Category: Science/Technology

Zoho introduces customizable low-code IoT platform

Zoho has announced the launch of Zoho IoT, a user-friendly and scalable low-code platform designed to build and… The post Zoho int...

From World Tourism Day to Detty December: How Nige...

As the world prepares to celebrate World Tourism Day on 27 September, Nigerian TikTok creators are highlighting the… The post From...

Founders stories: How Austin Okere’s CWG brought F...

Infosys-owned core banking software, Finacle has been in the news lately for good. For instance, one online tech… The post Founder...

Senerwind App Review 2024: Scam Or Legit Trading P...

Senerwind App is a web-based trading system designed to help traders and investors take advantage of the fast-changing… The post S...

Astonishing artifacts: A glimpse into how people l...

Each week, we showcase a different astonishing artifact that gives us new insight into how our ancestors lived.

Nazaré: The big-wave surfer's paradise born out of...

Every year, record-seeking surfers and spectators descend on the small Portuguese town of Nazaré for the "big wave" season, when w...

Did Romans battle rhinos in the Colosseum? A histo...

The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie "Gladia...

Newest Starlink satellites are leaking even more r...

A new study reveals that Generation 2 Starlink satellites are leaking up to 30 times more radio waves than their predecessors. If ...

Scientists confirm there are 40 huge craters at th...

Researchers recently surveyed the bottom of Lake Michigan after spotting strange circles on the lakebed in 2022. New observations ...

Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardo...

A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its massive ...

Scientists say X-rays from nuclear explosion may d...

Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using explosions of ...

Dark matter may be behind wobble in Mars’ orbit, s...

A bold new study in Physical Review suggests that a wobble detected in Mars' orbit could be the result of dark matter made up of p...

Geomagnetic storm expected to hit Earth following ...

A coronal mass ejection could strike the Earth's magnetosphere this week and cause a geomagnetic storm due to conditions caused by...

Venomous creatures wash up on popular North Caroli...

Venomous Blue Sea Dragons are washing up on the sandy shores of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, and National Park officials adv...

The peelable paint you can remove from your walls ...

Unpaint is a peelable paint for walls, floors and furniture, eliminating repainting worries. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson ...

Illegal movie downloads could be hiding dangerous ...

Researchers found Peaklight malware targeting illegal movie downloaders. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson provides tips to pro...

360-degree throwable tactical cameras are changing...

Bounce Imaging has developed the Pit Viper 360, the world's first 360-degree panoramic thermal-imaging tactical camera that can be...

Top 4 reasons you might still need VPN with cellul...

Tech guru Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains why you may still need a virtual private network even if you're using your phone's cel...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Age of AI 'Superintelligen...

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for ...

Amazon to employees: In-person, 5-day work week be...

Amazon will start expecting many employees to work out of the office five days a week next year, according to the tech giant's CEO...

Instagram releases teen accounts with built-in pri...

Instagram launched a new Teen Accounts experience that includes built-in privacy and parental controls that limit teens' app usage...

'Partisan politics' is why FCC revoked Starlink's ...

The Federal Communication's revoking Starlink's $885 million rural internet award was misguided given its capability, Commissioner...

Open AI CEO says AI 'superintelligence' is coming ...

Tech companies could create an AI superintelligence in "a few thousand days" that would revolutionize the world, Open AI CEO Sam A...

Verizon plan to install 5G poles along popular Jer...

A push by Verizon Wireless to install 5G cell phone poles along Ocean Avenue in Spring Lake New Jersey has received blowback from ...

Meta’s ex-content moderators seek $1.6 billion in ...

Meta now faces two cases in Kenya: an ex-moderator working for Sama sued the social media giant for moderating horrific content, a...

Uploaded Intelligence is still science fiction, but wasn’t AI one decades ago? Here's why UI makes a case for new jobs creation, a...

In today’s edition: Kenyan Appeal Court says Meta can be tried in Kenya || Analysts expect a pause in interest rates in Nigeria ||...

Last-mile delivery services increase base prices t...

Fez Delivery, which charges ₦2500 ($1.52) for deliveries between 0 and 5kg, will now charge ₦3,075 ($1.88) for those deliveries. T...

Breaking: Safaricom offers improved internet speed...

The 10 megabits per second (Mbps) connection has now been upgraded to 15 Mbps at KES 3,000 ($23). Customers on the 20 Mbps plan no...

Can you believe the polls? It depends

A veteran of survey research explains why high-quality polling matters — and warns of the proliferation of shoddy gimmicks

What if a virus could reverse antibiotic resistanc...

In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d evol...

Targeting the racial disparity in kidney disease

Some people of West African descent face a higher risk of renal failure. New drugs based on gene research may help right the ship ...

David Energy is going up against Goliath energy in...

James McGinniss has been obsessed with decarbonization and the energy grid since he was a high schooler over a decade ago. Now, hi...

