Samsung gave the first glimpse of its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone in a surprise teaser during the Academy Awards.
The device was revealed ahead of its heavily-rumoured official unveiling at the Galaxy Unpacked event on 11 February.
The …
Xerox Holdings Corp raised its offer to buy HP Inc by $2 to $24 per share on Monday, following several rejections of its previous buyout offer by the PC maker.
Xerox said its latest offer comprises $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares …
Disabled Japanese driver Takuma Aoki joins the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY Series with Team Yokohama Challenge
Takuma Aoki will race for Team Yokohama Challenge, the new Japanese-based eTROPHY team
The former motorcycle racer, who…
Once Phase IV Extension is Complete, the power plant is expected to generate approximately 710 Megawatts (MW), representing 30% of power in Côte d’Ivoire
GE (GE.com) has been Selected to Provide Generation Equipment, and 20-Year Services …
Respimat® re-usable has a lower carbon footprint and reduces waste compared with single-use inhalers1,2,3
The device has been designed with patient input and contains features that improve ease of handling and use4
Boehringer I…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are technologies that have long since left the moniker of 'emergent' behind. These tools have become so embedded into systems and solutions that they are reshaping the organisation's a…
You don't have to be jealous of Mac and Android users. In Windows 10, you can turn on dark mode, too.
MacOS got dark mode a few years ago in Mojave, allowing Mac users to apply a dark theme across apps. Android 10 got a systemwide dark …
WhatsApp is finally getting a dark mode soon on iPhone soon. A new beta version of WhatsApp for iOS has appeared with dark mode enabled, indicating that it will soon be available for all iPhone users. MacRumors reports that the testing not…
In December, dating app Bumble announced new tools to filter match by more than just age and distance. Now, it seems Tinder is poised to do the same. Tinder parent company Match Group this week announced plans to expand its filtering capab…
Next Tuesday, Samsung kicks off smartphone season with its Unpacked event in San Francisco. One of two tentpole events for the company, the big show brings with it the latest edition of the company’s primary flagship line, the Galaxy S.
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Google is in the process of rolling out the official build of Chrome 80, its latest version, and while most of the upgrades are behind the scenes, there are a couple of features that can make surfing just a little better, and that can be e…
Instagram will now show you who you interact with least frequently in case you want to unfollow them. In an effort to help you keep your feed clean and relevant, today Instagram is launching “following categories” that divides the list of …
Netflix announced this week that it has started to stream titles in AV1 on Android in what could significantly help the two-year-old media codec gain wider adoption.
The world’s biggest streaming giant said on Wednesday that by switchin…
Apple has throttled the competition in another category.
During the company’s recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook noted the company’s wearable division now rivals the size of a Fortune 500 company. He failed to give more specifics, but t…
Japan is rolling out robots in nursing homes, offices and schools as its population ages and workforce shrinks. What can it teach other countries facing the same problems?
Japan is changing: a rapidly ageing society, a record-…
Pretty much everyone on Wall Street has an opinion about Tesla.
The electric vehicle maker’s stupendous rally in recent months has given shareholders something to cheer about, cost short sellers billions of dollars and vindicated legion…
Uber's business continues to grow, but so do its losses.
The firm lost $1.1bn (£851m) in the last three months of 2019, even as revenue jumped 37% to $4bn and the number of trips made on its platform rose by 28%.
Spending to expand i…
Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson has announced that it is pulling out of attending the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2020 conference in Barcelona, Spain - the world's biggest annual event for the telecoms industry.
Ericsson, which…
The first self-driving vehicle designed without basic human controls such as steering wheels, pedals or side view mirrors has been granted permission to test on US roads.
Nuro, the company behind the design, makes autonomous delivery va…
BP chief executive Bernard Looney posted on Instagram yesterday about his first day in the role.
But is social media an effective way for company bosses to communicate?
“It was a valiant effort. There were certainly elements giving p…
In earnings reported this week, Alphabet announced that Google Cloud generated a robust $2.61 billion for the quarter, a number that includes revenue from both Google Cloud Platform and G Suite.
That puts the division on a nice little r…
Microsoft has fixed a glitch in Windows 10 that meant one of the operating system's core features stopped working.
Dozens posted on social media that Windows Search had stopped working for them on Wednesday morning.
Users said that w…
Child-protection organisations say Facebook's decision to strongly encrypt messages will give offenders a place to hide.
The company is moving ahead with plans to implement the measure on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct.
But …
Apple is exploring plans for a foldable version of the iPhone, according to a patent filed in the US.
The design features an innovative hinge mechanism that would prevent creasing issues similar devices have suffered from.
Movable fl…
Intel Corp (INTC.O) is investing heavily in “smart buildings” in Israel that will be full of perks to keep employees happy, helping the U.S. chipmaker compete for the country’s top professionals.
