Category: Science/Technology

Google and C.I.I.F.A. launch second cohort of Enga...

Google and C.I.I.F.A. launch second cohort of Engage Nigeria programme for creatives Initiative expands to Eti-Osa Community in La...

How to get a cheap Amazon Prime membership

No Amazon Prime? No problem! Discover how to score a budget-friendly Prime membership and shop smarter this Prime Day.

A designer’s wild “wind turbine wall” idea is actu...

Airiva is a modular wind turbine system designed for urban infrastructure, promising sustainable energy production.

How criminals are exploiting personal information ...

Scammers are using leaked personal information to rob older Americans of their hard-earned money, causing monetary harm of over $3...

The latest custom Xbox Series X is a collaboration...

Microsoft is giving away another stunning custom Xbox Series X, this time based on an F1 team.

AMD’s new FSR 3.1 loses first round fight to Nvidi...

Despite improvements with AMD's FSR 3.1 update, it still lags behind Nvidia's DLSS 3.7 for overall image quality.

Why we need to increase ocean science data sharing

Recognizing the growing pressures being put on our oceans and the role they play in climate change mitigation. Proactive steps can...

The Pixel 8a could miss out on one of the best And...

Bluetooth Auracast is tipped to show up in Android 15, but it might not be rolling out to every compatible handset.

iPhone 16 tipped to match the iPhone 16 Pro's chip...

Reports indicate that every iPhone 16 will get an A18-series chip – but better OLED displays may be exclusive to the Pro phones.

The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope ...

Summer is the best time to see the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere without a telescope. The key is to find clear, dark skies ...

Meta charged with violating Europe’s landmark tech...

Meta was charged Monday with violating Europe’s sweeping tech competition law by forcing customers into a restrictive “pay or cons...

Robot controlled by human ‘brain on chip’ is a wor...

Researchers at Tianjin University in China have created a robot that is controlled by human brain cells in a first-of-its-kind bre...

NASA’s asteroid sample could have come from small ...

"The presence and state of phosphates, along with other elements and compounds on Bennu, suggest a watery past for the asteroid," ...

Tesla shares surge as second-quarter deliveries be...

The company delivered a total of 443,956 cars – a figure that marked a 4.8% decline from the same period one year ago. However, de...

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is now richer than ...

It is the first time ever that Microsoft's co-founder Gates's fortune is dwarfed by that of one of his former underlings.

Government Robot Falls Down Stairs, Dies

  A South Korean administrative robot took a serious tumble down a set of stairs, leading to local reports of the first robot suic...

AI Researcher Elon Musk Poached From OpenAI Return...

Less than a year after joining xAI's founding team, one of the researchers poached by Elon Musk has apparently returned to OpenAI....

Boeing Is Buying the Company Responsible for Its D...

Earlier this year, passengers on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon to California had the fright of their lives after a "...

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Study of World's ...

Researchers say they have used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. In 1...

Research Shows That AI-Generated Slop Overuses Spe...

Disease Control AI models may be trained on the entire corpus of humanity's writing, but their vocabulary, it turns out, can be ra...

I kept defending my manipulative boss until I foun...

On the first edition of Worklife, Eden* shares how she spent over three years of her career life with two manipulative bosses. Whi...

Crypto startup Mara replaced by Jara, following fi...

Chinyere Nnadi, Co-founder and CEO of Mara, has launched a new crypto company named Jara to replace Mara Wallet after facing finan...

Starlink continues uninterrupted service in South ...

Despite warning customers about possible service cuts in unauthorised regions, Starlink has remained operational in South Africa.

Mano wants a slice of the food delivery market in ...

Mano, an Angolan grocery delivery startup, has expanded into Lagos and Abuja's food delivery market. It introduced a new model all...

Gabon launches electronic ID cards after an 11-yea...

Gabon has launched its National Electronic Identity Card (CNIE) after over a decade without issuing a national ID card. Recently, ...

Meta Rolls out In-Stream Ads & Ads on Facebook Ree...

Meta Rolls out In-Stream Ads & Ads on Facebook Reels across Nigeria & Ghana July 01, 2024 — Today, Meta announced the availability...

Nigerian Fintech Faces New Regulations to Improve ...

Nigerian Fintech Faces New Regulations to Improve Compliance and Governance The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to introduce ...

Glovo Appoints Daphne Kabeberi as Impact and Susta...

Glovo Appoints Daphne Kabeberi as Impact and Sustainability Lead for Glovo in Africa Leading multi-category app, Glovo, is thrille...

Snapchat Introduces New Safety Features to Combat ...

Snapchat Introduces New Safety Features to Combat Teen Sextortion Snapchat is taking significant steps to enhance the safety of it...

How to take amazing photos of fireworks on your ph...

Try these quick advanced settings on your phone camera app to capture the most amazing fireworks.

Best tips for sending sensitive documents online

Discover the top strategies for securely transmitting sensitive documents online to ensure your digital files remain protected.

AI-driven exoskeleton lightens your load and eleva...

Researchers have created an AI-powered exoskeleton that seamlessly adapts to provide remarkable mobility assistance and energy sav...

