Category: Science/Technology

Musk trolls Zuckerberg's Meta as Facebook, Instagr...

Elon Musk posted a dig on X, directed at Meta, after Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant appeared to experience a wide-scale outa...

US HR firm Deel acquires PaySpace, a 20-year-old S...

Deel, the American HR company valued at $12 billion, is acquiring PaySpace, a 20-year-old Africa-based provider of payroll and HR ...

YC-Backed Touch and Pay processes 500,000 daily pa...

3.8 million users in Lagos use Cowry cards to complete 500,000 trip payments daily, the company shared. TAP takes a 5-10% commissi...

Web hosting startup WhoGoHost rebrands as GO54 as ...

WhoGoHost, a Nigerian web hosting company, is rebranding as GO54 as the company seeks to expand across Africa.

BREAKING: Binance to discontinue all Naira service...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is disabling all its Naira services from March 8 amid the company’s regulato...

Canal+ makes improved $2.9 Billion bid to buy Mult...

The new bid translates to an offer of 125 rand per share. MultiChoice has a fiduciary responsibility to inform its shareholders ab...

Samsung's best bargain phone looks expensive and i...

Samsung's bargain Galaxy A54 5G is on sale at Amazon for the lowest price we've seen, and it's one of the best bargain phones arou...

Space photo of the week: Shimmering 'Christmas Tre...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helped to build a particularly festive image of the gas, dust, and young stars of NGC 2264, also ...

How to watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectu...

Every Christmas, the U.K.'s Royal Institution puts on a set of lectures, each exploring a fascinating subject in science. Here's h...

8 animals that have virgin births

No males needed — animals that reproduce through the mind-blowing process of parthenogenesis.

Can drinking alcohol really cause hiccups?

"Drunk hiccups" seem to be a real phenomenon, rather than just a gag in classic cartoons, but we know surprisingly little about wh...

10 extraordinary treasures that archaeologists une...

From stashes of gold and silver coins to intricately designed jewelry, here are some of the top treasure finds of 2023.

Wild animal stories were some of 2023's most memor...

From monkey gangs dominating the streets of Thailand to Canada's historic ivory trade ban, 2023 proved a memorable one for animal ...

Have any new tech? Take steps now to secure your p...

Many of us have tech on our Christmas lists and get to unwrap new devices left under the tree. Here's how to keep yourself safe us...

How this robot helps you protect and connect your ...

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson shows how this EBO X companion robot can act like a home security guard and life alert if you have fallen...

Looking back at 2023: 8 drones that surprised, sca...

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reveals the eight different drones that really caught our attention in 2023.

The very worst and weakest passwords of 2023

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson shares his advice for choosing strong passwords to protect against hackers, thieves, catfish creeps and c...

The next generation of Tesla’s humanoid robot make...

Tesla has been developing a humanoid robot that can perform various tasks and interact with people. The company recently unveiled ...

Wasoko and MaxAB say merger will create a clear e-...

Daniel Yu of Wasoko and Belal El-Megharbel of MaxAB hope to merge by Q1 of 202 will create a category king in Africa's growing mar...

Nigeria flips the script: Crypto transactions resu...

Nigeria’s Central Bank has removed a two-year restriction on cryptocurrency transactions as it introduces stringent customer KYC a...

2023 wrapped: lessons, fears and hopes from 23 tec...

"Many people speculated N1000 as the point of doom when it comes to our exchange rate, and not enough people considered it could g...

A Next Wave of 2023’s Next Waves

To wrap up this year, we’re bringing back five Next Wave editions that are neither a complaint nor an I told you so.

Why this multi-purpose electric scooter might soon...

The Scootility utility scooter is a versatile delivery vehicle with a secure, swappable, and weatherproof cargo box.

6 top tips for stress-free holiday travel

Be sure you're prepared for any trip this upcoming holiday season by grabbing these essentials and following important privacy ste...

How a Formula E racecar was built entirely from re...

How Envision Racing, a Formula E team, created a car made entirely out of electronic waste (e-waste) to raise awareness and inspir...

10 simple steps to improve your smartphone’s secur...

Boost your phone's security with easy steps! From fingerprints to spam filters, learn practical tips to protect your iPhone or And...

This Best Buy deal drops Samsung's best tablets to...

Best Buy has deals on the newest and older Galaxy Tab tablets, dropping them to the lowest price we've seen on every model.

Dell cosies up with AMD to expand its generative A...

Dell's PowerEdge XE9680 system features eight AMD Instinct MI300X AI accelerators each.

Best after-Christmas sales 2023: deals from Amazon...

The after-Christmas sales event is now live, and I'm rounding up today's best deals from Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy.

"Simply the best OEM SSD ever made": Micron's new ...

