Tinder, currently the world’s biggest biggest dating app for people to find matches and connect with them, is expanding another feature today to extend the time people spend in the app, and the communications they can have within it.
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Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) AMD.O said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx Inc XLNX.O in a $35 billion all-stock deal, intensifying its battle with Intel Corp INTC.O in the data center chip market.
The deal, which…
Facebook has launched its first "cloud-streamed" video games but is not offering them to iPhones or iPads.
Initially, only five titles already available as standalone smartphone apps will be accessible - via the main Facebook and Facebo…
The UK's mobile networks are to be forbidden from selling phones locked to their services from December 2021.
Regulator Ofcom said unlocking handsets could often be a complicated process, and this was discouraging owners from switching …
5G Africa at this year's Africa Tech Festival asks if Africa is ready…
Globally, there is much hype around 5G. In Africa, whilst that conversation undoubtedly has its place, solutions to Africa's connectivity still require consideratio…
Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small perfume business he set up in South Africa.
Then the pandemic struck. Borders closed.…
A California court weighs in as Prop. 22 looms, Google removes popular apps over data collection practices and the Senate subpoenas Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. This is your Daily Crunch for October 23, 2020.
The big story: Uber and…
SAP said on Monday it was going all in on its shift to cloud computing as it abandoned medium-term profitability targets and cautioned that its business would take longer than expected to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors…
As our lives become more virtual with technology, how do gadgets define our identity at work, home and social circles at this unique moment in history?
Mary L. Gray, an anthropologist and recent recipient of a 2020 MacArthur “genius gra…
Microsoft Corp, which has largely evaded Washington’s scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative $10 billion government contract under the Trump administration, has emerged as a significant backer of the Biden campaign.
The R…
The Digital Energy Festival for Africa kicked off last week and as expected, has already yielded some thought-provoking and inspiring content and conversations.
Programme highlights and coverage from last week include:
ESI Africa ta…
Cybersecurity Solutions provider RevBits named as Gold Winner in four categories and Bronze Winner in two more at the 12th Annual Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards
RevBits today announced it was declared as a winner in six c…
Netflix launches a virtual HBCU boot camp with Norfolk State to increase exposure to the tech industry
Netflix is going back to school.
Working with Norfolk State University, the alma mater of one of the company’s senior software eng…
Uber is facing a class-action lawsuit over Proposition 22 that alleges the company is illegally coercing its drivers to support the ballot measure that seeks to keep workers classified as independent contractors. The suit was brought forth…
A Dutch security researcher says he accessed President Trump’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter account last week by guessing his password: “maga2020!”.
Victor Gevers, a security researcher at the GDI Foundation and chair of the Dutch Institute…
Huawei announced earnings results today showing that its growth has slowed significantly this year as the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone giant said its “production and operations face significant challenges.”
While Huawei did …
Intel Corp INTC.O on Thursday reported that margins tumbled in the latest quarter as consumers bought cheaper laptops and pandemic-stricken businesses and governments clamped down on data center spending, news that sent its shares down 10%…
Two of Apple’s latest iPhone 12 models went on sale in China on Friday, after early pre-order data showed strong consumer interest in the 5G-enabled device in the firm’s second-largest market.
The short queues outside Apple stores in th…
Huawei has unveiled its Mate 40 smartphones claiming they feature a more "sophisticated" processor than Apple's forthcoming iPhones.
The component was made using the same "five nanometre" process as its US rival's chip, but contains bil…
France has launched a new version of its troubled Covid-tracing app to a rough start plagued by server issues.
Renamed as "TousAntiCovid" - Everyone Against Covid - it is an update to the StopCovid app, which was never widely adopted am…
Smartphone shipments reached an all-time high in India in the quarter that ended in September this year as the world’s second largest handset market remained fully open during the period after initial lockdowns due to the coronavirus, acco…
Facebook’s dating bolt-on to its eponymous social networking service has finally launched in Europe, more than nine months after an earlier launch plan was derailed at the last minute over privacy concerns.
From today, European Facebook…
Cyber security firm McAfee Corp MCFE.O sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday at $20 a piece, within its target range, to raise $620 million.
The IPO valued McAfee, which is backed by U.S. private equity firms TPG…
AT&T Inc on Thursday reported the coronavirus pandemic had taken a heavy toll on its media business, but quarterly results were offset by more new phone subscribers than expected, which executives credited to the improved quality of its wi…
South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd 034220.KS on Thursday reported a profit for July-September, ending a six-quarter run of loss, helped by shipments for Apple Inc's AAPL.O new iPhone and stay-at-home trends boosting panel demand for TVs and l…
The mobile-focused streaming service Quibi has announced it will close just six months after its launch, after failing to attract enough subscribers.
