While Threads' meteoric rise has mostly tempered down, that hasn't stopped Meta from continuing to bring long-awaited updates to its users. This week, Threads got some pretty key updates to the platform that seem to have begun to level the…
Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions.
The company said in a post on Monday …
NASA will be launching its own streaming service later this year, the US space agency said Thursday.
The service, called NASA Plus, will livestream NASA missions. It will also feature original video series, including new shows being pro…
Apple could be putting an Action button on your next iPhone. According to a report from MacRumors on Wednesday, code in the fourth iOS 17 developer beta hints at functionality for an Action button on the next-gen iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max …
After weeks of changes to its social handles, branding on its interface, a redirect on the web, and lots of chatter from its owner, Twitter the app has finally changed its name on the App Store to X. The single-letter name may have an exce…
Earlier this week Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X - another step in his plan to emulate Chinese mega app WeChat.
Mr Musk has long said that he wants to transform his social media firm, which he bought last year for $44bn (£…
Kanye West's account has been reinstated on Twitter after an almost eight-month ban over offensive tweets.
The US rapper, known as Ye, was accused of violating the platform's rules prohibiting incitement to violence.
He has not poste…
The next iteration of the iPhone family is expected to get a slew of updates in the fall, including thinner bezels, wider use of the Dynamic Island screen feature, and USB-C charging, along with a higher price tag.
One of the biggest ch…
Innovative technology brand TECNO (www.TECNO-Mobile.com) today launched a groundbreaking upgrade to its popular SPARK 10 Series – the SPARK 10 Pro Magic Magenta Edition. The special edition illuminates the youth’s brilliance with an indust…
Universe, the no-code mobile website builder, announced today that it’s launching an AI-powered website designer in beta. The designer, called GUS (Generative Universe Sites), can help anyone build and launch a custom website from their iO…
Google is delaying the broad expansion of its Find My Device feature, and it says it’s doing so with personal safety in mind since the industry spec proposed by itself and Apple isn’t quite ready yet. “User safety and the prevention of unw…
LinkedIn appears to be developing a new AI tool that can help ease the effectively robotic task of looking for and applying to jobs. According to a new leak, the Microsoft-owned company seems to have a new “LinkedIn Coach” assistant in tes…
The first public beta of iOS 17 released earlier this month, introducing new features to the iPhone like contact posters, live voicemail and StandBy Mode. But that's just the beginning.
Like every new mobile software release, iOS 17 has s…
Apple's MacBook Air ultrathin laptops are primarily designed for lightweight office and school work on the go. But as Apple's own M-series processors have become more capable, so too have the MacBooks they're in. I'm a professional pho…
Spotting online scams is a lot harder than it used to be. Gone are the days of the Nigerian princes, horribly written emails and obviously fake web addresses.
Cybercriminals are more sophisticated than ever. They're creating emails and …
Private Internet Access, sometimes known simply as PIA, is a well-established VPN provider operating out of the United States since 2010. It's an excellent budget-friendly option that puts its money where its mouth is with regards to user …
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger was very bullish on AI during the company’s Q2 2023 earnings call — telling investors that Intel plans to “build AI into every product that we build.”
Later this year, Intel will ship Meteor Lake, its first con…
Rewind, a personal data recording startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has launched an iPhone app that privately records your activity on Safari so you can ask questions based on your web browsing history later. By default, the ap…
Just when you think Elon Musk can’t get any more divisive, he’s weighed in on the light mode versus dark mode debate — and Twitter, currently undergoing a rebranding to X, is apparently going all in on the latter. Early this morning, Musk …
Bluesky, one of the many would-be Twitter replacements now on the market, is making a notable change to how users discover new content on its network. Previously, the Bluesky app would feature popular posts in a feed it called the “What’s …
It's easy to send files to and from Apple devices, thanks to AirDrop, which is why Google now has its own wireless file-sharing tool for Android and Windows.
Google recently rolled out the Nearby Share app for Windows, which has b…
We’ve all been there: someone in our social feeds or group chat just sent a link to an interesting article, but when we click that link and it opens in our phone’s browser, it’s almost impossible to read because there are so many ads, po…
Netflix has triggered an angry response from striking Hollywood actors and writers after posting a job advert for an artificial intelligence (AI) expert.
The new position would join its Machine Learning Platform team, which…
Google says people should use its search engine to check whether information provided by its chatbot, Bard, is actually accurate.