Micron's 3500 1TB SSD is a four-channel PCIe Gen4 SSD that is faster than "99.9%" of its eight-channel rivals.

Got an iPad for Christmas? Here are the first 7 ap...

Must-download apps for photographers, sketchers, note takers and language learners.

Octopus DNA reveals collapse of Antarctic ice shee...

Sea level rise of 3.3 meters would drastically alter the world map as we know it, submerging low-lying coastal areas everywhere.

Scientists discover 5 furry hedgehog species with ...

An international collaboration of researchers, led by Smithsonian scientists, identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs...

The James Webb Space Telescope's remarkable gifts

On Christmas Day 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope was blasted into orbit. In the two years since the telescope has performed li...

Teen who leaked Grand Theft Auto VI placed in a "s...

Eighteen-year-old Arion Kurtaj hacked Rockstar Games using an Amazon Fire TV stick, a hotel TV and his mobile phone.

NASA releases new stunning image of "Christmas Tre...

NASA this week released a new image of a celestial formation known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster." The stars appear to form the g...

How Mastercard’s contactless solutions is driving ...

Contactless payment options will make it easier for Small and Medium Enterprises to accept payments

Hyperspace secures patent for its blockchain techn...

Hyperspace Technologies Limited secured a patent for cipherKEY tap2sign

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is buying a lot of IHS Towers st...

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, an entrepreneur in the public interest and founding partner at Future Africa, has provoked conversation on…

Five winners emerge as GET unveils 2023 cohort and...

The 2023 cohort represents GET’s second cohort following the successful completion of its first in 2022.

Crypto exchange, Bitmama resumes fiat deposit afte...

The deposit suspension was meant to protect users from possible losses and delays, the company says...

Skull with 'execution-style wounds' suggests woman...

The skull of a woman from colonial Indonesia bears sharp force trauma, possibly due to slavers or because she was seen as a sorcer...

A vibrating pill could help treat obesity, pig stu...

Pigs that swallowed the vibrating pill before meals ate around 40% less than those that did not, according to the study.

Ancient Scythians used human skin for leather, con...

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

Some cats spontaneously start playing fetch and we...

Retrieving isn't just for dogs, but the emerging science of cat play can't fully explain the feline phenomenon.

After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope h...

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to b...

4 best gift card stores that will make last-minute...

With Christmas just days away, gift cards are an easy, convenient and appreciated gift. The "CyberGuy" reveals the top gift card s...

Ride-hailing drivers in Ghana push back against a vehicle income tax that requires drivers to pay quarterly taxes based on their e...

The use of AI in the news business: Why newsrooms ...

There are cases when reporters, not understanding that their craft is built on intellectual honesty, try to pass off AI-generated ...

Best transmitter to hook up to a TV

Enjoy your content without disrupting those around you.

Uber, Bolt, Yango drivers in Ghana to pay Value In...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced the introduction of the Value Income Tax (VIT) for ride-hailing vehicle…

Extremely rare 'rainbow clouds' light up Arctic sk...

In and around the Arctic Circle, stunning multicolor clouds have been shining in the sky for days on end. It is very unusual to se...

Tinder rolls out 'exclusive' $499 monthly membersh...

Tinder has been rolling out a new "exclusive membership" that comes with a sizable monthly price tag for those who are invited to ...

Amid rapid growth, the Nigerian TikTok community s...

Over a million videos from the Nigerian TikTok community were removed in Q3 2024 for violating TikTok’s policies by engaging in ad...

Ghana’s ride-hailing drivers reject new vehicle in...

"Many of us already struggle due to the current commission structures," Kwame, an Uber driver told TechCabal. "Adding another laye...

Nairaland restores website temporarily after brief...

Nairaland, a popular Nigerian online forum and the country’s seventh-most-visited website, is back up two days after it was blackl...

Naira Nightmare: What’s driving Nigeria’s latest c...

Months after Nigerians thought they were finally past the cash crunch, they have returned to a familiar uncomfortable situation.

Peace Itimi’s new documentary spotlights the evolu...

On Wednesday, Peace Itimi, host of Founders Connect, unveiled a documentary centred around the evolution of the Nigerian tech ecos...

AWS expands commitment to support Nigeria’s tech d...

In a pivotal stride towards Nigeria’s technological advancement, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a significant leap in…

Poisonous gas wave may have snuffed out half of al...

About 510 million years ago, a deadly combination of low oxygen and surging hydrogen sulfide may have been what decimated 45% of a...

Hubble Telescope captures a galaxy's 'forbidden' l...

The Hubble Telescope viewed a distant galaxy whose light appears to contradict some of the most common rules of quantum physics.

Atom-size black holes from the dawn of time could ...