How to get rid of robocalls with apps and data rem...

Don't let robocalls hijack your phone line. With these simple tips, you can regain control of your phone and stop those annoying c...

Struggling with your broadband? A new internet spe...

Want to download Starfield in around 3ms? Well, you can’t, but this level of performance has been achieved in Japan.

Android gets a handy new split-screen mode just in...

Ahead of Google's August 13, 2024 event, a new report details some enhancements in Android 14 that should improve the split-screen...

Turns out, people don’t really want console games ...

iPhones and AAA gaming looks like a swing and a miss, which was probably obvious but misses what makes such a move by Apple intere...

'No one knows what makes humans so much more effic...

Tech companies are beginning to see the benefits of small language models based on humanlike learning.

AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs are getting a nifty trick to h...

Curve Shaper is coming to AMD's Curve Optimizer feature with the Ryzen 9000 series of processors.

Rhino horns injected with radioactive material in ...

South Africa is home to a large majority of the world's rhinos and as such is a hot spot for poaching driven by demand from Asia.

Scientists race to find answers about deaths and i...

Scientists are racing to figure out what's causing strange behavior and even deaths among fish, including the endangered sawfish. ...

Harmless asteroid to whiz past Earth today. Here's...

Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday.

Here's the full list of hurricane names for the 20...

The full list of hurricane names for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season include Beryl, Joyce and Kirk.

Baseus power banks recalled after dozens of fires,...

Recall involves about 132,000 units due to lithium-ion batteries that can overheat, with $20,000 in property damage reported.

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon confirm service outages...

Three major mobile carriers say customers abroad can't make phone calls, send messages.

The barcode marks its 50th anniversary

This week marks 50 years since the debut of the barcode, those machine-readable black stripes that have changed many aspects of mo...

Keith "Roaring Kitty" Gill buys $245 million stake...

The meme-stock investor bought more than 9 million shares of the online pet supply company, causing its stock to surge.

Car dealerships still struggling with impact of cy...

More than half of U.S. car dealerships are still struggling with a cyberattack that crippled a key software system, hampering thei...

“Òlòtūré: The Journey”: The new Netflix series is ...

One of the film's strengths is its unflinching portrayal of the corruption and decay at the borders of Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ni...

Building Nigeria’s digital payments infrastructure...

Nigeria has seen a great deal of improvement in its digital payment infrastructure, attributed to the country’s ever-growing finte...

Tapswap delays token exchange again, hints at tier...

Popular tap-to-earn game on Telegram, Tapswap, has again announced rescheduling their highly anticipated Shares-to-Token exchange ...

Google, C.I.I.F.A. Launch 2nd cohort of Engage Nig...

The Creative Industries Initiative for Africa (C.I.I.F.A.), in collaboration with Google, is launching the second cohort of the…

True financial inclusion calls for smaller markets...

By John Ngari, Director, Africa MNOs at Onafriq

Near-indestructible moss can survive gamma rays an...

This little moss withstands deadly blasts of radiation, extreme cold and dehydration — and could probably survive on Mars.

Bionic legs plugged directly into nervous system e...

A first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that a new nervous system-controlled bionic leg helps leg amputees walk more naturally than...

Ants perform life saving operations — the only ani...

Florida ants perform amputations and clean wounds to prevent the spread of infection, scientists discover.

Long-lost homestead of King Pompey, enslaved Afric...

Archaeologists have discovered the homestead of Pompey, a formerly enslaved man from West Africa who was elected "king" by his com...

The gut microbiome has a circadian rhythm. Here's ...

Daily fluctuations in gut microbes may have a plethora of effects on the body, but many questions remain.

How to trace and block anonymous calls

Do you want to prevent scam calls? Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses how to block hidden IDs on your phone.

Autonomous trash-gobbling robot boat wages war on ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson provides the details on the Class 3 Clearbot: an autonomous vessel for efficient marine trash...

10 voice scams to watch out for – and your quick a...

Any potential scammer can copy a voice with cheap, accurate AI software in their bid to swindle you out of big money. Here's how t...

Top 7 tips for sending sensitive documents online

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shares seven tips for secure online document sharing.

AI-driven exoskeleton lightens your load, elevates...

Researchers have created an AI-powered exoskeleton that seamlessly adapts to provide remarkable mobility assistance and energy sav...

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion re...

Fans of the award-winning video game Elden Ring have access to a new expansion of the game with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC havi...

Astronauts to remain on ISS as NASA delays Boeing ...

NASA teams are analyzing Boeing Starliner data after the spacecraft experienced three helium leaks and thruster failures during it...

Small businesses looking to catch up on AI but fac...

A new study finds that small businesses are catching up with implementing AI tools in their businesses, even as many have faced im...

OpenAI CTO says AI may fill some creative industry...

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati suggested in recent public remarks that AI could replace some creative industry jobs, but it will likely pl...

Google Translate adds 110 new languages using AI i...

Google announced its largest ever expansion of Google Translate, with 110 new languages added to the platform in an update made po...

Kenya’s NCBA Group acquires insurer AIG Kenya for ...

