Category: Science/Technology

Closer-than-expected magnetic field of sun could i...

The sun's magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, according to new research. The finding cou...

What causes air turbulence?

Turbulence is essentially unstable air that moves unpredictably. While it is often associated with storms, clear-air turbulence, w...

Billions of noisy cicadas emerge from slumber acro...

Billions of the buzzing cicadas are expected thanks to a 'double brood,' not seen in centuries, where the 13-year cicadas and the ...

Federal probe targets Waymo’s robotaxis amid traff...

The self-driving taxi company Waymo is under federal investigation after a series of accidents. What does this mean for the indust...

UK zoo keeps its rhinos warm with upgraded heating...

Chester Zoo in northern England is partnering with Mitsubishi Electric to implement more sustainable heating, starting with the ha...

Reclaim your privacy by disabling your cellphone c...

Data tracking is standard among mobile carriers, and new methods of tracking that information are constantly emerging, making it d...

China unveils its first full-size electric running...

Tiangong is a full-size humanoid robot from China that stands as tall as an average human, can jog and is capable of running on el...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Scarlett Johansson's AI ac...

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

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says attitude 'makes a big d...

While speaking with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslandsky, Andy Jassy identified a good attitude and willingness to learn as important for ...

OpenAI, News Corp. sign multi-year content deal

News Corp. and ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday announced a multi-year deal allowing the artificial intelligence startup to uti...

How Nvidia became the king chipmaker, from a Denny...

Tech giant Nvidia has risen from being a struggling startup to the third-largest U.S. company by market cap that's dominating the ...

Microsoft debuts 'Copilot+' PCs with AI features

Microsoft revealed Monday it has multiple 'Copilot+' computers that will officially hit the market in June. The announcement of th...

In today’s edition: CBN raises interest rates || Nigeria to launch 1 petabyte data centre || LemFi partners with Flex Money || Li...

Kenya brings back controversial bill to regulate I...

The ICT Authority Bill 2024, introduced by ICT cabinet secretary Eliud Owalo, proposes that companies offering ICT services in Ken...

Exclusive: Techstars-backed BlackCopper set out to...

Nevertheless, extraordinarily high default rates have led to a ₦1.2 billion debt. Of that amount, BlackCopper has only paid back ₦...

DRC lawyers claim new evidence shows Apple is usin...

DRC is rich in “3T”–tin, tungsten, and tantalum­­–critical components to manufacture electronic devices like smartphones and compu...

The revised guidelines, by Nigeria's apex bank, outline that Tier-1 BDCs must now have a minimum capital base of ₦2 billion ($1.4 ...

You may soon be able to pay for meals a new way — ...

Would you like some eyes with that? People may soon simply look at a restaurant checkout screen to pay as the novel, biometric tec...

Scarlett Johansson ‘shocked’ and ‘angered’ over Ch...

Scarlett Johansson was “shocked” and “angered” after the new ChatGPT feature from OpenAI sounded “eerily similar” to her as the ac...

Truth Social parent Trump Media & Technology posts...

Earlier this month, the company fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” 

Why tech-savvy Gen Z and Alpha have embraced the b...

Their slang game has rizzen to new heights.

Microsoft debuts $1K Copilot+ PCs with AI features...

Microsoft launched the laptops as its shares trade near record highs following a Wall Street rally driven by expectations that AI ...

The New ChatGPT Has a Huge Problem in Chinese

Dirty Data A pollution problem with OpenAI training data has rendered its new chatbot's Chinese outputs chock-full of porn and spa...

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Come...

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated the whole thing turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire extra...

Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle

What do the pyramids, the oceans, the blood of newborns, and human and canine testicles all have in common? They've all been found...

Godfather of AI Says There's an Expert Consensus A...

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "godfathers" of AI, is making a statement we can't refute. The British-Canadian computer scientist is ...

Man Drinks Poison Oak Smoothie in Bid to Develop R...

How far would you go to avoid a rash from poison oak or poison ivy? Well, one reporter for The Wall Street Journal has gone as far...

BritBox plans to discontinue services in South Afr...

BritBox, an online digital video streaming subscription service that launched three years ago, has announced that it will cease op...

Hardware is hard, but here are 6 startups doing it...

Building a hardware startup is hard, especially in Nigeria. This is probably why most startups build software products, but despit...

SA’s Competition Commission slams Vodacom-Vumatel ...

Today on TechpointDigest, we discuss South Africa’s Competition Commission slamming Vodacom-Vumatel deal, 6 startups building hard...

Beltone and Microfinanza Italia invest $2.4 millio...

Beltone's Cash for Microfinance has signed an agreement with Microfinanza Italia to launch a $2.4 million project to help and empo...

Lagos State Government launches cybersecurity proj...

Olatunbosun Alake, the Honourable Commissioner for Science, Innovation and Technology, has disclosed that the Lagos State Governme...

Towable trailer transforms into rugged tiny home i...

You only need two minutes to watch this trailer transform from a compact towable to a spacious shelter, offering four-season comfo...

Early Memorial Day Sales: Snag these must-have pro...