The platform offered "quick bites" of video and had lined up big Hollywood stars to ap…
Coronavirus - Africa: The African Union and Estonia launch hackathon to develop digital solutions to accelerate Africa post-COVID recovery
The online hackathon is seeking innovative solutions to socio-economic problems in Africa, exacer…
Technology developed for aerospace is repurposed to accelerate Jaguar Land Rover’s testing and development programmes
Jaguar Land Rover to take part in pioneering all-weather, all-terrain tests of new metals and composites
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Competition from established social media platforms like Instagram among other factors contributed to Snapchat’s drop in daily active users over recent years. However, innovative efforts from the multimedia messaging platform coupled with …
The new Note 8 was unveiled yesterday and it exudes sleekness and power. The premium online-driven smartphone brand, Infinix, has once again outdone themselves with an excellent all-round smartphone model that is targeted at the mid-to-hig…
International Data Corporation (IDC) today hosted more than 160 senior ICT leaders on its industry-leading virtual platform for the 12th annual installment of its IDC South Africa CIO Summit [1], which ran under the theme 'The Race to Rein…
Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group is implementing a new 3D metal printing program as a part of its Industry 4.0 strategy to reduce development time and improve efficiency. The first metal printer system was i…
Sweden should reverse its ban on Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei [HWT.UL] and ZTE 0763.HK000063.SZ from a planned 5G spectrum auction to avoid a "negative impact" on its own companies, said China's foreign ministry.
“China e…
PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL.O said on Wednesday it will allow customers to hold bitcoin and other virtual coins in its online wallet and shop using cryptocurrencies at the 26 million merchants on its network.
The new service makes PayPal o…
Bitcoin extended its gains on Wednesday after PayPal Holdings Inc said it will allow customers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies.
It was last up 3.2% at $12,305, just below its highest this year.
Snapchat's user numbers surged during the pandemic to 249 million people using the app daily, the company announced, beating all expectations.
That was a jump of 18% year-on-year, and Snapchat says it is now used by three-quarters of 13…
Faked nude images of more than 100,000 women have been created from social media pictures and shared online, according to a new report.
Clothes are digitally removed from pictures of women by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and spread on …
In South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, APT groups are exploiting the current uncertainty around COVID-19 to steal sensitive information
Despite research showing an overall decrease in certain malware families and types in sub-Saharan Afric…
Nissan launched today the highly anticipated Magnite – a new compact SUV. A true reflection of the ‘Nissan-ness’ concept that aims to empower people through breakthrough products and technologies, and what better way to empower the South a…
Social media platforms have repeatedly found themselves in the United States government’s crosshairs over the last few years, as it has been progressively revealed just how much power they really wield, and to what purposes they’ve chosen …
Adobe is betting big on its Sensei AI platform, and so it’s probably no surprise that the company also continues to build more AI-powered features into its flagship Photoshop applications. At its MAX conference, Adobe today announced a han…
Stampli, a collaborative invoice management software company, introduced a payments product today called Stampli Direct Pay.
The startup launched back in 2015 with a mission to simplify invoice management through collaboration (and a da…
Instagram is today introducing a new way for creators to make money. The company is now rolling out badges in Instagram Live to an initial group of over 50,000 creators, who will be able to offer their fans the ability to purchase badges d…
International Business Machines Corp IBM.N edged past Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday, bolstered by higher demand for its cloud services, a business it is staking its future on as it prepares to spin off one of its le…
Russian hackers targeted this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo with the aim of disrupting them, UK officials said.
The Foreign Office said Russia's GRU military intelligence carried out "cyber reconnaissance" against officials and organisa…
The world's leading home appliance brand and smart home ecosystem builder, Haier Smart Home ("Haier", Shanghai: 600690), is introducing upgraded products and next-generation smart home solutions integrated with IoT to global customers at t…
This year’s Summit will host over 1,000 attendees and 60+ speakers calling in from 10 different time zones across 6 continents
The fifth Africa Fintech Summit (AfricaFintechSummit.com) will be hosted virtually this year through the Acce…
Google Cloud today announced the launch of Lending DocAI, its first dedicated service for the mortgage industry. The tool, which is now in preview, is meant to help mortgage companies speed up the process of evaluating a borrower’s income …
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Monday it would start exporting China-made Model 3 cars to more than 10 European countries this month.
Tesla, which started delivering vehicles made from its Shanghai factory in December, wi…
Netflix Inc will tell investors on Tuesday how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affected membership in the third quarter - a period when analysts remain bullish on the company despite the return of live sports and more streaming competition.
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