The iPhone 15 launched earlier this fall, and there are a variety of great deals right now on the newest iPhone, as well as last year's iPhone 14. If you've got an older iPhone and don't plan to switch to a newer model anytime soon, you'll…
Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia has disclosed its intention to discontinue its food delivery service, Jumia Food. The company said its food delivery business is not aligned with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroe…
Phone cameras used to be essentially useless if you weren't in bright sunlight, but today's best camera phones can take truly superb photos even after dark. Top flagships like the iPhone 15 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra have night modes…
Apple released iOS 17.3 beta 1 to public beta testers on Thursday, two days after the iPhone-maker released the developer beta and three days after the release of iOS 17.2. The update brings a few new features and bug fixes to the iPhones …
Select Waymo One riders can now get picked up or dropped off by the company’s robotaxis curbside at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Waymo became the first autonomous vehicle operator in the U.S. to launch a paid robotaxi servi…
While investors were preparing to go nuclear after Sam Altman’s unceremonious ouster from OpenAI and Altman was plotting his return to the company, the members of OpenAI’s Superalignment team were assiduously plugging along on the problem …
Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday.
Meta’s lead for generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, posted on Threads saying that the tool will let users change the background to their im…
Proton Mail finally has a native desktop app, rolling out now in beta for some users on Windows and MacOS.
The encrypted email service has, of course, been available to desktop users since its inception nearly a decade ago — first thr…
If you are using Threads in the EU without any profile, you will see a single algorithmically populated feed. You can also search for accounts, but seemingly not for posts.
At launch in July, the company restricted access to the new socia…
Beeper Mini has returned to operation on Monday as a free iMessage-texting app on Android, but with a number of tweaks following the service's disconnection from Apple's messaging service late last week.
In addition to being fre…
Apple released AirTags in 2021 as a way to keep track of valuable items, like your keys when your couch eats them. However, AirTags could be attached to only one user at a time. Until now, you couldn't lend someone an AirTag, and if you tr…
Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, subscribers can now create and send AI-generated images based on a text prompt. In addition to getting access to…
Meta recently launched its educational Creator Lab Live series in Ghana, empowering over 15 aspiring creators at the Mix Design Hub in Accra. This program ignited creativity and innovation, equipping young creators with tools and guidance …
When Apple unveiled iOS 17 at its WWDC event in June, the Journal app drew a lot of attention. And while Apple didn't release the app with iOS 17 on Sept. 18 or with the iPhone 15 series, the tech giant did release the new app on Monday wi…
WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to pin chats within one-on-one and group conversations. The company said users can pin all kinds of conversations, including text, polls, images and emojis. However, users can pin only one chat at a time…
Google launched today a new feature for Classroom that allows teachers to turn any YouTube video into an interactive assignment by inserting questions for their students to answer throughout the viewing experience.
With the interactive …
Google Maps announced today that it’s introducing a few new ways to give users more control over their personal information. The navigation app is making it possible to delete activity related to specific places and making it easier to acc…
Temu, the Chinese e-commerce company whose app is now attracting longer engagement times than Amazon, is Apple’s most downloaded free app in the U.S. for 2023. The Cupertino-based tech giant today released an App Store feature that showcas…
Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.com), a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, recently organised a visit of a delegation from the National Communications Authority of Ghana to the Kaspersky Transparency Center in Zurich, Switzerland. …
In the latest chapter of blue bubbles versus green bubbles, Apple has blocked access to iMessage from credentials masquerading as Apple to protect its customers, the company told CNET on Saturday evening. This comes after companies like Be…
Google Pixel phones are known for their camera capabilities, and this year's Pixel 8 Pro takes it to the next level with its supercharged AI features. While some might consider them gimmicks, these are Pixel-exclusive features that can't b…
One of the things I was most excited about when Apple announced TVOS 17 at its Worldwide Developers Conference this year was that the latest Apple TV operating system would finally support native virtual private network applications.…
Exercise and fitness goals aren't the same for everyone, so the option to customize your goals and which statistics you see first is important. Fitbit updated its app in September to include a new Focus feature that appears at the top of t…
ByteDance’s TikTok wants to do more business in Indonesia — Southeast Asia’s biggest e-commerce market. So after facing roadblocks from the regulators, it’s now come up with a new route to get there.
