric vehicles. On the first day of his presidency, he signed an e...

Disney is suing Sling TV over its new streaming pa...

Disney is suing Sling TV over its new streaming passes that give you access to live cable networks for as little as one day. The l...

Last year, Google proved it could make a phone tha...

Last year, Google proved it could make a phone that looks and feels like a true flagship, despite the software feeling like an AI ...

With Dish Network owner EchoStar selling $23 billi...

With Dish Network owner EchoStar selling $23 billion in valuable spectrum to AT&T, any pretense that the TV provider will become a...

FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after the...

FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership hurt the ag...

MagSafe PopSockets have come for your Kindle

A customizable magnetic case that protects your e-reader (and face).

DJI’s Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller pac...

A teeny lav mic with oodles to offer.

Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL i...

iTorrent’s developer has been blocked from distributing apps on alternative iOS stores.

Microsoft fires two employee protesters who occupi...

The two Microsoft workers were part of a group of protesters that entered the company’s executive building on Tuesday.

ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level...

The new architecture can be scaled up to 3.75 megwatts.

See something, say something? The science of speak...

From tattling to whistleblowing, a sociologist explores what drives people to tell on one another

Using pollen to make paper, sponges and more

Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects

Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone ...

The company's AI voice agents are designed to take over high-volume, repetitive tasks like scheduling, cancellations, and frequent...

Verily is closing its medical device program as Al...

Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take ce...

Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after acti...

The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with I...

Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based l...

Uncaged Innovations is working with Hyundai to develop alternatives to leather with a fraction of the environmental impact.

SpaceX notches major wins during 10th Starship tes...

This test marks a material advancement for the Starship program, which SpaceX wants to eventually use to send humans and cargo to ...

Wahoo Kickr Run Review: a (Mostly) Screen-Free Tre...

Want to run at your own pace? This treadmill follows your lead.

How to Brush Your Pet's Teeth—Veterinarians Weigh ...

We talked to pet experts to find out if brushing is just a pet influencer craze, what products to use for oral health, and how to ...

PopSocket PopCase Kindle Hands-On (2025): Easy Rea...

No more DIY additions to get a PopSocket on your Kindle: The PopCase Kindle makes it easy to add any grip onto the case’s built-in...

Elehear Beyond Pro Review: Big Hearing Aids

With this update, Elehear doubles down on one of the largest hearing aid designs on the market.

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI being u...

Meta is partnering with Midjourney to “license the...

Meta is partnering with Midjourney to “license their aesthetic technology” for use in its own models and products, Meta’s new chie...

Expect record-breaking temperatures to change the ...

Expect record-breaking temperatures to change the workplace, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organiza...

In January, one of the wildest Intel prototypes I ...

In January, one of the wildest Intel prototypes I witnessed at CES was a giant handheld gaming PC with an 11-inch autostereoscopic...

After the United Kingdom began enforcing its sweep...

After the United Kingdom began enforcing its sweeping Online Safety Act in April, British regulator Ofcom served violation notices...

The Fairphone 6 arrives almost two years after the...

The Fairphone 6 arrives almost two years after the 5, a testament to the company’s approach to the upgrade cycle. If anything, I s...

Microsoft tests letting you resume Android apps on...

Is this Microsoft’s version of Handoff?

Workers need better protections from the heat

Heat stress is preventable with the right measures in place.

Meta is going to stuff Midjourney AI images into y...

Meta is making a big new partnership with Midjourney.

Trump says the US is taking a 10 percent stake in ...

Blurring the lines between business and government.

Apple accuses former Apple Watch staffer of conspi...

Oppo was allegedly aware of the staffer’s efforts to glean information.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick says Intel needs to giv...

The White House would not be given voting or governance rights through any potential deal, Lutnick said.

Minnesota joins slew of states suing TikTok for al...

“This isn’t about free speech. I’m sure they’re gonna holler that,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news confer...

Google lands major nuclear energy deal to power it...

Google, Kairos Power, and the Tennessee Valley Authority have agreed to supply 50 megawatts of nuclear power to data centers in Te...

US senators press Mark Zuckerberg over Meta allowi...

"The wellbeing of children should not be sacrificed in the race for AI development," the lawmakers fumed in their scathing letter ...

Rep. Nancy Mace demands answers from Hertz over AI...

Mace fired off a letter to Hertz CEO Gil West on Wednesday seeking an explanation about the controversial AI technology.

How Did Walmart Frozen Shrimp Become Contaminated ...

As you've probably already heard, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall warning for bags of frozen shrimp sold unde...

James Webb Spots Mysterious Object Orbiting Uranus

Tiny Moon NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a tiny moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the number of the planet's known sa...