Intel, one of the biggest employers and …
Air mobility company Wisk has singed an agreement with the New Zealand government to set up and run an air taxi trial in the region of Canterbury, with the goal of flying passengers once its Cora aircraft is certified to do so by the count…
LG has pulled out of one of the world's biggest tech shows citing fears over the spread of coronavirus.
The South Korean tech firm has cancelled its appearance at Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is held every year in Barcelona.
MW…
Evonik develops world’s first free-flowing bioresorbable powder for the 3D printing of implantable medical devices
? RESOMER® PrintPowder enables high resolution 3D printing of implants via Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
? Free-flow…
Tingg and Agrikore 2.0 provide access to the marketplace, increase transparency and simplifies the whole agric value chain
Cellulant Corporation (Cellulant.com) -the pan-African technology company – has empowered Africa’s agricu…
Xiaomi spin-off brand Poco has launched its second phone, the Poco X2. It’s another attempt from the company to produce a high-performance, low-cost phone for the extremely competitive Indian market.
Back in the summer of 2018, Xiaomi l…
Truecaller, one of the world’s largest caller-identification service providers, has amassed 200 million monthly active users and is increasingly proving that it can turn a profit, it said Tuesday. The company also noted that India is its l…
Is it a way to show disbelief, a way to ask others to be quiet, or a cute gesture popularised by a K-Pop star?
It's called "pinched fingers" and depending on where you are in the world, a new emoji announced by the Unicode Consortium, w…
Shares of American electric car company Tesla are sharply higher again this morning, adding $122.40 (or 15.69 percent ) to their value before regular trading today. The gains come after Tesla has rapidly added value in recent days, includ…
Fifty per cent of the UK's 10-year-olds owned a smartphone in 2019, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom.
The amount of young phone owners doubled between the ages of nine and 10, which Ofcom dubbed "the age of digital indepen…
Apple Inc on Saturday said it would shut all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until Feb 9. as fears over the coronavirus outbreak mounted and the death toll more than doubled to over 250 from a week ago.
“O…
Blackberry is to stop designing smartphones in-house after 14 years, the company has announced.
Once a market leader, the company has struggled to keep pace with modern handsets produced by rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
In May, t…
Social media networks are taking steps to address false information about the coronavirus on their sites.
Facebook, Twitter and TikTok are among the firms working to provide links to accurate information.
The number of posts containi…
Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing tech markets and Nigeria is becoming its unofficial capital.
The West African nation is commonly associated with negative cliches around corruption and terrorism (which persist as serious pr…
This follows the announcement of a partnership between Facebook and The South African Police Service (SAPS) to use the Facebook platform and community to help find missing children
South Africa has become the first country in Africa to …
The AirPods Pro noise-canceling is very good but has some limitations
I've been getting a lot of questions from readers about just how good the AirPods Pro noise-canceling is and whether it's better than what you get from full-size head…
Tesla said Wednesday that production of the Model Y started this month with the first deliveries of the all-electric compact crossover to begin by the end of the first quarter as the company pushes to extend its profitability streak.
Pr…
Your phone is studded with cameras. You're probably only using one at a time, though. That could change in the near future: imagine shooting video with two, or even someday three or four simultaneously. I've gotten a brief taste of what th…
Android owners, don't be jealous. With a little effort, you can use Apple's AirPods without switching to iPhone. For many, AirPods and AirPods Pro are the holy grail of headphones. These small, wireless earbuds sound good, have stellar bat…
The UN was targeted in an apparent spy operation last year, but top officials kept quiet, according to the AP.
United Nations networks in Geneva and Vienna suffered a hack last year as part of an apparent spy operation, which was kept u…
After opening an office in the city last year, Indian ride-hailing firm Ola said it would officially begin operations in London on February 10. London is one of the world’s biggest markets for ride-hailing services, and the expansion is a …
Samsung’s Galaxy Book S laptop that runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx processor is now available for preorder at Samsung.com starting at $999.99, and it will start shipping on February 13th. Samsung is giving out $100 gift cards toward Sam…
Samsung has opened up reservations for its next flagship phones, expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra, that the company will unveil at an upcoming event on February 11th.
But this isn’t a pre-order. It’s more l…
Kenya's High Court has halted a controversial biometric ID scheme until new data protection laws are enacted.
Sensitive information, such as contact details, fingerprints and a person's profession, was collected last year.
The idea w…
Tesla boss Elon Musk has released an electronic dance music (EDM) track titled "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe".
Mr Musk posted a teaser picture of himself in a studio shortly before sharing the track, which he wrote.
To mark the release of the…
IDC Forecasts IT Spending in South Africa to Top $26 Billion in 2020 as Country's ICT Industry Gathers in Johannesburg
Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to reach $26.4 billion this year, up 2.5% on 2019. That's according to the…