Category: Science/Technology

TapSwap announces that $TAP will be launched on th...

TON is designed to be a high-performance blockchain that can handle large-scale transactions...

BudPay launches BudPay Business for payment soluti...

At a recent press launch, BudPay, a payment infrastructure company, presented its business payment solution. to facilitate African...

Climate tech edges fintech, attracts 45% of Africa...

Climate Tech is not so much a ‘sector’ per se as it covers a wide range of use cases

NASA engineers finally fix Voyager 1 spacecraft — ...

The Voyager I spacecraft went haywire last year, but NASA engineers say they have finally fixed its data transmission systems and ...

Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primat...

The male Y chromosome in humans is evolving faster than the X. Scientists have now discovered the same trend in six species of pri...

1,700-year-old 'emergency hoard' of coins dates to...

Many of the silver and bronze coins were minted during the Gallus Revolt during the Roman era.

Rare video shows elusive deep-sea squid cradling h...

While navigating a remotely operated vehicle in the Gulf of California, scientists spotted a brooding squid cradling translucent e...

Strawberry Moon 2024: See summer's first full moon...

June's full "Strawberry Moon" rises one day after the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This will be the lowest full moo...

Medical breakthroughs discovered on International ...

Conducting experiments in microgravity at the International Space Station has allowed scientists to make medical breakthroughs wit...

NASA gets Voyager 1 back online from 15 billion mi...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is back online following a technical malfunction. It is over 15 billion miles away from Earth, transmi...

James Webb Telescope helps enhance technology from...

Some of the recent discoveries made by the James Webb Telescope, which is delivering never before seen images of space, include th...

Crazy fast electric robot sets new Rubik's Cube wo...

An artificial intelligence-aided robot from Mitsubishi Electric shattered the world record for solving Rubik's Cube in less than a...

FCC names its first-ever AI scammer in threat aler...

The Federal Communications Commission has identified the first artificial intelligence robocall scammer. The CyberGuy unpacks how ...

Pharma giant's data breach exposes patients' sensi...

Pharmaceutical giant Cencora has notified people that private medical information, including health diagnoses and medications, was...

Is this pint-sized electric vehicle about to be bi...

The electric Eli Zero is shorter than the Hummer EV is wide, seats two passengers and can travel at 25 mph and 60 miles on a singl...

Windows flaw lets hackers sneak into your PC over ...

A security flaw with Windows Wi-FI allowed hackers to break into PCs using wireless networks. Microsoft updated its security to ad...

McDonald's ending AI drive-thru ordering

McDonald's reportedly is ending an artificial intelligence-based drive-thru ordering program that was being tested at more than 10...

Code to share data on MTN in 2024

Once confirmed you have data to send, here’s how to use the consolidated USSD code to share or transfer MTN data:

Check your NIN without phone number 2024

Here are ways in 2024 to check or retrieve your NIN in cases when your phone number is unavailable:

Code for BVN check 2024 on all Nigerian networks 

Here's we highlight the USSD code that works with MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile to check your BVN number in 2024:

In today’s edition SEC warns against $DAVIDO as Sabinus launches new meme coin Nigeria drops tax evasion charges against Binance ...

Safaricom and Pezesha launch new loan service for ...

Safaricom, Kenya's top mobile network, has picked Pezesha, a digital lender, to provide credit to small business owners, which wil...

Orkut’s Founder Is Still Dreaming of a Social Medi...

In the mid-2000s, Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten’s self-titled social network briefly took the world by storm before disappeari...

Strava Is the Last Good Social Media App

You can compete against anyone on Strava, anytime, anywhere—even in an international airport at 2 am. Which is better than doomscr...

19 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2024): For Phon...

Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.

Review: WaterField Shinjuku iPad Messenger Bag

WaterField’s purpose-built iPad messenger bag is spacious and water-resistant, and will keep your precious new iPad safe in style....

Alex Jones Is Now Trying to Divert Money to His Fa...

Conspiracist Alex Jones has responded to his bankruptcy proceedings by urging viewers to spend money with his father’s company—whi...

El Salvador’sPresident Bukele Proposes Bitcoin Ban...

El Salvaodr’s president Nayib Bukele has proposed the establishment of a Bitcoin bank just two weeks into his second term. The ini...

Exploring the Potential of Bitcoin OP_CAT beyond D...

In a recent interview with CryptoSlate’s Akiba, Ledger’s Chief Technology Officer, Charles Guillemet, shared his transformative jo...

Bitcoin sell-offs by short-term holders peak in Ma...

Onchain Highlights DEFINITION: The total amount of coins (USD Value) transferred from short-term holders in loss to exchange walle...

Tesla renews legal fight to reinstate Elon Musk’s ...

Tesla launched a fresh bid to secure legal reinstatement of Elon Musk’s controversial $56 billion pay package on Monday – days aft...

