Category: Science/Technology

Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI accusing Ch...

Musk dismissed his case without prejudice, which means he could refile it at another time.

Auto leaders’ venture company picks North Carolina...

A venture company founded by seven of the world’s largest automakers will make North Carolina its global headquarters, backed by m...

iPhone 16 to feature upgraded Siri and AI at WWDC

WWDC will bring many announcements, but all eyes are focused on AI news Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will roll out big AI improveme...

Life is Strange: Double Exposure continues Max’s s...

What you need to know During the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, Square Enix and Deck Nine showed up to reveal the next mainline Life is...

Arbitrum unveils a $215m gaming catalyst program

The Arbitrum (ARB) blockchain platform launched an initiative to advance the Web3 gaming industry. Within three years, the company...

This surprise new game from the makers of Sniper E...

What you need to know Rebellion, makers of Sniper Elite, have revealed their new game at the Xbox Games Showcase. Atomfall is a si...

CMF Phone 1 From Nothing Sub-Brand May Have A Dime...

The CMF Phone 1 Is No Longer A Whisper In The Wind; It’s Actually Coming Image: CMF by Nothing The CMF Phone 1 is going to be the ...

Ashton Kutcher Threatens That Soon, AI Will Spit O...

Ashton Kutcher — who isn't quite the beloved figure he once was these days — has an eye rolling prophecy about the future of filmm...

Tesla Chair Warns Elon Musk Might Quit Tesla If He...

In an impassioned letter registered with US regulators, Tesla's chair Robyn Denholm pleaded with shareholders to approve the reins...

Popular News App Caught Publishing Completely Untr...

NewsBroken NewsBreak — the most downloaded news app in the US — has been publishing made-up news articles generated by AI, a Reute...

Google Hires Weight Loss Drug Exec With Zero Tech ...

Capital Gains After a nearly year-long search, Google's parent company has found its next chief financial officer — one who has no...

AI Systems Are Learning to Lie and Deceive, Scient...

AI models are, apparently, getting better at lying on purpose. Two recent studies — one published this week in the journal PNAS an...

CBN Lifts Ban Over OPay, Kuda, Others

CBN Lifts Ban Over OPay, Kuda, Others The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted its ban on OPay, Moniepoint, Kuda, Palmpay, and...

Zoho announces early access to CRM for Everyone

Zoho announces early access to CRM for Everyone Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, today announced early acces...

Google upgrades NotebookLM, AI-powered research an...

Google upgrades NotebookLM, AI-powered research and writing assistant Google’s AI-powered research and writing assistant is gettin...

Zone Launches Point-of-Sale Payment Gateway Powere...

Zone Launches Point-of-Sale Payment Gateway Powered by Blockchain Zone, Africa’s fast-growing payment infrastructure company has a...

Glovo hosts first edition of ‘Courier Day’ and lau...

Glovo hosts first edition of ‘Courier Day’ and launches Glovo+ Leading multi-category app, Glovo, successfully concluded a two-day...

Android’s Find My Device trackers are missing one ...

Google's Find My Device network is currently missing ultra-wideband support, but some new app code suggests it could be en route.

Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, 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 Frid...

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...

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.

Report: Apple may make it even easier to manage pa...

A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman suggests that Apple will release a dedicated password management application for the iPh...

Tiny fern breaks world record for largest genome o...

The New Caledonian fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has more than 50 times more DNA packed into the nucleus of its cells than human...

Book excerpt: "Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham

The British journalist and author of "Midnight in Chernobyl" returns with his exhaustively-researched new book about the 1986 spac...

China claims success as lunar probe unfurls flag, ...

China hails its lunar probe mission as a success after unfurling a Chinese flag on the far side of the moon and collecting rock an...

Maps show how "Tornado Alley" has shifted in the U...

"Tornado Alley" used to refer to the central Plains region, but research shows new areas of the Midwest and Southeast now face a g...

Joro spider photos: Get up close and personal as t...

Joro spiders can lay up to 500 eggs in a single sac and can parachute themselves "tens to hundreds of miles" away through the sky....

Boeing Starliner launch scrubbed yet again

What was to be the maiden launch of the Boeing Starliner with astronauts on board was halted yet again Saturday, this time less th...

Millions of Americans are losing access to low-cos...

FCC calls on Congress for funding to restart program that helped low-income households get high-speed internet service.

Russian disinformation network targets politicians...

A CBS News analysis found the sham news websites published dozens of false claims over the past two weeks alone.

Family urges better technology to help remind driv...

Many newer vehicles have built-in technology that is meant to remind drivers that a child is in the back seat of a car, which can ...

Could better safety tech help protect kids from ho...

The law requires car manufacturers to install rear seat reminder alerts in new passenger cars by 2025. The government is weighing ...

Binance generated 20bn from Nigeria in 2023, large...

Binance recorded a turnover of $20 billion in 2023 alone

We made a list of the top 5 performing crypto asse...

May was an eventful month for the crypto ecosystem. Many projects launched their tokens and the meme coin…

Bolt and Uber may hike fares in Kenya amid govt’s ...

Uber and Bolt said the new taxes have the capacity to tank overall revenue for them as well as income for the drivers

Zoho announces CRM for everyone, major updates to ...

Leading global technology company, Zoho has today announced early access to Zoho CRM for Everyone, a new set…

EFCC arraigns TStv CEO, Bright Echefu, for alleged...

Echefu was alleged to have misappropriated and converted the sum for his personal use, among other counts...

Make your bad photos look picture-perfect like a p...