Score early Memorial Day deals on top-rated products! Save big on earbuds, smart bulbs, headphones, power stations, dash cams, and...

Federal probe targets Waymo’s driverless robotaxis...

The self-driving taxi company Waymo is under federal investigation after a series of accidents. What does this mean for the indust...

Doctor Who's next episode on Disney Plus is being ...

Doctor Who season 14's newest entry, titled '73 Yards', has been met with critical acclaim ahead of its May 25 release.

This wiper malware takes data destruction to a who...

The BiBi Wiper now deletes the disk partition table, making data recovery harder.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 camera detail...

There's more unconfirmed news about the Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 that are expected to launch later this year.

Meta Quest 3 Lite leak suggests it’ll pack the Que...

A new Meta Quest 3 Lite leak reveals it's a powerful VR headset in the Quest 2's bulky body.

Excited about Snapdragon X Elite laptops? Forget t...

Intel fans flames of hype around Lunar Lake laptop CPUs set to arrive as soon as Q3.

Pope Francis on media's "serious responsibility"

Pope Francis tells Norah O'Donnell about the role of communication media and its lasting impact on young people in a historic inte...

OpenAI disables ChatGPT voice that sounds like Sca...

ChatGPT disables AI voice after users say it sounds similar to Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson.

Starlink now available in 99 countries, becomes th...

Starlink also became the third-largest internet service provider in Nigeria

TapSwap: Here is all you need to know about the fr...

Although there is no available information about the team behind the newest coin, the project claims to have 17 million community ...

Notcoin loses 85% value in first week as investors...

...the sharp decline was attributed to investors quickly selling off their airdropped tokens to secure profits rather than holding...

Nigerian startups attracted 30% of $15 billion rai...

Startup funding has continued to decline in recent times as the continent continues to witness a funding winter.

The top 10 countries where mobile data is least af...

Zimbabwe has the worst value for data anywhere in the world as 10GB per month of mobile data costs about 356.60% of the average an...

See May's full 'Flower Moon' rise this week close ...

May 2024's full moon, also known as the Flower Moon and the Planting Moon, will be at its fullest on Thursday, May 23. It will als...

Can a commercial airplane do a barrel roll?

Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuve...

AI computers could run in extreme environments lik...

Ultra-heat resistant computer storage can operate at Venus-like temperatures and may be used in extreme conditions such as nuclear...

Save $200 on the iPad Air M1, with the iPad Air M2...

The M1 iPad Air is heavily discounted, and does almost everything the latest model does.

Earth from space: Rare phenomenon transforms Afric...

In 2018, a weather satellite captured a massive thunderstorm cloud in the shape of a jellyfish. The bizarre cloud was the result o...

How to connect your AirPods to your iPhone, iPad t...

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you how to connect your AirPods to your Apple devices. There are easy ways to connect your AirPods ...

In today’s edition: Nigeria withdraws cybersecurity levy || Copia faces a potential shutdown || Nigerian court rules for CBN’s soc...

CBN officially withdraws cybersecurity levy

Nigeria’s central bank has withdrawn a controversial 0.5% cybersecurity levy three days before it was supposed to take effect.

Next Wave: What’s going on in Kenya’s B2B space?...

Cet article est aussi disponible en français First published 19 May, 2024 Kenya’s e-commerce sector, once a picture of growth and ...

Early-stage VC firm OpenseedVC launches with a $10...

Launched in 2024 by Maria Rotilu, “OpenseedVC operates at a sweet spot where startups with strong potential for success, partly ba...

DSTV Packages Prices In Nigeria (May, 2024)

In today’s fast-paced world, where entertainment plays a crucial role in our lives, having access to a wide array of TV channels i...

New Law Would Force Government to Declassify Every...

Show Us Receipts In an age of growing UFO belief, a handful of Congress members are calling on the government to show its cards. T...

Sam Altman Clearly Freaked Out by Reaction to News...

Damage Plan OpenAI has had a tough week. Its reveal of the upcoming ChatGPT 4o — that's an "o" for "omni," not a "40" as in the nu...

Tesla's Firing Even More Employees as Crisis Deepe...

Head Count Electric vehicle maker Tesla has been hit by round after round after round of layoffs over the past month or so, to the...

Google's Top Autocomplete Suggestion for "How to E...

It is our somber duty to report, dear reader, that if you search the words "how to edge" on Google, the words "in class" are recom...

Machine Learning Researcher Links OpenAI to Drug-F...

A machine learning researcher is claiming to have knowledge of kinky drug-fueled orgies in Silicon Valley's storied hacker houses ...

EV company Spiro inks $50 million deal to expand i...

Spiro, an electric vehicle company, has signed a $50 million debt financing agreement with Afreximbank to expand in Africa.

NCC suspends issuing MVNO licences nearly a year a...

Nearly a year after licencing 25 operators, the NCC has temporarily suspended the issuance of Mobile Virtual Network Operator, Int...

Nigerian banks may start collecting customers’ soc...

The court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the CBN's Customer Due Diligence Regulations 2023, which include the provision of social...