The acquisition puts the lender on track to its ambitious expansion drive to become a "universal bank" that provides customers wit...

In today’s edition: Meet Solly Malatsi, South Africa’s new tech minister || Mara lost $16 million in a year amidst leadership fall...

Nigerian cloud providers lobby government and PFAs...

Some government agencies spend up to $500,000 monthly on cloud services. A few local cloud companies are also considering creating...

Tiger Global-backed Minka is the latest LATAM fint...

Minka’s arrival in East Africa follows a trend of Latin American fintech companies expanding into Africa. In 2022, EBANX launched ...

Protests in Kenya enter second week despite withdr...

This marks the second week of protests in Kenya, with young Kenyans vowing to continue demonstrating every Tuesday and Thursday. T...

Why MokohHost is an Excellent Choice for Web Hosti...

As the digital world changes, ensuring that the web hosting company you use to host your website is reliable is crucial for both b...

GetGlobal by TeleSoftas Partners with CGI School t...

We are excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership between GetGlobal by TeleSoftas and CGI School in the EU, aimed at upskill...

Here is Infinix Note 40 Pro Price in Nigeria [Key ...

The Infinix Note 40 pro is a midrange smartphone that was announced by Infinix in March 2024. In this blog post, we’ll provide the...

Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G Price in Nigeria [Key Featur...

The Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G is a midrange smartphone that was announced by Tecno in February 2024. In this blog post, we’ll provide ...

ITEL S24 Price in Nigeria – Reviews + Full Specs

In April 2024, ITEL unveiled its latest innovation, the ITEL S24, marking a significant advancement in smartphone technology for t...

VIVO Y03 in Nigeria: Get Price, Specs and Features

The VIVO Y03 is an entry-level smartphone that was announced by VIVO in April 2024. In this blog post, we’ll provide the VIVO Y03 ...

ITEL RS4: The Budget Gaming Smartphone You’ve Been...

Looking for an affordable gaming smartphone in Nigeria that doesn’t skimp on performance? The ITEL RS4 could be the perfect choice...

Rivian soars as Volkswagen plows $5B into struggli...

VW said it would initially invest $1 billion into a joint venture to create what was described as a “next generation software-defi...

Carjacker with ‘sausage fingers’ fails to break in...

Extraordinary footage from New Zealand shows the moment a carjacker fails to enter a Tesla, proving the popular EV’s “clever handl...

Nearly half of American electric vehicle owners wa...

In the poll of nearly 37,000 consumers worldwide, Australia was the only country with a greater percentage, 49%, of EV owners than...

AI a ‘fire accelerator’ for Big Tech antitrust abu...

Powerful AI systems “will make all the problems only worse,” said Andreas Mundt, who cited fears that users won’t be able to avoid...

Amazon hits $2T in market value for the first time...

Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud services provider in the world, and growth at the Amazon unit has returned after a dip in...

Scientists Implant Radioactive Material Into Horn ...

Warning Horn In an effort to make them useless to poachers, researchers are implanting radioactive isotopes into the horns of enda...

Elon Musk Explodes With Fury at Jeff Bezos

  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reignited his longstanding feud with Amazon founder and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos. Blue Origin, which ...

Deranged Politicians Are Trying to Ban Wearing Mas...

If you thought all the dumb controversy over masking that took place during the height of the COVID pandemic was finally behind us...

Man Sneezes So Hard That His Intestines Burst Thro...

A man in Florida had such an epic sneeze that he pushed his guts outside his body, a scenario that seems tailor made for a body ho...

White House Exploring Whether Delaying Menopause C...

Will delaying menopause keep women healthier for longer? Experts are trying to figure that out. As The New York Times reports, the...

Pivoting as a techie: How Covenant Went From Ghost...

Pivoting as a techie: How Covenant Went From Ghostwriter to Code writer & Software Engineer Covenant's path to being a software en...

TikTok Fights U.S. Ban as ByteDance Urges Court to...

TikTok Fights U.S. Ban as ByteDance Urges Court to Overturn New Law TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have filed a...

MultiChoice Expands into Online Betting Amid DStv ...

MultiChoice Expands into Online Betting Amid DStv Subscriber Decline MultiChoice, the prominent Pay-TV operator, has reported robu...

Flutterwave In Collaboration With EFCC For Cybercr...

Flutterwave In Collaboration With EFCC For Cybercrime Research Center Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has entered into a part...

Andela Adds Code Test Playback Feature

Andela Adds Code Test Playback Feature  Andela, the world’s largest private marketplace for technical talent, today announced the ...

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.

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

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

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

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...

Ahead of GPT-5 launch, another test shows that peo...

Researchers ran a controlled Turing Test and found people cannot distinguish ChatGPT from a human in a conversation.

I was wrong when I said you should never buy a Gal...

Samsung software held it back, but the Galaxy S24 offers more AI features than an iPhone 15, making it the better choice.

CDK cyberattack leaves thousands of car dealers sp...

"Everything is frozen, everything is tied up," one auto dealership owner said after cyberattacks crippled software maker CDK Globa...