The new Reeder app is built for RSS, YouTube, Redd...

For the longest time, RSS readers have followed an “Inbox Zero” design philosophy by showing an unread count against each source. ...

Thor and Harbinger’s new hybrid RV will let you sp...

Legacy automakers are experiencing a sort of existential crisis as they grapple with whether to stick to plans to go all-electric ...

All Iron Ventures rebrands as Acurio Ventures with...

The new fund has already made around 20 investments, and it will operate with a generalist thesis, investing across the whole of E...

Cloudflare’s new marketplace will let websites cha...

Cloudflare announced plans on Monday to launch a marketplace in the next year where website owners can sell AI model providers acc...

Sony Bravia 9 TV Review: Can LED Screens Get Much ...

Sony's top mini LED TV is the ultimate in decadent brightness.

New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglem...

While devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on the “spooky” phenomenon.

This New Pac-Man Machine Brought Me Closer to My T...

The Pac-Man arcade cabinet from Arcade1Up brings retro gaming joy to the whole family.

4 Useful Slack Features You May not Be Using Yet

From Canvases to Lists, learn how to use some of these recently added—but still not widely known—Slack features.

18 Best Fitness Trackers (2024), Tested and Review...

Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.

Infinix’s First Clamshell Foldable Will Bet Heavy ...

I grew up in a country where Infinix was a major player. I know that not too many people will say that since Infinix mostly stays ...

Whales buy Pendle after BitMEX co-founder sold it ...

On-chain data shows a large amount of Pendle inflow into whale addresses a day after Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the BitMEX crypto...

Jony Ive confirms he’s working on a device for Ope...

Back in April, we heard that ChatGPT developer OpenAI was busy working on a hardware device in partnership with ex-Apple design ch...

Get Rid of These 6 Annoyances From Windows 11

Key Takeaways Disable “Finish Setting Up Your PC” prompt in Settings to prevent constant reminders. Remove lock screen ads by sele...

Weekly NFT sales plunge to $73.7m, Solana network ...

The non-fungible token market has experienced a 4.2% drop in sales volume in the last seven days. This drop comes after a decent s...

Trump Media stock sinks as former president can fi...

The six-month lockup period was put in place after Trump Media consummated its merger with a blank-check company.

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX began a new ‘Space Race’ un...

A new book charts the path of SpaceX, Elon Musk's re-usable rocket giant.

Feds seek sanctions against Elon Musk after tech m...

Musk's lawyers called sanctions "drastic" and unnecessary, saying his testimony has already been rescheduled.

Qualcomm reportedly approached struggling rival In...

Intel shares have plummeted in recent months as it cut jobs, suspended its dividend and faced a high-profile board member resignat...

Meta AI chatbot praises Kamala Harris for her ‘tra...

Meta's AI assistant gave glowing reasons to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, but gave criticism for former Presi...

The US Is Backsliding Into Dirty Fossil Fuels Beca...

It's Only Natural The monstrous energy demands of AI data centers are set to keep surging — and it's no coincidence that the fossi...

Scientists Spot Giant Black Hole Destroying Galaxy

Strange Universe Like a parasite sucking the life force out of its host, an international group of scientists have determined that...

NYC's Top COVID Official Threw Sex Parties During ...

New York City's former Covid czar has been caught being a huge hypocrite. Jay Varma, who was the city's senior public health advis...

New Footage Shows Imploded Crew Compartment of Doo...

Ocean Grave The US Coast Guard has released more footage of the debris of OceanGate's doomed Titan submersible, which imploded dur...

Warlord Straight Out of "Max Max" Says Elon Musk R...

Technical Issue Russian warlord and leader of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Elon Musk of "remotely disabling" hi...

Safaricom partners Mastercard to boost digital pay...

Safaricom and Mastercard have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border re...

Ethio Telecom aims for 75% revenue boost amid risi...

Today on TechpointDigest, we discuss Ethio's bold bet, Google launching Umoja, and PayRetailers entering 8 African countries.

M-KOPA's appeal falls flat

On today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Oluwanifemi Kolawole and Chimgozirim Nwokoma discuss African tech s...

Uganda's ABC receives investment from Netherlands-...

Uganda's Agent Banking Company (ABC), a fintech services firm, has secured an undisclosed investment from Goodwell Investments, ba...

A fatal error by NIBSS worsened Flutterwave's ₦21 ...

NIBSS increased Flutterwave's daily settlement limit from ₦7 billion to ₦21 billion and forgot to reset it for three months. A gli...

OpenAI o1: Expectations vs Reality

OpenAI o1: Expectations vs Reality OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, also calledc”an AI designed to overthink it”   C...

Glovo Nigeria pioneers a new era of choice and con...