TikTok is putting up $1.5 billion …
Apple's iOS 17 was released on Sept. 18, shortly after the company held its "Wonderlust" event, where the tech giant announced the new iPhone 15 lineup, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. We put together this cheat sheet…
If you're an iPhone user, then you probably know that your phone's display brightness can automatically adjust depending on the amount of light in your environment. While this can be a pretty useful feature to combat eyestrain and …
Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining new capabilities starting today, including the ability to create new AI images when prompted as well as support for Reels, among other …
While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. The new featur…
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would home in on the parts of Tumblr’s service that worked and kill those that didn’t — as it did wit…
A new cybersecurity report commissioned by Apple paints a dire picture of consumer data leaked through breach after breach. In this climate, the tech giant is nudging users to activate the Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud it int…
After years of promises and limited tests, Meta has started rolling out default end-to-end encryption protection for Messenger. In an announcement, Mark Zuckerberg said that personal chats and calls will get default end-to-end encryption. …
YouTube announced today a new comment moderation setting called “Pause” that lets creators and moderators prevent viewers from adding new comments yet keep existing comments on videos.
Instead of turning off comments completely or holdi…
Grok, a ChatGPT competitor developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has officially launched on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
Grok began rolling out late this afternoon to X Premium Plus subscribers in the U.S., “Premium Plus…
Sunny Tan, Head of Security for Southeast Asia, BT Group
In today's interconnected world, the importance of robust cybersecurity cannot be overstated. With an ever-expanding digital landscape, the role of Chief Information Security Offi…
Taking a photo that encapsulates a core memory, or even one that details the more mundane moments of life, is something nearly everyone loves to do.
However, most of us take the same shot several times before getting the "right" image -…
Retro is a super interesting social app that helps you share photos and catch up with long-distance friends, family members and everyone who matters in your life. And today, the company is shipping a major update with a handful of new feat…
Meta’s social network Threads got a major update Thursday as the company started rolling out tags (without the hash symbol) on the platform. Users will be able to tag only one topic per post to avoid tag spam.
The company began testin…
Less than three weeks ago, French startup Amo released ID. As I hinted in my article covering this much-anticipated launch, ID was Amo’s first idea. Today, the social consumer startup is releasing its second app, called Capture.
Once ag…
By the end of this year already, the market for artificial intelligence (AI) in South Africa is projected to reach (https://apo-opa.co/481NZ3n) a size of $2.4 billion, showing an annual growth rate of 21% between now and 2030. Locally, the…
The HP Dragonfly G4 is not your typical corporate machine. Trim and sleek, yet rigid and ready to withstand the abuses of business travel, it is every bit a premium C-suite business laptop. Its 13.5-inch display has an unusual boxy 3:2 asp…
The iPhone 15 Pro has one of the most capable camera setups found on any of today's phones. Not only can it shoot stunning still images that can rival DSLRs in quality, the video skills have been given a huge boost with the addition of Pro…
Microsoft is expanding its Seeing AI app to Android, the company said Monday. It's now available on the Google Play Store and works across 18 languages, with plans to expand to 36 languages next year.
Seeing AI narrates a person's surr…
Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by …
The first fruit of the partnership between Fornite-maker Epic Games and Lego is due out this week — along with a pair of other games within a game that expand Fortnite’s horizons considerably.
The hybrid Lego/Fortnite experience is bill…
Meta has silently updated its support pages to indicate that the company won’t let users on Instagram message their Facebook contacts anymore.
The company, as pointed out by 9to5Google, said the feature will shut down mid-December — wit…
In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from the company.
Even at the time, this…
iOS 17 has been in the hands of Apple fans for months now. Users have had plenty of time to assess all of the new features the tech giant's latest upgrade brought. While some features have been praised for being super helpful or fun to use…
A virtual private network, or VPN, protects you by encrypting your online communications -- helping to keep your sensitive information away from prying eyes. But privacy isn't the only reason to use a VPN.
One of the most popular reason…
Spotify Premium is great for people who want to choose from a huge range of music, while also being able to sample a bit of podcasts and audiobooks. Yet, Spotify gets tricky if you're sharing a single account with others, especially with c…
The Pixel Watch 2 solves several of its predecessor's biggest shortcomings. It has more health sensors, a faster new processor and slightly longer battery life, making it feel like a more well-rounded watch than Google's first attempt.
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