GameStop shares tank after CEO says store network ...

Shares of the video game retailer have gyrated wildly over the last month after Keith Gill, the stock influencer known as Roaring ...

Neuralink employee was scratched by monkeys infect...

Lindsay Short, who worked at Neuralink as an animal care specialist, accused her former company of failing to provide adequate pro...

Feds sue Photoshop owner Adobe over subscription p...

The government said Adobe failed to adequately disclose hefty early termination fees, sometimes reaching hundreds of dollars, when...

Appeals court to hear challenges to potential US T...

On May 14, a group of TikTok creators filed suit to block the law that could ban the app used by 170 million Americans, saying it ...

This New AI That Generates Video Is Awfully Impres...

New York City-based AI startup Runway has released its latest AI video generator called Gen-3 Alpha — and judging by sample clips ...

Edward Snowden Says OpenAI Just Performed a “Calcu...

"You've Been Warned" Last week, ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced that it had appointed retired US Army General and former National...

In Video, Godfather of AI Said He Was in Favor of ...

During a blink-and-you'll-miss-it talk at MIT, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton gave a fascinating response when a viewer asked a questi...

Tesla Cancels Cybertruck Deliveries After Their Gi...

Wiper Flop Tesla has canceled several Cybertruck deliveries, with users on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum citing a safety issue ...

Large Chunk of Ice Smashes Through Family's Roof

Ice occasionally falls from the sky in the state of New Jersey — but typically not from planes, and typically not in the month of ...

Nigerian fintech BudPay is connecting African busi...

Nigerian fintech BudPay is connecting African businesses beyond borders with its innovative payment solution BudPay Business BudPa...

How I built a portfolio and solid work experience ...

How I built a portfolio and solid work experience before graduating uni – Product Designer, Oluwatosin Adentan Tosin is in the Lag...

Apply For Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Apply For Ecobank Fintech Challenge  The Ecobank Group has opened applications for the seventh edition of its Fintech Challenge,  ...

ChatGPT was down again – here’s what you need to k...

Nearly two weeks after a major outage hit ChatGPT, OpenAI's service had issues again on June 4, 2024, in the form of a three-hour ...

Pentax revives analog with its first film camera i...

I've had my hands on the Pentax 17 ahead of its launch and the compact half-frame film camera has been a real treat.

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 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...

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

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

Rare 7-foot fish with a face "only a mother could ...

The massive bony fish turns out to be a species that was "hiding in plain sight" for more than a century.

It only takes 5 seconds of hail to damage a plane ...

Photos of an Austrian Airlines flight went viral this week after a sudden hail storm ripped up the aircraft's nose and shattered i...

Heat stress can turn deadly even sooner than exper...

As temperatures rise, new research shows critical limits for how heat affects the body may be lower than previously thought. Humid...

How scientists are using technology to limit the s...

Climate change means there's a growing risk of spreading tropical diseases like dengue, which has seen a massive rise in cases in ...

Bill Gates on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brenn...

Watch the full version of Margaret Brennan's interview with Bill Gates that aired on June 16, 2024, on "Face the Nation with Marga...

Social media apps need teen health warnings, surge...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that teens' mental health is facing an "emergency," and that social media is part of the problem...

Wells Fargo fires workers after allegedly catching...

Wells Fargo fired over a dozen employees in May after investigating allegations that their keyboard activity was fake.

Adobe traps customers in annual subscription plans...

Adobe pushes customers toward annual subscriptions for products like Photoshop and hides the cancellation fees, federal lawsuit al...

McDonald's ends AI drive-thru orders — for now

Despite customer flubs, fast-food giant says it still sees "tremendous opportunity" for using voice bots in drive-thru lanes.

Domain name industry: Nigeria ranks second in Afri...

Google indexed a total of 44.3 million web pages under the .NG domain name in the year under review, significantly up from 16 mill...

MultiChoice Group stays committed to the challengi...

Despite facing severe economic challenges in Nigeria, MultiChoice Group remains committed to its operations in the country. The…

Interoperability between mobile money and cards is...

By Christian Bwakira, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Onafriq

Tax evasion: Court drops charges against Binance e...

Binance is now listed as the sole defendant in the case, implying Gambaryan and Nadeem are no longer associated with its case...

Almost 3 years later, Nigeria’s digital currency, ...

0.5% of the Nigerian population used the eNaira within a year of its launch. 98.5% of eNaira wallets were inactive...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory: The groundbreaking miss...

Armed with the world's largest digital camera, the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that ...

Florida shark attacks caused by heat, not scary or...

People had linked recent shark attacks in the Florida panhandle to orca activity in the Gulf. But a combination of dry weather and...

Gen Xers will have higher cancer rates than boomer...

A new modeling study predicts that cancer rates in people over 60 may be rising among successive generations.

