Millions of people in the UK will soon be asked to track their movements to limit the spread of coronavirus.
The government is deploying 18,000 people to trace the contacts of those infected, and the wider public will be asked to get in…
Social-media companies are failing to clamp down on scammers selling people's personal details through their platforms, an investigation from consumer watchdog Which? has shown.
It found 50 profiles, pages and groups on Facebook, Twitte…
The technology giants of Silicon Valley are among the few winners from the global pandemic. Their share prices are holding up or even surging ahead as investors bet they will come out of the crisis even stronger.
But Covid-19 has also s…
The social media platform TikTok and the philanthropic Gates Foundation donated $10 million each on Wednesday to the vaccine alliance GAVI to help fund efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
GAVI said the funds would be used…
MFA Integration with Duo Security Meant to Simplify and Strengthen Identity and Access Management and Enable Zero Trust for PeopleSoft
Appsian [1], the global leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data security, has announced an …
In the current market, 48MP cameras that utilize pixel binning and algorithms to process the extra sensory data for better photos are the norm, however, the recently launched TECNO CAMON 15 series are equipped with 64MP SONY camera as the …
For the most part, you can no longer use Twitter as it was originally built to be used: over text message.
Last week, Twitter turned off the ability to receive SMS messages containing the text of new tweets. The feature was disabled in …
Tesla is rolling out a software update to some of its newest cars that will allow them to see and respond to traffic lights and stop signs, a feature that CEO Elon Musk has teased for years.
The update is available only to owners of Tes…
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia and B2B agtech startup Twiga Foods are partnering to deliver produce in Kenya using adaptive measures during COVID-19.
Jumia offers online goods and services verticals in 11 countries and became th…
Major U.S. wireless firms said on Monday they will extend a commitment through June 30 not to cancel service or charge late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
In March, the Federal Communications Commi…
While Shopify is best-known for powering the online stores of more than 1 million businesses, the company is launching a consumer shopping app of its own today, simply called Shop.
The app is actually an update and rebrand of Arrive, an…
A new Nigerian fintech venture, Okra, has racked up a unique mix of accomplishments in less than a year.
The Lagos based API developer created a product that generates revenues from both payment startups and established financial insti…
Jaguar Land Rover is scaling up production of NHS-approved face visors
New tooling, developed by WHS plastics, could produce as many as 14,000 visors each week
The process is being industrialised to create more visors for…
UPSTREAM IDENTIFIES ROGUE APPS THAT TRY TO STEAL MONEY FROM ADVERTISERS AND CONSUMERS
Secure-D [1] from Upstream [2] detected 1.69 million malware-infected android devices in South Africa last year. Within many popular apps, Malware is…
Kaspersky, a global cyber security company, shed some light on the challenges that modern parents can face while interacting in a digital space
In current times, during the Coronavirus pandemic, people have to stay home with their famil…
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is delaying the production ramp-up of its flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month as the coronavirus pandemic has weakened global consumer demand and disrupted manufacturing across Asia, the Wall Street …
Microsoft founder Bill Gates spoke to the Financial Times (via Fast Company) about how the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has shifted “almost entirely” to working on addressing COVID-19, in the interest of making the post imp…
Lockdown has seen opera singers belt out arias from their balconies and families recreate entire musicals in their living rooms.
Pop stars like Chris Martin and Gary Barlow have set up intimate jamming sessions while Radiohead is stream…
Israel's Supreme Court has banned its intelligence agency from tracing the phone location of those infected with Covid-19, until new laws are passed.
The Shin Bet internal security service had been given emergency powers in March to use…
A security problem in Microsoft Teams meant cyber-attacks could be initiated via funny Gif images, researchers have revealed.
Like many chat apps, Teams lets colleagues send each other whimsical animated Gif images.
But CyberArk rese…
WhatsApp says it has seen a drop of 70% in "highly forwarded" messages - the kind that may spread misinformation about the coronavirus.
The World Health Organization has said the spread of fake news about the outbreak is an "info-demic"…
PARALLEL WIRELESS HELPS TO DELIVER ON GHANA INVESTMENT FUND FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (GIFEC) CONNECTIVITY VISION ACROSS GHANA
GIFEC is set to enable deployment of 2,000 OpenRAN sites
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leading U.S.-bas…
Canon launches Canon Connected - a free to access content hub featuring educational and inspiring videos for photography enthusiasts
Develop new skills and techniques during these unprecedented times
Canon Europe (Canon-Europe.com) t…
LG’s new flagship phone, the Velvet, will be revealed in full on May 7th. The company posted a teaser video clip to its Korean YouTube channel evoking raindrops and a catwalk — a reference to the phone’s unusual camera layout and suppose…
A new iOS text bug has been discovered that causes iPhones to crash. The flaw involves several characters from the Sindhi language that cause iOS to lock up and an iPhone to crash. The character string has been circulating this week on Dis…
Own a classic Porsche? Who doesn’t? The German automaker today unveiled a line of head units designed to replicate the vintage look while still featuring modern connectivity such as Bluetooth, DAB+, and Apple CarPlay.
