Meta wants to make it clear it’s not giving up on high-end VR experiences yet. So, in a rare move, the company is spilling the beans on several VR headset prototypes at once. The goal, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is to eventually cra…
Leading-edge technology continues to be one of the key selling points for smartphone manufacturers, but in order to maximize market share, differentiated and stylish design is also becoming a key factor. Smartphone design is not just a dec…
TECNO has recently unveilled the latest CAMON 19 series on the Ghanaian market over the weekend in a grand launch at the Plush Grand Arena with Performances from Stonebwoy, Camidoh and others hosted by the eloquent Naa Ashorkor. The CAMON …
Digital financial transactions have become commonplace in recent years, growing a number of savvy consumers with a heightened awareness of fraud and the role recognition and security tools play in protecting them. Insights from Experian’s…
Tech companies operating some of the world’s biggest online platforms — including Facebook-owner Meta, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok — have signed up to a new EU rulebook for tackling online disinformation.
These firms …
Microsoft has patched a Windows vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting. If you own a system that uses Windows 7 and up, you’ll want to update your computer as soon as possible (via Bleeping Computer).
The security flaw, call…
Microsoft is launching a new Defender cybersecurity app across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android today. While the software giant has used the Defender moniker for its antivirus protection for years, this new cross-platform Microsoft Defende…
YouTube Music has launched a new feature called seasonal recaps, a culmination of your top artists, songs, albums and playlists. “Spring Recap” will be the first recap that users can try. This acts as an expansion of its 2021 Recap experie…
TikTok is testing a new feature that allows users to see which of their followers have viewed their videos. On the other hand, people you follow will be able to see that you viewed their posts. A spokesperson for TikTok told TechCrunch tha…
London-based Waymap wants to help guide visually impaired people to navigate their surroundings, and it’s starting with public transit. The company just concluded a closed two-week trial of its navigation app at three stops within Washingt…
Reddit announced Thursday that it would buy Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments, for an undisclosed amount.
Spell was founded by former Facebook engineer Serkan Piantino in 2016 to provide a cloud computing soluti…
The UK government has published its final response to a data ‘reform’ consultation it kicked off last year, laying out how it intends to diverge from EU-based data protection rules.
At first pass, it looks like it has stepped away from …
Deon Nicholas is the CEO and co-founder of Forethought, the AI company whose mission is to transform customer experiences with human-centered AI. Forethought has raised over $100 million in venture capital, including from NEA, which led Fo…
Snapchat is testing a paid subscription tier for its social network called Snapchat Plus (or Snapchat+), which would give users early access to experimental features like pinning certain conversations and exclusive icons.
The company ha…
The first rule of writing about Bitcoin is: don't write about Bitcoin.
The story of the world's best known cryptocurrency is astonishingly fast-moving and its fans will soon line up to tell you you've got it all wrong.
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Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has in a meeting with Twitter employees hinted at potential job cuts if his $44bn (£35.8bn) takeover bid for the social media company is successful.
He also addressed topics like remote working, f…
In a panel discussion at Aalto University’s 5G Summer School on Thursday, experts from the U.S., Africa and Europe explored the business opportunities that the latest communications and network technology, remote learning, work, and entrep…
TECNO (www.TECNO-Mobile.com) recently celebrated the global launch of its new CAMON 19 series at Rockefeller Center in New York City, combining dazzling, floor-to-ceiling skyscraper views, fully artistic venue, and its spectacular new smar…
Samsung announced today that it’s launching “Samsung Wallet” to enable users to store select digital keys, boarding passes, identification cards and more all in one location. The company says Samsung Wallet combines Samsung Pay and Samsung…
Google Maps is introducing a new widget for Android that will be another use for the functionality that helped make a name for Waze, the other driving and mapping app that Google acquired nearly a decade ago: It will now show live traffic …
Rune Labs, a precision neurology company in San Francisco, announced that its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin using the Apple Wat…
India has lifted restrictions on Mastercard after the cards giant demonstrated “satisfactory compliance” with the South Asian market’s local data storage rules, the central bank said on Thursday.
In a series of moves last year, the Rese…
Africa Green ICT Webinar 2022, co-hosted by Huawei and Informa, concluded on June 14. With the theme of "Green ICT, Lighting up a Sustainable Continent", the virtual event brought together industry leaders from Huawei, IHS Towers, Omdia, …
TECNO, one of the top mobile phone brands in Africa and a major player worldwide launched its most anticipated CAMON 19 series globally on 14th June 2022 in NewYork and is set to launch CAMON 19 series in Ghana on Saturday, June 18th, 20…
Meditation app Simple Habit’s founder, Yunha Kim, is launching a new app today called Sleep Reset to help you improve your sleep. The app aims to bring users the same treatment they would otherwise receive in sleep clinics — such as Cognit…
Meta announced today that it’s rolling out new tools on Instagram and Quest VR headsets that are designed to give parents additional supervision controls. On Instagram, parents and guardians can now send invitations to their teens to initi…
Shipping and cargo services is one of the more fragmented and analogue verticals in the world of industry, with hundreds of thousands of businesses involved in a myriad of aspects of a process that is fundamentally physical (not digital) b…
Dukaan, an Indian startup that helps merchants set up online stores, is expanding its platform worldwide as it looks to challenge established players such as Shopify, the startup’s founder said.
