Category: Science/Technology

Online graphic design platform hit with backlash o...

Graphic design platform Canva is receiving pushback from customers after announcing subscription prices for some multi-user packag...

Hewlett Packard to pursue $4B claim against estate...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will continue with its efforts to recover damages connected to a civil case against the late British te...

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Independent report finds no evidence of favoritism...

"The board accepted the report finding and is of the view that the matter has been addressed and is now closed. The board further ...

Exclusive: Lagos in talks with IHS and WIOCC to ex...

Home to over 521 startups and headquarters of different multinationals, improving internet quality is vital for the economic growt...

TikTok tightens safety net in Africa as user base ...

The platform’s #SaferTogether campaign, which has already reached thousands in Kenya and Nigeria, is part of this effort, educatin...

African climate startups see growing interest from...

VC funding for climate mitigation and adaptation startups is growing. Since 2019, the sector has raised over $3.5 billion.

Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs...

In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and...

What’s that smell — and how’d you know?

It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we sniff re...

US charges five Russian military hackers with targ...

The U.S. government indictment demonstrated deep knowledge of the Russian spies' activities, including their real-world meetings a...

Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $...

Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in ...

Osom is shutting down on Friday, as it had ‘no cus...

OSOM always had a difficult road, with plans to launch a privacy-focused handset. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For per...

‘Stop harassing Starlink,’ SpaceX president tells ...

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell made a public plea to one of Brazil’s top judicial figures on Thursday, asking him to “please sto...

Telegram quietly enables users to report private c...

Telegram has quietly updated its policy to allow users to report private chats to its moderators following the arrest of founder P...

Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Ha...

Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has bra...

DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities...

Newly unsealed court documents reveal in unprecedented detail a campaign called the Good Old USA Project, which Russian authoritie...

The 40 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (...

Chimp Crazy, Industry, and City of God: The Fight Rages On are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.

YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can...

Security researchers have discovered a cryptographic flaw that leaves the YubiKey 5 vulnerable to attack.

Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than ...

Unlike in the Atlantic, there is little to stop high-intensity storms forming in Southeast Asia, and climate change is making cond...

X blocks users from searching name of alleged Apal...

A search of the name "Colt Gray" on X resulted in an error message when The Post entered the prompt just before noon on Thursday.

Meta Oversight Board members have blasted Israel o...

At least four members of the Oversight Board – which sparked outrage by determining the anti-Israel phrase “from the river to the ...

OpenAI could reportedly charge as much as $2K a mo...

ChatGPT Plus currently costs $20 a month. The free tier of the model is used by hundreds of millions of users every month.

Elon Musk gets surprising defender after X banned ...

Despite The Washington Post's frequent sharp criticism of Elon Musk, the paper's editorial board criticized the Brazilian governme...

3 Roborock vacuums from budget to high-end — Read ...

You know what really sucks? The best robot vacs.

Eli Lilly Offering Way Cheaper Zepbound, If You’re...

The makers of Zepbound, one of the most popular new brands of weight loss injectables on the market, are offering a massive price ...

AI Accuses Journalist of Escaping Psych Ward, Abus...

LibelGPT Microsoft's AI chatbot Copilot falsely accused a journalist of committing some of the crimes he covered, The Register rep...

Michigan Plotting to Re-Open Shuttered 1970s Nucle...

Power Hour After shutting it down in 2022, Michigan is making an abrupt u-turn and is now planning to reopen an old 1970s nuclear ...

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to...

Actively Creepy In a pitch deck to prospective customers, One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to...

Economists Alarmed by Growing Demand for Sausage

Struggle Meals Is a recession coming? Who knows but economists in Texas are raising their eyebrows over the recent uptick of consu...

Tingo CEO who once planned to buy Sheffield United...

A US federal court has ordered Dozy Mmobuosi, Tingo CEO, to pay over $250 million in fines and barred him from serving as a direct...

100% insurance penetration in Africa could happen ...

The top three reasons why business owners in Nigeria don't have insurance are a lack of trust in insurance companies, a failure to...

Chinese BYD expands into Zambia, showroom to launc...

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Build Your Dreams (BYD) has expanded into Zambia, selling three models in the country: Dolph...

Cercli banks $4 million seed funding to streamline...

Cercli, a payroll startup founded by Akeed Azmi and David Rechein in January 2024, has raised $4 million in seed funding to improv...

You’ll now be able to charge your devices on the M...

Honeybee Robotics plans to build a lunar power grid on the Moon with solar-powered towers that provide energy, communications, and...