New research suggests that if tiny primordial black holes created during the Big Bang exist, some of them may have been snared by ...

Biased AI can make doctors' diagnoses less accurat...

AI systems have the potential to help improve doctors' diagnoses, a new study suggests. But if bias is baked into the system, thei...

Jellyfish elevator carrying fish from ocean depths...

Image of a fish catching a lift on a jellyfish elevator is one of the winners of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competit...

Is this helicopter that can fly itself the answer ...

Rotor Technologies has created the world's first full-size autonomous helicopter for civilians, using using advanced sensors and a...

Amazon under fire for selling hidden cameras disgu...

A West Virginia man is accused in a lawsuit of recording an underage foreign exchange student he was hosting in his home by using ...

Get ready for new way to self-checkout when you’re...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) will power self-checkout lines to allow shoppers to go through lines without a cashier or a ...

Fox News AI Newsletter: Machine intelligence repli...

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

Comcast says Xfinity cybersecurity incident may ha...

Comcast said Monday a mid-October cybersecurity incident stemming from a Citrix software vulnerability may have involved certain X...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin successfully completes fir...

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, on Tuesday successfully carried out its first New Shepard flight since September 2022. The mis...

Can Aduna Capital’s $20m fund bring northern Niger...

Can Aduna Capital’s $20m fund bring northern Nigeria’s tech ecosystem into the foray? By Ephraim Modise Link: techcabal.com/2023...

Venture Capital in Africa: Investment trends and f...

One factor inhibiting more investment in African startups is global investors’ expectations of preferential rights in their invest...

Chipper Cash's former director of revenue strategy announced that the startup will be profitable in 2024. Read about it in today...

New updates, fees, dates for JAMB CBT 2024/2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced updates, new fees, dates, and schedule for its 2024 computer-bas...

This is how to protect your credit and bank cards ...

Protect credit and bank cards, with comprehensive easy-to-follow guidance that includes physical, online guidance and monitoring s...

How AI is being used by law enforcement to help di...

The federal government is working with a global supply chain startup to track fentanyl production and distribution and stop it.

Get ready for a new way to self-checkout when you’...

RFID-powered self-checkout is a system that allows you to pay for your purchases without going through a cashier or a traditional ...

Samsung's foldable phones will soon be repairable,...

Samsung is expanding its Self-Repair program to recent Galaxy models as well as other European countries.

This premium motherboard is eye-wateringly expensi...

ASUS’ new Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard costs the earth, and only works with AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-series of pr...

6 trends to watch for at CES 2024: AI everywhere, ...

AI everywhere, Meteor Lake laptops, smart appliances, metaverse, and more will shine at CES 2024.

Major Interpol cybercrime operation results in 3,5...

Joint operation saw 34 countries team up to arrest cyber-criminals and retrieve stolen money.

Shop last-minute deals at Target: 60% off gifts th...

Target is offering up to 60% off last-minute gifts that arrive before Christmas Eve, and I'm rounding up the 19 best deals.

Photos capture Iceland's powerful volcanic eruptio...

The volcano eruption in Iceland opened an approximately 2.5-mile-long fissure and created lava fountains up to 98 feet high near t...

How one company is using AI to combat package thef...

As the holiday season ramps up, one shipping company is using AI to help prevent packages from being stolen after they're delivere...

Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers. ...

A major data breach at Comcast-owned Xfinity exposed people's account names, passwords and other personal data.

UPS using AI program to try to cut down on package...

UPS is using a program called DeliveryDefense to try to cut down on package thefts.

Bosun Tijani unveils 45 recipients of National AI ...

The awardees emerged following a thorough assessment, aided by 25 esteemed Nigerian AI experts

Revolutionising lending: Renmoney’s journey into b...

Navigating the Nigerian credit market, particularly for a consumer lender like Renmoney, isn't without its hurdles...

Nexal Gaming to launch Africa’s LinkedIn for gamer...

Although Esports is highly popular in Asia, Europe, and North America, the niche is gaining ground in Africa with local and region...

Nigeria’s Jenesys AI secures $1.1 million pre-seed...

Jenesys AI is based in London and with a substantial presence in Lagos, Nigeria

The SPARK 20 Series redefines your mobile lifestyl...

The TECNO Spark 20 series brings to the fore unrivalled innovation with a range of innovative features and a sleek design

Iron oxide baked into Mesopotamian bricks confirms...

About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into clay bricks. Now, an analysis of...

New brain-like transistor goes 'beyond machine lea...

Scientists have previously only gotten 'synaptic transistors' to work under cryogenic conditions, but this is the first that can o...

What's better than AirPods for fitness? These Beat...

The Beats Fit Pro would make a perfect for a Christmas gift for the fitness fan in your life.