5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling...

From "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space is overrun with mysterious obje...

Melatonin may stave off age-related vision loss, s...

A large new analysis has tied the use of supplemental melatonin to a lower risk of developing one of the most common age-related c...

How to Use Your Smartphone to Counteract Vision Lo...

From Magnifier to Lookout, you can benefit from features on Android and Apple devices.

AI Chatbots Are Running for Office Now

Meet AI Steve and VIC, the chatbots running for office in 2024.

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

The 38 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (...

House of the Dragon, Ren Faire, and Fantasmas are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.

Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s Big Payday...

Elon Musk will pocket $50 billion after Tesla shareholders made a show of support for his leadership.

Russian cosmonaut makes history as first person to...

Oleg Kononenko, a Russian cosmonaut, has made history by becoming the first person to spend 1,000 days in space. This milestone wa...

The Joro spider is spreading in the US, but it's n...

The population of the Joro spider has been growing in parts of the southern and eastern U.S., and some researchers think they will...

New study reveals how humans harnessed the lineage...

Scientists have traced the ancestry of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago and quickly became dominant acro...

Plummeting Humboldt penguin population presents ex...

The Humboldt penguin population has declined to the point that the birds are at risk of extinction. Scientists found only a single...

New research investigates how short-term space tra...

New studies show that space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit. These chang...

How much is your personal information worth on dar...

Some of your information can be for sale on the dark web. If you use the same password for multiple accounts, those accounts are i...

How to easily enable, disable autofill on your And...

You've got full control over Android's autofill password feature, which is here to stay. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to ...

Fox News AI Newsletter: AI for your iPhone

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

Chilling fake of birthing 30,000 babies in eerie a...

A controversial video, "EctoLife: The World's First Artificial Womb Facility," is fictional and does not depict an existing techno...

How to find and manage all online accounts linked ...

Because we have so many online accounts, it's important to manage them properly to prevent personal information from being comprom...

Elon Musk blasts Apple’s approach to AI, threatens...

Elon Musk on Monday threatened to ban Apple devices at his respective companies if the tech giant integrated OpenAI at the operati...

California police department unveils Tesla Model Y...

A California police department is testing out the use of Tesla Model Ys as patrol vehicles, while the outfitter is looking to supp...

Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI

Billionaire Elon Musk moved to drop the lawsuit he filed against OpenAI and its leaders, including Sam Altman, over what he saw as...

Apple Intelligence to be boon for future iPhone sa...

Apple’s artificial intelligence features will push consumers to seek iPhone upgrades and be a boon for future sales, some analysts...

Larry Ellison is $15B richer after Oracle shares h...

Larry Ellison’s net worth surged after Wall Street’s positive reaction to the Oracle’s fourth-quarter earnings results. Forbes ran...

Nigerian subscribers decline to 8.1 million as Mul...

“Mass-market customers in countries like Nigeria had to prioritise basic necessities over entertainment,” the company said in its ...

In today’s edition: Multichoice records $223 million in losses || TLG Capital, Wema Bank invest $10 million to boost aluminium rec...

BlackRock’s $400 million iShares ETF to exit Niger...

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will close iShares Frontier a $400 million fund that invests in frontier and select ...

African innovation thriving despite scarce represe...

With generative artificial intelligence (AI) expected to add $4.4 trillion to the global economy annually, according to this McKin...

South Africa’s Standard Bank to fund $5 billion Ug...

Work on the 1,445km pipeline to connect Uganda’s oil fields on the shores of Lake Albert to the Tanzanian port of Tanga has faced ...

AI is speeding up crypto website fraud and influen...

AI’s early integration into crypto presents opportunities for efficiency, as well as scams. Per an Elliptic report, AI is helping ...

Nomad is Bringing Back Its Passport Wallets

There’s a lot you need to keep up with when traveling, like plane tickets, credit cards, and your passport and any important docum...

Dark and Darker Release Date, Pre-Registration, an...

In April 2024, Krafton invited a handful of fans to their South Korean headquarters to test the very first version of Dark and Dar...

ZkSync community reacts to airdrop debacle

Ethereum scaling solution zkSync will airdrop 3.6 billion ZK tokens to users next week, but the crypto community said the distribu...

AI tokens FET, AGIX, OCEAN merger delayed to July

FET, AGIX and OCEAN, the native tokens of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol, ...

Apple Pay adding more payment options and expandin...

The biggest change for consumers will be ability for banks to offer multiple forms of financing to customers within Apple Pay, as ...

Apple shares hit all-time high after unveiling AI ...

Apple stands to add $180 billion to its market value if the current stock price of $205 holds.

Secret meaning behind ‘Google’s name leaves intern...

The title's etymology has come to light via a resurfaced post on the forum platform Quora, in which a user inquired: “Is Google an...