Turn any bike into an e-bike in seconds with this ...

CLIP is a plug-and-play device that converts standard bikes into an e-bike, providing just the right amount of assistance for shor...

Beware of this Social Security scam by crooks tryi...

Learn about ways to prevent and protect yourself from new Social Security scams targeting you from scammers.

Ford’s new tech could turn police cars into high-t...

Ford’s new patent for mobile speed detection technology raises significant privacy and surveillance concerns.

Data breach victims skyrocket over 1,100%: How to ...

The number of data breach victims in the second quarter of 2024 was 1,170% higher than at the same time last year.

China threatens retaliation against Japan for chip...

Japan introduced restrictions under pressure from US to weaken Chinese tech power.

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

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, Sep...

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Shhh - KitchenAid's new coffee machines can brew u...

One of the three models even has a dedicated mode for frothing plant-based milk for soya or oat cappuccinos.

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

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...

“Akinkunmi failed to meet his work obligations for...

In response to the recent report on allegations of unpaid salaries and questionable employment practices at Nidful Security,… The ...

Africa faces massive poverty and economic hardship...

The African Energy Chamber Chairman believes that the current strategy of fighting climate change could lead to energy poverty in ...

Sasai Money Transfer partners Airtel Money to expa...

International money transfer fees can be as high as 13% but Sasai is offering zero fees The post Sasai Money Transfer partners Air...

Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan shed tears in ...

The prosecutor of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) opposed the application of Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan for bail… ...

#SaferTogether: All that happened at TikTok’s safe...

It was a jolly night as social media influencers, content creators, government representatives and TikTok Africa team members… The...

Saturn at opposition: How to see the ringed planet...

Saturn will enter opposition on Sept. 7 and 8, orbiting on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Here's everything you need to kn...

World's biggest battery coming to Maine — and it c...

The battery storage system will be able to store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy — which is 130 million times the capacity of the b...

Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant ...

Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how...

A really big shark got gobbled up by another, mass...

A pregnant porbeagle shark is believed to have been eaten by a great white, with the larger predator swallowing its tracking devic...

Earth from space: Warped 'double rainbow' glory ap...

A 2012 satellite photo captured an unusual "double rainbow" glory appearing next to an unconnected chain of rare vortices in the c...

The Best 360 Cameras, Tested and Reviewed

It’s a small world after all, and these cameras can capture all of it at once, giving you a 360-degree view.

Chinese Company Busted Showing Off Humanoid Robots...

  Footage making its rounds on social media shows what appear to be humanoid robots posing at the World Robot Conference in Beijin...

Scientists Say New System Can Recycle Plastic Inde...

Plastic Fantastic Plastic Everywhere More on plastic: Woman Disgusted When She Uses Tracker to See Where Her Plastic Recycling Rea...

Tom Hanks Warns That Deepfake Scams Are Stealing H...

Extra! Extra! Actor Tom Hanks is pleading with netizens to avoid falling for online deepfake scams that use his likeness to hawk d...

If You Think Cybertrucks Are a Mess Now, Wait Unti...

Deep Freeze Bad Idea More on the Tesla Cybertruck: Burglar Discovers You Can “Peel” Cybertruck and Access the Inside

Employee Found Dead in Cubicle After Apparently Dy...

Final Swipe In a late-stage capitalist tragedy, an Arizona bank employee was found dead in her cubicle after clocking in on a Frid...

South African regulator investigates Meta over ele...

South Africa's Information Regulator is investigating Meta Platforms after the tech giant declined to provide information requeste...

NALA obtains money remittance licence in Uganda fo...

Alongside Flutterwave's expansion, NALA has secured a money remittance licence in Uganda, allowing Ugandans in the diaspora to use...

Ugandan boda boda riders decry costly digital numb...

Boda boda riders in Kampala, Uganda, have threatened to protest against digital number plates, citing doubts about their usefulnes...

Tanzania reportedly blocks access to X amid politi...

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Tanzania, including Airtel, Vodacom, and Tigo, have blocked access to X following a police al...

A Nigerian startup founder's guide to equity alloc...

The decision to allocate equity to stakeholders is one of the most critical choices a startup founder can make. Equity distributio...

Flutterwave Obtains PSO Licence in Uganda

Flutterwave Obtains PSO Licence in Uganda Flutterwave has secured a Payment Systems Operator (PSO) licence from the Bank of Uganda...

NCC Uncovers Over 100,000 SIMs Linked to Individua...

NCC Uncovers Over 100,000 SIMs Linked to Individuals, Sets Final NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline The Nigerian Communications Commission (...