Editing photos in iOS 17 is now simple, according to Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson. The tech guru explains the steps to process and cro...

Google testing ads in AI-powered search as news pu...

Google derives the vast majority of its annual revenue from digital advertising, which generated $237.86 billion its bottom line i...

Amazon to launch new AI-powered, conversational Al...

Amazon introduced Alexa in 2014 but has not found a consistent means to make it profitable, instead driving shoppers to the compan...

Are you car-compatible with your partner?

The poll of 2,000 married or cohabitating car drivers found that 25% are incompatible with how they treat vehicles — meaning they ...

Nvidia shares jump past $1,000 after AI chip maker...

Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and other technology companies have competed for a limited supply of Nvidia's high-end chips as they r...

News Corp, OpenAI reach landmark content licensing...

“We believe an historic agreement will set new standards for veracity, for virtue and for value in the digital age,” News Corp. CE...

Legal Experts Say OpenAI Is in Big Trouble If Scar...

Open Season OpenAI has landed itself in hot water for pushing out an update to ChatGPT that features a virtual assistant with an u...

That Guy Claiming to Be Satoshi Nakamoto Just Got ...

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who has long claimed to be Bitcoin's mysterious creator Satoshi Nakamoto, has once...

Google Is Already Jamming Advertisements Into Its ...

It was bad enough that Google decided to include "AI Overviews" in search results, watering down useful links with amalgamated gar...

The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to A...

Already facing scandal, the Washington Post's new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivo...

Microsoft CEO Bashes Human-Like AI After OpenAI's ...

I Robot After OpenAI got in trouble for copying actor Scarlett Johansson's voice for a new ChatGPT voice assistant, the head honch...

How Africa’s largest payments network is integrati...

How Africa’s largest payments network is integrating social mission with its business aspirations Being deliberate about creating ...

Nigerian Startup Regfyl Wins African Fintech Summi...

Nigerian Startup Regfyl Wins African Fintech Summit Pitch Regfyl, a Nigerian startup specializing in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), ...

CJID set to covene Journalism, Digital Tech and AI...

CJID set to covene Journalism, Digital Tech and AI Conference 2024 The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), a ...

Canon Central and North Africa launches ‘Women Who...

Canon Central and North Africa launches ‘Women Who Empower’ Campaign in Nigeria with WISCAR Canon Central and North Africa, a glob...

“Which Cloud? The One in the Sky?” – Grace’s Journ...

“Which Cloud? The One in the Sky?” – Grace’s Journey to Becoming a Cloud Engineer Grace Ezuma’s story isn’t your typical tech care...

TEAC unveils the elite DAC and headphone amp I'll ...

The big news here is a new DAC that promises incredible imaging and a super-clear sound stage.

Arrowhead's CCO wants the Helldivers 2 studio to b...

Arrowhead's chief creative officer has said he wants the Helldivers 2 studio to become the next FromSoftware of Blizzard.

The Witcher season 4 clip reveals first look at Li...

Henry Cavill's Geralt replacement has finally been unveiled by Netflix, and viewers have had plenty to say about the reveal.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 tipped to offer major audio ...

We've got a few more details about how Samsung is going to improve on its current series of wireless earbuds.

Nvidia RTX 5080 could still turn up later in 2024 ...

There’s been some confusion about when the RTX 5080 might launch, but it seems like the GPU is on track for release in Q4.

FCC to consider rules for AI-generated political a...

The FCC is introducing a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use Ai-generated content in broadcast TV ...

Scarlett Johansson demands answers after OpenAI re...

Scarlett Johansson is demanding answers from OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, after it released a ChatGPT voice that she says sound...

Nebraska sues TikTok for allegedly targeting minor...

Nebraska sued social media giant TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, claiming the platform targets minors with "addictive des...

Flutterwave is only African on CNBC’s 50 list

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A chat with Zone’s Olayiwola Osoba on regulation, ...

Olayiwola Osoba has always been a lover of technology Having worked at Andela, GT Bank E-payments Group, Intel…

Weeks after shutting Lagos facility, Microsoft ann...

Tech giant, Microsoft has announced that it is joining forces with G42, the United Arab Emirates’ top artificial…

Alleged tax evasion: Binance executive Gambaryan f...

This comes weeks after another Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, escaped custody and fled Nigeria

CBN orders BDCs to re-apply for new licences, bans...

The CBN also bars BDCs or their franchisees from engaging in activities like street-trading of foreign currencies

'We'll be studying this event for years': Recent a...

Vibrant auroras that were recently observed by millions of people across the globe were some of the most widespread in the last fi...

Scientists discover the possible origin of the sun...

New simulations suggest that the origins of the sun's explosive storms could lie much closer to its surface than first thought.

H5N1 bird flu has spread to human from cow in 2nd ...

A dairy worker in Michigan contracted an eye infection on a dairy farm where H5N1 had been identified in cows.

Lost photos suggest Mars' mysterious moon Phobos m...

Previously unpublished photos of Mars' moon Phobos hint that the mysterious satellite may actually be a trapped comet — or perhaps...

Ancient Mycenaean armor is so good, it protected u...

Researchers recruited volunteers from the Hellenic Armed Forces to test the strength of replicas of 3,500-year-old body armor.

Listening to 'pink noise' could improve sleep and ...

Pink noise, a soothing alternative to white noise, is gaining attention for its potential benefits in promoting relaxation and imp...

How cockroaches spread across the world to become ...

Researchers analyzed the genes of over 280 cockroaches across 17 countries as part of a study to trace how the hardy little surviv...

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...