Glovo Nigeria pioneers a new era of choice and convenience with Port Harcourt launch …strengthening Its Position as Nigeria’s Larg...

NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline in Nigeria: What You Need...

NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline in Nigeria: What You Need to Know Following the NIN-SIM linkage deadline in Nigeria on September 14, 2024...

Gemini Live Rollout for Free Android Users Announc...

Gemini Live Rollout for Free Android Users Announced by Google Google has officially begun the Gemini Live rollout for free Androi...

Google AdX Proposal Rejection Amid EU Antitrust C...

Google AdX Proposal Rejection Amid EU Antitrust Concerns The Google AdX proposal rejection marks a significant development in the...

Apple’s bold move into AI: New iPhone 16, AirPods ...

Apple makes huge leap into artificial intelligence while showing off new iPhone 16, AirPods with health benefits and sleeker new w...

Top 8 new movies and shows to stream this week (Se...

Have you been waiting on the rest of season 4 of Emily in Paris to drop? It's coming your way this week, along with other great co...

Robots get a feel for human touch, no artificial s...

Scientists have developed a method for robots to achieve a sense of touch using artificial intelligence and internal sensors.

Nearly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries face data ...

Nearly one million Medicare beneficiaries have recently learned that their personal information may have been compromised in a dat...

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, S...

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

Chinese hackers are switching to new malware for g...

New attacks from the Chinese based Mustang Panda group reveal a change in tactics

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram fo...

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Wedn...

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzle...

AWS is spending £8 billion to boost its UK cloud b...

AWS UK expansion could support up to 14,000 jobs annually.

Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be...

Researchers discovered the first known case of a porbeagle shark likely being killed by a large shark predator, raising questions ...

Missouri patient contracts bird flu despite no kno...

The case raises questions about how the person was exposed to the virus. All the previous U.S. infections were among people who wo...

Fake news, social media, and "The Death of Truth"

As disinformation and conspiracy theories proliferate online in algorithm-fueled chaos, artificial intelligence is making it even ...

Apple set to unveil new iPhone 16 on Monday. Here'...

In addition to Apple Intelligence, here are the upgrades widely expected to be included in the latest iPhone models.

Apple's new iPhone 16 unveiled at "Glowtime" event

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the iPhone 16 is designed specifically to make use of AI, "raising the bar" on what the device can do.

Apple must pay Ireland more than $14 billion in ba...

Ruling comes on same day EU court enforces whopping $2.7 billion penalty against Apple in long-running antitrust case.

Apple's new AirPods double as a hearing aid. Here'...

Can Apple's AirPods make hearing aids cool? Experts say they could help destigmatize hearing loss.

#SaferTogether: Examining TikTok’s unique content ...

As the ByteDance-owned platform, TikTok continues to gain viral acceptance, especially among the young population globally, its te...

For passion and tech: A story of Robert Damilola’s...

Marketing is dynamic. Yesterday’s rules don’t apply today so you need to keep learning and stay at the… The post For passion and t...

FG announces ₦100M AI Fund for Nigerian startups i...

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, announced a… The p...

NIPR Opens Registration for 9th Lagos Digital PR S...

The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), in partnership with Upticomm Marketing Company,… The...

InDrive offers Lagos drivers N50,000 monthly for o...

InDrive drivers must complete a minimum of 500 kilometres every week. The post InDrive offers Lagos drivers N50,000 monthly for on...

Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien...

The Very Large Telescope in northern Chile imaged a "super-Jupiter" exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. Th...

Tonga eruption that poured 150 metric tons of wate...

A new study builds on previous research into the underwater volcano's effects on the climate.

'Absolutely outstanding' 12-century picture stone ...

A 12th-century stone carving discovered in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary.

The James Webb telescope found hundreds of 'little...

These small galaxies are either crammed with stars or they host gigantic black holes. The data astronomers have collected continue...

How fast does evolution happen?

Measuring the pace of evolution is tricky, but some species can evolve as quickly as a few generations.

NASA provides explanation for 'strange noises' com...

NASA discovered the cause of a pulsating noise coming from a speaker on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft after astronaut Butch Wilm...

NASA astronaut stuck in space reports ‘strange noi...

A NASA astronaut at the International Space Station reported hearing strange noises coming from the Boeing Starliner just days bef...

The privacy predicament of NYC’s Traffic Cam Photo...

Traffic Cam Photobooth is a website created by a Brooklyn artist that allows the public to take selfies using New York City's traf...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Holy See calls for end to ...

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for ...

The military robot protecting soldiers from chemic...

The Army has developed a robot to protect soldiers against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons to make the battlefield safer ...

11 Android tips, tricks for getting most from your...

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson shares some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Android phone, including some gems you m...

What is Centegix? The safety solution panic button...

Colt Gray, 14, opened fire at Apalachee High School, killing four people, including two students and two teachers. Teachers at the...