Some have suggested chatbots like Bard and ChatGPT could "kill" traditional search, which…
After Twitter’s (now X) rollout of a new paid plan offering verification, other social media companies like Meta, LinkedIn and Tumblr have tried to implement their own badges. Reddit is now joining the bandwagon by testing a new “official”…
As the second day of the SAPHILA 2023 conference - the African SAP User Group’s (AFSUG) official biennial conference for SAP users - opened, delegates were able to find out more on how SAP has addressed its own digital transformation to mo…
AT&T continued its subscriber growth streak by adding more phone and broadband customers in the second quarter of the year.
The Dallas-based telecom company logged 326,000 postpaid phone net additions over the period, a metric used by t…
AI startup Stability AI continues to refine its generative AI models in the face of increasing competition — and ethical challenges.
Today, Stability AI announced the launch of Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, a text-to-image model that the c…
An unfounded belief Covid vaccines are leading to a rise in heart problems, especially in young athletes, has been amplified by Twitter owner Elon Musk.
Bronny James - son of basketball legend LeBron James - suffered a cardi…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said his new social media app, Threads, is drawing more repeat users than he had expected.
The app attracted more than 100 million sign-ups within days of its launch this month in a chall…
A police spy camera van using Artificial Intelligence (AI) has detected hundreds of people using mobile phones at the wheel or not wearing seat belts.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police carried…
The first public beta of iOS 17 is here, and though you've probably heard about the new contact poster and live voicemail features, there's a ton to discover underneath the surface.
Like every new mobile software release, iOS 17 has sev…
Zurich-based Hitachi Energy has been chosen as the technology provider for the UK's longest High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link, bolstering power transmission and supporting renewable electricity generation.
Hitachi Energy, a …
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced its fifth generation of Galaxy foldables: Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5. The form factors offer unique experiences for every user with sleek and compact designs, countless customisation optio…
Japan take on Costa Rica, plus there are three more early morning matches before tomorrow night's showdown between the US and the Netherlands.
Women's World Cup action continues tonight, as Japan meets Costa Rica in a Group C matchup. J…
When Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds came out in 2021, we awarded them a CNET Editors' Choice. And while they're excellent, we had some quibbles -- they're on the large side and aren't a good match for certain ears. Clearly, Sony took those grip…
Materials Nexus, a deep tech AI and quantum mechanic company, announced Wednesday the close of a £2 million seed round led by Ada Ventures. National Security specialists MD One Ventures, The University of Cambridge, as well as angel invest…
The foldable market has changed dramatically since the beginning of 2019. For starters, there actually is a foldables market to speak of. There was plenty of skepticism around the form factor in the pre-pandemic era, and early hardware iss…
Ransomware remains one of the main threats to information security globally and in the META region. In 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack was US$4.54 million (according to IBM’s data breach report), and Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.…
In a world where everything is going digital at a rapid pace, things like microchips and electronic signals have become the building blocks of our society, facilitating many essential aspects of everyday life.
Unifi, an African pioneer …
Plans by Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to withdraw its second case against African fintech giant Flutterwave have been shot down by the High Court, Kenya’s third highest court.
In August last year, the agency had frozen $3 millio…
Microsoft’s AI chatbot, Bing Chat, is coming to non-Microsoft browsers, the company confirmed today following various reports of the AI chatbot being spotted in other browsers like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari. The expansion will make …
Last year, global healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory surveyed more than 80 companies across four African countries for a report emphasizing the growth of startups digitizing the continent’s health supply chain and distribution and…
Spotify just reported its second-quarter earnings and the two most impressive metrics are the number of subscribers and the total number of Spotify users. There are currently 220 million people who pay for a Spotify subscription around the…
They say the worst part about a vacation is coming home. I only partially agree with that theory. I love sleeping in my own bed. and cuddling my cat, dogs, and bunny slightly compensates for not being in Belgium eating a waffle for breakfa…
Startups that look to improve an industry’s outdated infrastructure are definitely welcome in sectors like financial services and healthcare. But why would a company build infrastructure for an industry that seems to have hit its prime and…
Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend.
The music-streaming giant, which claims some 500 million users globally 40% of which are premium subscri…
Cryptocurrency mobile wallet Zengo has introduced a handful of new features combined with a new premium subscription called Zengo Pro that costs $20 per month. This new, optional subscription brings additional security features for users w…
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