Elon Musk’s X Faces Shutdown in Brazil Amidst Lega...

Elon Musk’s X Faces Shutdown in Brazil Amidst Legal Battle with Supreme Court Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is at the brin...

California’s first electric train could be what’s ...

Caltrain has launched its inaugural electric train service, transitioning from diesel to electric to cut carbon emissions.

Best Labor Day holiday sales

Looking to snag some good Labor Day weekend deals? There are already some great products for sale right now. Check them out.

This sneaky malware is after your passwords and pe...

Malware called "Cthulhu Stealer" impersonates popular apps to harvest passwords and steal data from macOS users.

5 ways to arm yourself against Cyber Attacks

As the world of hackers pulls off one new successful scam after another, here are 5 smart ways to fight off tech troublemakers.

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

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, Sept...

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Expert questions huge AI investments from Microsof...

Tech giants' investments in AI startups potentially returning as cloud revenue.

Is your 4th-gen Nest Thermostat too dim? Google is...

The 4th-gen model doesn't have integrated brightness controls, and users are finding it too dim.

I'm a photographer –here are 5 reasons why I'll be...

The iPhone 16 Pro rumors are hotting up – and as TechRadar's former cameras editor, I'm preparing to upgrade.

Google relaunches Gemini AI tool that lets users c...

After being temporarily suspended, the revamped tool will be available to top paid subscribers "Over the coming days," the search ...

X announces when it's permanently closing San Fran...

The Elon Musk-owned company, once a stalwart of Silicon Valley, is set to wave goodbye to the city that birthed it.

A new AI tool creates hyperrealistic photos. Can y...

New artificial intelligence tools such as Flux are making it easier than ever to alter or fabricate images.

Ads for U.S. political groups, candidates appear u...

Ads for major Republican and Democratic groups and candidates appear under racist content that could be making money on X.

Judge suspends X platform in Brazil amid feud with...

Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the b...

Crypto hackers have stolen $1.2bn in 2024

The post Crypto hackers have stolen $1.2bn in 2024 first appeared on Technext.

Meet Busha, one of the first Nigerian crypto excha...

Busha appears to have survived the perilous regulatory landscape of Nigeria The post Meet Busha, one of the first Nigerian crypto ...

How technical writer Owanate Amarachee is making W...

Owanate Amarachee has dedicated herself to making Web3 knowledge accessible to anyone interested The post How technical writer Owa...

How to profitably trade USDT in Nigeria with the b...

Learn how to trade USDT profitably in Nigeria! Discover top strategies and why Breet is the best platform with low fees, instant t...

Quidax becomes Nigeria’s first SEC-licensed crypto...

Quidax is now able to collaborate with banks and other financial institutions, subject to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s approval T...

World War I British warship that sank in a surpris...

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

Astronomers discover new 'odd radio circle' near t...

A mysterious ring invisible at all wavelengths except radio could be a trace of a dramatically unstable star shedding its skin.

What happens to meat as it's cooked?

Heat triggers a series of complex chemical reactions that change the color, flavor and texture of meat.

The universe had a secret life before the Big Bang...

The secrets of black holes and dark matter could lie before the Big Bang, a new study of "bouncing" cosmology hints.

Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin...

NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky...

New dinosaur species similar to T. rex found in As...

A new species of Jurassic dinosaur related to Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered by paleontologists in Kyrgyzstan in Central As...

New battery has double the power and fraction of t...

Indiana-based Ateios Systems has developed the innovative electrode manufacturing process, a new way to make batteries without usi...

The 6-wheeled robot that checks out dangerous situ...

An engineering firm in New Zealand developed PIPE-i, a robotic survey vehicle that ventures into hazardous and confined spaces lik...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Movie star on what AI can'...

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

Windows update flaw could be a hidden gateway to z...

There's a new method hackers are using to exploit Windows devices, which can expose numerous old vulnerabilities to allow them to ...

California's first electric train could be what’s ...

Caltrain of California, the oldest continuously operated railroad in the West, has ushered in a new era with electric trains for p...

Woman outsmarts mail thieves with simple technolog...

California police arrested a pair of thieves after a woman whose mail was stolen placed an Apple AirTag inside a package that she ...

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport hit with dela...

Hundreds of flights at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport experienced delays after the airport was struck by a "possible cyb...

Want to work in Big Tech? Here are companies with ...

Landing a job in Big Tech can be a rigorous process. A new study ranked America's tech giants according to how long it takes betwe...