Quantum batteries could charge faster by scramblin...

Batteries could charge up by relying on a quantum effect known as indefinite causal order, whereby the laws of cause and effect ar...

Discovery of 'calendar' rock carvings from Ancestr...

Spiral petroglyphs carved into a canyon wall on the Colorado-Utah border may have been used as a calendar by the Ancestral Pueblo.

Nairaland blackout: Popular online forum shutdown ...

Nairaland, a popular Nigerian online forum and the country’s seventh-most-visited website, is in blackout mode after Cloudflare, a...

Are you being secretly recorded by AI and don’t ev...

PLAUD NOTE is an AI voice recorder that can record and process any sound, but it also poses serious threats to privacy and securit...

Apple Watch sales suspended for two latest models

Apple has suspended sales of its two latest Apple Watch series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 models after a ruling related to health monitor...

Get the Canon EOS R50 mirrorless camera at its low...

Save a whopping $200 / £224 on various Canon EOS R50 kits in these better than ever holiday deals

Call of Duty 'Codmas' event announced for Modern W...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone get the festive treatment with latest 'Codmas' holiday event.

Walmart is having a huge sale on last-minute gifts...

Walmart is having a massive sale on last-minute gifts, and I'm rounding up the 19 best deals that arrive before Christmas Eve.

Meta's Quest Pro can track now your tongue, but it...

The Meta Quest Pro can now track your tongue movements, but the update that face tracking really needs is to be more affordable.

Critical vulnerability discovered in Helix Core Se...

A routine software security check by Microsoft uncovered three high severity and one critical vulnerability.

Tyrannosaurus fossil found with final meals in its...

A tyrannosaurus fossil is helping scientists learn more about the giant carnivore's diet — because for the first time its last mea...

Ancient "curse tablet" targeting unlucky pair unea...

Archaeologists believe the 15th-century tablet is inscribed with satanic summons targeting a specific woman and man.

NASA uses laser to send video of a cat 19 million ...

NASA, working to send high-bandwidth video and data from deep space to Earth, transmitted a video of a cat named Taters as part of...

Teens struggle to identify misinformation about Is...

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas grinds on, social media has become a front line in the battle over public opinion. Teens ...

Apple halting Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sal...

Apple said it will stop selling the devices later this month in order to comply with a U.S. import ban.

Google to pay $700 million for stifling competitio...

The disclosure comes a week after a federal court jury rebuked Google for deploying anticompetitive tactics in its Play Store for ...

"Beeper Mini" app lets Android users send texts to...

A new app called "Beeper Mini" allows Android phones to text iPhones with the blue iMessage bubble that had been exclusive to Appl...

Adobe’s $20 billion Figma merger scrapped amid reg...

Adobe and Figma have, in response to growing regulatory pressures in the UK and EU, announced the mutual…

Safaricom’s market share declines further in Q3 as...

In the latest Sector Statistics report from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), Safaricom experienced a consecutive declin...

AI for Good: How Google is building AI solutions t...

..the Google Research team in Africa is focused on developing Al solutions that will solve problems that are peculiar to the Afric...

Here’s how we need to think about digital skills i...

Without the requisite digital skills, many companies struggle to scale and grow, which would ease the unemployment crisis

Save a chunk of change on the latest Samsung Galax...

This excellent fitness tracker is reduced already, and only launched a few months ago.

Strange 'slide whistle' fast radio burst picked up...

The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space r...

Volunteers inhale air pollutants to unpack link to...

Volunteers in the U.K. are inhaling pollutants to help scientists understand why air pollution has long been linked to dementia.

Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starli...

Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh...

Tonga volcano eruption was fueled by 2 merging cha...

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of w...

AI in your shoes? This company aims to accessorize...

Tiny systems powered with artificial intelligence could transform everyday products like dishwashers and construction helmets into...

Apple Watch sales suspended for 2 latest models

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reports on Apple's unexpected announcement to halt to sales of the latest Apple Watch models in the Unite...

Robotics company unveils what it claims is world’s...

Kurt "CyberGuy' Knutsson" discusses what Unitree Robotics says is the world’s most powerful humanoid robot.

How AI is being used by law enforcement to help di...

Altana uses artificial intelligence to track companies that make ingredients used to make fentanyl. It also tracks where those ing...

Dive into the sea with this state-of-the-art under...

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson talks about an innovative robot that can explore the depths of the ocean and capture stunning photos and ...

Which apps are collecting the most data on you?

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reveals which shopping apps are gathering the most personal data on you and how to protect your privacy d...

How AI is transforming the grocery shopping experi...

Instacart is teaming up with retailers across the country to deploy its brand-new smart shopping carts. Amazon has a similar cart ...