Copia Global to lay off 1,000 staff or shut down

Today on TechpointDigest, we discuss Copia’s plans to lay off 1,000 staff or shut down, CBN collecting customers' social media han...

CBN Withdraws Cybersecurity Fee Order

CBN Withdraws Cybersecurity Fee Order The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked its cybersecurity levy order, three days befor...

Financial Times names FairMoney one of Africa’s To...

Financial Times names FairMoney one of Africa’s Top Growing Companies FairMoney, Africa’s leading neobank, has been ranked as one ...

CAC Deploys AI for Faster Business Registration in...

CAC Deploys AI for Faster Business Registration in Nigeria The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is taking a significant step tow...

TikTok Users Sue U.S. Government Over Upcoming Ban

TikTok Users Sue U.S. Government Over Upcoming Ban The ongoing saga of TikTok in the U.S. has taken a new turn. Eight TikTok users...

Boston Dynamics’ creepy robotic canine dances in s...

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot collaborated with its sparkly, costumed counterpart Sparkles to perform an entertaining dance routine.

Massive Dell data breach hits 49 million users — w...

Dell experienced a security breach in which an unauthorized individual accessed and stole sensitive customer data.

How to know if your computer got hacked – what to ...

Slow computer? Unfamiliar icons? You might be hacked! Don't panic. Learn more in our essential hacker-fighting guide.

How to connect your AirPods to your iPhone and iPa...

Sync your AirPods with Apple devices for enhanced functionality. Flawlessly interchange your connection from one Apple device to t...

iOS 18 tipped to bring next-gen Siri and a time-sa...

Notable AI improvements are coming to iOS 18, a new report claims, as Apple tries to catch its rivals.

Windows admins targeted with clever malvertising s...

Don't google your favorite system tools. Or, at the very least, be careful when clicking on the results.

Ghost of Tsushima off to an amazing start on Steam...

Ghost of Tsushima beats out Horizon and God of War as one of PlayStation's highest concurrent player counts on Steam.

Tesla is reportedly ditching support for Steam gam...

Tesla may be abandoning the ability to play Steam games on the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X.

Leaked Sonos headphones just got a likely launch d...

Sonos messaged fans with the email title 'Heads up', providing a countdown for the launch of its 'most requested product'.

OpenAI strikes deal with Reddit to bring content t...

OpenAI will also become a Reddit advertising partner.

GameStop slides again on move to sell shares after...

GameStop logged its highest trading volume in three years so far this week, following a series of posts from Keith Gill's X accoun...

It wasn’t just your iPhone: Global outage hit Appl...

Hundreds of reports are emerging that people are having trouble sending text messages using their Apple devices.

OpenAI disbands safety team focused on risk of art...

A departing executive who co-led the group warned Friday that safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the company.

Apple to release slimmer iPhone in 2025 as it grap...

The potential thinner version is likely to be priced higher than Apple's iPhone Pro Max, and is expected to be launched in Septemb...

Asia's deadly heat wave was made 45 times more lik...

Extreme heat is known as a "silent killer," and in some areas across Asia, its intensity would have been impossible without one cr...

New study may solve mystery about warm-blooded din...

A new study suggests that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed Earth about 180 million years ago.

Discovery of long-lost river may solve ancient pyr...

The 40-mile-long river branch, which ran by the Giza pyramid complex, was hidden under desert and farmland for millennia, scientis...

TikTok says it's testing letting users post 60-min...

TikTok is allowing select users to upload longer-form videos as the social media app looks to compete with YouTube.

Biden's Chinese EV tariffs don't address lingering...

The 100% Chinese EV tariffs are meant to head off economic risks, but some Democrats say Chinese EVs should be banned entirely for...

Samsung trolls Apple after failed iPad Pro "crush"...

Samsung piles on with its on ad after Apple apologizes for a spot that it acknowledged "missed the mark."

TikTok influencers file lawsuit against U.S. gover...

Eight TikTok influencers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an effort to block enactment of a law passed and sign...

Behind the wheel of a $3 million car

The Hennessey Venom F5 is not just a sports car; its twin turbo V8 engine can muster more than 1,800 horsepower, almost twice that...

The rise of blockchain-powered payments in Africa

By Shogo Ishida (Co-CEO, Emurgo Middle East & Africa)

Binance expresses disappointment as Nigerian court...

Earlier today, presiding judge, Emeka Nwite denied Gambaryan (who is 40 today) bail. The judge claimed that the Binance Executive ...

FairMoney Ranked Among Fastest Growing Companies i...

FairMoney’s category-leading growth between 2019 and 2022 underscores its dedication to expanding services that drive financial in...

Court approves CBN’s social media collection

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Congo is building a $72m national fibre data centr...

The fibre project will cost a total of €66.55 million ($72 million). Of this sum, a total of €52.47 million ($56 million) will be ...

A new theory of quantum gravity could explain the ...

A new theory of quantum gravity, which attempts to unite quantum physics with Einstein's relativity, could help solve the puzzle o...

Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a twisted 't...

The Hubble Space Telescope's stunning image of the dusty 'train-wreck' galaxy NGC 4753 reveals what may be one of the greatest opt...