The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, whic…
TECNO, one of the top mobile phone brands in Africa and a major player worldwide has globally launched its most anticipated CAMON 19 series on 14th June 2022 at Rockefeller Center in New York with Stonebwoy attending this notable event.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that gamers from North and South America can now explore the newest version of its PlayStation Plus game subscription service, which now has one monthly fee and will incorporate its separate c…
Most of us dread the thought of having to return a piece of clothing we purchased online. In recent years, a newer generation of shoppers — mainly Gen Z — have put their trust in influencers to help them find the best products. Influencer …
World Innovation Lab (WiL), a Palo Alto- and Tokyo- headquartered venture capital firm, said Tuesday it has raised over $1 billion.
It’s an enormous fund for the outfit, relatively speaking. The latest funding, which will be deployed ac…
Southeast Asia, a diverse region with an expanding population and rising income, is emerging as a popular destination for crypto entrepreneurs and investors hunting down high-growth startups in the space.
More than 600 crypto or blockch…
Pan-African digital payments network, MFS Africa, has raised $100 million in equity and debt, additional funding that takes its Series C round to $200 million. African investment manager Admaius Capital Partners led the new round.
Inv…
We’ve all had one experience or personal encounter with false news online. Whether from a distant friend innocently reposting information online without confirming it or a family member sending false information without verifying it.
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News stories over the past two years spotlighted the problems hospitals and other medical organizations were having in procuring masks, gloves and other essential medical supplies as hospital units grew crowded with COVID patients.
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During its WWDC keynote, Apple announced a bevy of changes and updates to its hardware and software. In the mix were anticipated improvements to its various operating systems and computers — and plans to expand its fintech footprint.
Ap…
Rocket launch company Astra isn’t starting out with the best track record, after it’s latest mission for NASA ended in failure — just a few months after its last rocket carrying payloads for the agency failed to reach orbit.
The TROPICS…
DoorDash announced today that it’s rolling out a number of new features to give users additional ways to discover popular restaurants near them. Most notably, the company is launching written reviews within the app to let users read other …
MUSICIANS Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) presidential aspirant, Ras Caleb Appiah-Levi, has promised to break what he describes as a ‘cartel’ within the union when he is given the nod.
Mr Appiah-Levi who is currently the Greater Accra Regional …
In 2021, phishing attacks increased by 7.3% according to the ESET Threat Report (bit.ly/3xD5urD), and the Cisco 2021 Cybersecurity threat trends report (https://bit.ly/3O4Jwmx) revealed that around 86% of organisations had at least one per…
Apple’s ecosystem can be a little “one size fits all” without a lot of room for personalization (though that’s changing in iOS 16). Customizing your iPhone’s alert sounds can make your device feel a little more personal and fun. And mayb…
Amazon is now letting iOS users virtually try-on shoes, the company announced in a blog post. Amazon customers in the US and Canada are able to try on shoes for various brands including New Balance, Adidas, Reebok, and more.
In this vir…
Spotify wants to make audiobooks the next pillar of its business. On Wednesday, company executives pitched the audiobooks business to investors as their next target for industry domination. When they launch the audiobooks vertical (which i…
It’s been about four years since Microsoft tested and then abandoned an attempt at adding tabbed browsing to the File Explorer in Windows 10, and now a new Windows 11 preview build released today is giving it another shot. EarTrumpet devel…
Meta is scaling back its plans for its augmented reality (AR) glasses and is pivoting its Portal smart display device away from the consumer market, according to a new report from The Information.
The report notes that the company had o…
Duolingo, the Nasdaq-listed language learning app, is back in China’s Apple App Store and Android stores nearly a year after it disappeared from the country’s app stores.
Users in China found the Pittsburg-based app unavailable for down…
Apple’s M1 chips have an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses, MIT researchers have discovered.
The vulnerability lies in a hardware-level security mechanism…
Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey is teaming up with artist Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) to launch The Bitcoin Academy at Marcy Houses, the public housing complex in Brooklyn, New York where Jay-Z grew up.
The initiative aims to prov…
Last December, Twitter ran a limited test in the U.S. for a new Report Tweet flow — designed to improve the process of flagging offensive or dangerous content on site by adding more options for explaining whatever the issue happened to be.…
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