Zuckerberg's Huge AI Push Is Already Crumbling Int...

Just a few months into Meta's multi-billion-dollar AI moonshot, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already shaking up his "Superintelligence L...

AI Industry Trembles as Nvidia's Stock Nosedives

Shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia plunged on Wednesday, dropping by over two percent in early trading. A major tech selloff caused maj...

After Disastrous GPT-5, Sam Altman Pivots to Hypin...

OpenAI's launch of its long-awaited GPT-5 AI model turned out to be a bit of a dud. Those expecting a revolutionary change, someth...

Egypt’s EGX app signals digital shift in stock mar...

Egypt’s stock exchange is going mobile. With the launch of the EGX app, it hopes to modernise investor access, increase transparen...

Digital lenders face stricter rules as Nigeria’s F...

Nigeria's FCCPC has introduced new lending rules to better protect borrowers and rein in aggressive digital lenders, mandating tra...

NCAA bans flight mode reliance in Nigeria

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss the NCAA's ban on flight mode reliance in Nigeria, the FCCPC's borrower-friendly lending rules, an...

Qwen 3 AI review: I tested the latest model – Here...

An honest review of Qwen 3 AI after testing its latest model. I evaluate its performance on writing, coding, math, research, and i...

5 Best AI story generators (2025) tested & reviewe...

A firsthand review of the 5 best AI story generators for writers. I tested ChatGPT, NovelAI, Claude, Sudowrite, and AI Dungeon for...

How to Use Your Phone as a Wireless Mouse for Your...

How to Use Your Phone as a Wireless Mouse for Your Laptop Have you ever been stuck without a mouse while working on your laptop? L...

Scaling Innovation in PropTech and FinTech with AI...

Scaling Innovation in PropTech and FinTech with AI-First Infrastructure  By Jonathan Oranu There’s a noticeable shift happening ac...

LG Just Changed the Game Again – Here’s What Makes...

LG Just Changed the Game Again – Here’s What Makes Their 2025 TVs So Special …Next-level visuals. Smarter streaming. Welcome to th...

9 new movies and shows to stream this week (August...

Horror fans can enjoy terrifying movies like Wolf Man and The Bayou, all coming to your streaming platforms this week.

Best Back-to-School supplies and tech for students

Prepare for the school year with these tech tools designed to enhance learning, creativity, and safety for every student.

Smart tech tools that help you avoid dangerous fal...

Fall risk rises with age, but smart tech tools can help you stay safe, active, and independent starting at 65 or even earlier.

Remove your data to protect your retirement from s...

Learn how to remove your personal data, stop scammers in their tracks, and keep your retirement savings safe from fraud.

Major hack hit NY Business Council - over 47,000 p...

Plenty of sensitive data made its way to the criminal underground, but there are ways to mitigate the risk.

Pixel 10 launch live – last-minute rumors ahead of...

The next Made by Google event is today, August 20, so come with us as we bring yu the latest news, views, and more.

New PS5 games 2025: most anticipated PS5 release d...

New PS5 games for 2025 include a new Borderlands, and even Ghost of Yōtei. Here's the biggest PS5 release dates for 2025 and beyon...

New Xbox Series X games 2025 - the most anticipate...

Looking ahead, 2025 is shaping up to be a great one for new Xbox Series X games. Here's what you'll be playing.

The ROG Xbox Ally's official release date has been...

The long-awaited ROG Xbox Ally handhelds finally have their release date set, thanks to Xbox's unveiling at Gamescom 2025.

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and a...

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by hi...

Here's what the hurricane categories mean

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale​ rates hurricanes on a scale from 1 to 5.

How AI is changing the work of teachers in the cla...

Some educators have been teaching themselves how to use artificial intelligence. In a recent survey, teachers said it saved them t...

Ibom Air: NCAA directs mobile phones to be switche...

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed that mandated that all mobile phones must be switched off…

Despite a slow August, African startups have raise...

Venture funding into African startups has finally hit the $2 billion mark in 2025, as the year continues…

Robots carrying babies?

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M-Net and MultiChoice co-founder Cobus Stofberg re...

Cobus Stofberg, one of the key figures in transforming South Africa’s media sector, has retired from Naspers after…

No pressure on call and data tariff as FG scraps 5...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has scrapped the 5% excise duty on telecom services. The levy, which was…

Keratin extracted from sheep's wool repairs teeth ...

Keratin extracted from sheep wool has been found to help protect human teeth. It could be coming to your dentist’s office soon.

FDA issues warning over possible radioactive shrim...

The FDA is warning consumers not to eat certain frozen shrimp products sold at Walmart after other products from the same company ...