These radios are…
Instacart’s aggressive hiring spree is continuing due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Today, the company announced it is adding 250,000 more shoppers to meet consumer demand, and to help the company return to “one-hour and same-day d…
Oil prices rose on Friday, bringing an end to another week of losses that featured the U.S. contract plunging to minus $40 a barrel, as global production cuts could not keep pace with the collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus pandem…
More than 12 million players logged in for Fortnite's concert featuring Travis Scott, with reviewers calling it "stunning" and "spectacular".
It included a skyscraper-sized version of Scott teleporting across the landscape as he perform…
Ms. Vera Songwe echoed this point during a virtual high-level policy dialogue on ‘leveraging technology in assisting African countries in the fight against COVID-19’
Dealing with the health and economic challenges of COVID-19 has made o…
GSMA Calls for Applications to Develop Digital Access Solutions in Africa and Asia
The GSMA today opened applications for the Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion. The Innovation Fund aims to increase mobil…
The new continent daily Africa Intelligence aims to continue to provide its trademark understanding of the workings of power within each African state
Africa Intelligence (AfricaIntelligence.com) becomes the leading digital daily to off…
While some U.S. investors might have taken comfort from China’s rebound, we still find ourselves in the early innings of this period of uncertainty.
Some epidemiologists have estimated that COVID-19 cases will peak in April, but PitchBo…
Ever since it first started rolling out, 5G skeptics have attempted to link the next-gen cellular technology to all manner of health issues. Most recently, it’s become an easy scapegoat for the global COVID-19 pandemic, given the rapid ris…
Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help guarantee the social distancing required during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rombit, also Antwerp-based, already…
YouTube has banned any coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts World Health Organization (WHO) advice.
The Google-owned service says it will remove anything it deems "medically unsubstantiated".
Chief executive Susan Wo…
A flaw in Apple's mobile operating system may have left millions of iPhone and iPad users vulnerable to hackers.
Research published by ZecOps, a mobile security firm, said a bug in the Mail app made devices susceptible to sophisticated …
Zoom (ZM.O) video conferencing app’s user base grew by another 50% to 300 million in the last three weeks, as the company fought to quell a backlash around security and safety that has seen a number of governments and firms ban its applica…
Epic Games has released Fortnite on Google's Play app store after a long-running dispute with the tech giant.
The title had previously only been available to Android users outside of the marketplace. It means Google will get a cut of in…
Ericsson posted better than expected quarterly earnings on strong demand for 5G network equipment even as the coronavirus wreaked havoc, lifting the Swedish telecoms company’s shares 5% in early trade.
Though the company also warned of …
China has allowed 200 employees from South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to enter the country to work on an expansion of the firm’s NAND memory chip factory, the company said on Wednesday.
The move came after China said on Tuesday …
France is pressing Apple to let its forthcoming coronavirus contact-tracing app work in the background on iPhones without building in the privacy measures the US company wants.
The country's digital minister confirmed the request in an …
A pioneering company which solves some of the world’s most challenging problems has launched a new robotics spin-out business.
Despite the impact of the covid-19 lockdown meaning many businesses are putting their plans on hold, uk-based…
Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) and JD (JD.O) have each launched booking services for COVID-19 tests, the companies announced.
The services have been launched as China accelerates testing for the illness and…
Mastercard Provides Free Online STEM Lessons to Children, Teachers and Parents
Mastercard (Mastercard.com) extended access to its signature STEM curriculum, Girls4Tech™, through a suite of new online, creative educational resources. The…
A mystery hacker allegedly stole $25m (£20m) in crypto-currencies - and then returned the funds two days later.
Records show that funds in a variety of crypto-currencies were withdrawn from the DForce platform based in China.
A sum o…
Samsung Electronics announced today that its blood pressure monitoring app for Galaxy Watches has been approved by South Korean regulators. Called the Samsung Health Monitor, the app will be available for the Galaxy Watch Active2 during th…
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday said it would expand its App Store, Apple Music and other services to dozens of new markets in Africa, the Middle East and beyond in the biggest geographical expansion of its services in almost a decade.
Ap…
Amazon has installed thermal cameras in its warehouses in the UK and around the world to screen workers for coronavirus symptoms.
The cameras can help detect a fever by comparing a person's body heat with that of their surroundings.
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It feels as if a superhuman effort is needed to help ease the global pandemic killing so many.
Artificial intelligence may have been hyped - but when it comes to medicine, it already has a proven track record.
So can machine learning…