Security-focused technologies have evolved significantly, but there remain challenges that IT professionals must overcome to build a robust enterprise security posture
The cybersecurity landscape is volatile and ever-changing, consisten…
While top phones like the Pixel 7 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra may come with the best performance around, they also come with sizeable price tags out of reach of many of us. Buying a more affordable phone doesn't mean getting a frus…
Samsung's Galaxy S23 series has really impressed us, from the entry-level model, with its solid all-round performance, to the top-end S23 Ultra, with its incredible camera system and S-Pen stylus.
But the tech world doesn't sit sti…
Katelyn is an associate writer with CNET's services and software team. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in media and journalism. She believes in the transformative power of digital pl…
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is planning to roll out a new way to display news links without any headline or description. The social network will display just the link and the header image in a post, according to a report by Fortun…
Snapchat is preparing to further expand into generative AI features, after earlier launching its AI-powered chatbot My AI, which can now respond with a Snap back, not just text. With the company’s forthcoming generative AI feature called “…
Solana Pay, a decentralized payment protocol by Solana Labs, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions of businesses on its platform to use it for payments, TechCrunch was told exclusively.
Solana Pay launched in Febr…
Nominations open for the African tech industry's best of the best
TAKING place at the Bay Hotel in Camp's Bay, Cape Town on 15 November 2023, the achievements of some of the African technology, telecommunications, and media industry's …
World Photography Day 2023 marks another year of honoring the creativity and skill of photographers worldwide. Under the leadership of renowned photojournalist Mr. Purushottam Diwakar and Educationist Mrs. Leela Diwakar, Imagine Photojourn…
Canon Europe is delighted to announce the return of its annual Redline Challenge photography competition, with entries opening today.
This year, the competition calls for aspiring photographers to capture a shot that displays an…
Kaspersky has supported INTERPOL with threat intelligence data in its Africa Cyber Surge II operation, which enabled investigators to identify compromised infrastructure and apprehend threat actors suspected of cybercrimes across the Afric…
Amazon is raising its monthly cost for Amazon Music Unlimited, and the price increase will affect Prime members who are on the individual plan as well as people with the Amazon Music Unlimited family plan.
The news was earlier reported …
Cleaning out your Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos is an easy way to make some virtual room, and it could save you money, too. Google gives users a combined 15GB of free storage space to use between Google Drive, Gmail and other…
Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. On Tuesday, the AI posted its own Story to the app and then stopped responding to use…
Attendees at Def Con, one of the world’s largest hacking conferences, are used to weird shenanigans, such as a seemingly innocuous wall of computer screens that display people’s passwords sniffed over the conference Wi-Fi network. But at t…
A petition to ban TikTok has triggered a debate among Kenyan MPs and citizens.
The Kenyan parliament on Tuesday debated the petition, which was presented by a Kenyan, Bob Ndolo.
Mr Ndolo asked MPs to outlaw TikTok, citing concerns th…
Uber is excited to announce its latest safety feature in Ghana: Audio Recording. This feature allows both riders and drivers to record audio during trips - something that drivers have been asking for based on their feedback from roundtable…
More than one in three of corporate employees in Africa are vulnerable to phishing attacks and social engineering scams. However, regular training can significantly reduce their chances of falling victim to such cyber threats.
T…
In 2020, the European Commission released a groundbreaking paper titled “On Artificial Intelligence – A European Approach to Excellence and Trust” (https://apo-opa.info/3YEmrOo). While it sparked debates on regulation, technology, and comp…
You may have seen something like this headline in the last year: "Criminals Are Using AirTags to Stalk People and Steal Their Cars." The premise is simple enough: A thief or stalker places a location tracker, like an Apple AirTag, in someo…
If you've ever wanted to take your TV with you wherever you go, good news: LG Electronics announced Tuesday that the StanbyMe Go, a portable LED touchscreen, is now available for preorder at $1,000 and will start shipping out later t…
Bluesky, rival of Threads and X — formerly Twitter — has started allowing users to self-tag their posts so they can be automatically filtered.
The company has started with NSFW categories, through which, users can tag a post with conten…
CATL, the Chinese battery giant and a major supplier to Tesla, has unveiled its latest product that aims to solve electric vehicles’ charging and range limitations. The battery, dubbed Shenxing or “god-like movement,” is able to refuel up …
Google has announced plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and young people in digital skills to support government targets of creating one million tech jobs.
The US firm said it would also donate $1.6m (£1.26m).
It follows talks betw…
Xiaomi unveiled its latest foldable phone Monday, as part of an annual event that saw CEO Lei Jun take the stage. The Mix Fold 3 is a book-style foldable phone designed to compete with Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5, except it will not be avail…
Verizon's 5G network is getting a notable speed boost. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced that it has gained access to C-band spectrum it purchased back in 2021 four months ahead of schedule.
The valuable airwaves, which were pre…
Apple's ultrathin MacBook Air range of laptops were originally designed mostly for lightweight office or school work on the go. But as Apple's own M-series processors have become more capable, so too have the MacBooks they're in. I'm a pro…
Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. Beginning Monday, some Netflix subscribers in Canada and the UK will be able to check out Netflix games streamed to select TVs, connected TV devices, and on the w…
Now that the proposed cage match between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk isn’t going to happen, Musk is saying he will show up unannounced at Zuckerberg’s home to fight.
“For the Tesla FSD test drive in Palo Alto tonight, I will ask the c…
The Apple Watch Series 9 has yet to be announced, but we're already hearing rumors about Apple's plan for its 10th anniversary edition. That watch, which could be called the Apple Watch X, will come in 2024 or 2025 with a brand new design …
The G3 is the best-performing TV I've ever reviewed, but it's not worth the price for most high-end TV shoppers.
News flash: If you want the best TV, it's gonna cost you. The LG G3 is the highest-performance television I have ever revie…
Firefox’s Android app will soon support an “open ecosystem of extensions,” developer Mozilla has announced, allowing users to customize the browser with a wide range of third-party addons. An exact release date for the feature is yet to be…
Some iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro owners have complaints reminiscent of the bad old days of “batterygate,” reporting that with less than a year of service on the clock, their phones are already reporting more battery degradation than expect…
Iraq’s telecom ministry lifted the ban on Telegram over the weekend, days after the agency blocked the chat app over security concerns.
The ministry said it lifted the ban because of the “response of the company that owns the applicatio…
TikTok appears to be working on an integration with Lemon8, another social app owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, according to new findings from product intelligence firm Watchful.ai. The apparent new partnership se…
It's now August, but the sweltering summer heat is still in full swing. We've had the hottest month recorded in history, and so it's important to stay cool in these record-breaking temperatures -- and that includes your phone.
In …
Google will start releasing weekly security updates for its Chrome browser, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. Previously, Google released security fixes as part of updates that went out every two weeks. The more-frequent patches wil…
YouTube Shorts is making a change to address the growing issues around spam on the short-form video platform. The company says that starting on August 31st, links that appear in the Shorts comments section, Shorts descriptions, and the ver…
Some of the most significant upgrades in the iPhone 14 are inconspicuous tools and services that could come in handy when in more remote regions without cellular service. Emergency SOS via Satellite, which Apple announced last September, i…
Right now, YouTube has some suggestions for me. It thinks I might like to tune in to a live webcam from Venice or Italy, or clips from the adorable kids' show Bluey, or maybe watch someone taste-test all the Gatorade flavors. But going…
Ride-hailing giant Lyft will start displaying ads in-app, as well as via in-car tablets, rooftops and bikeshare stations.
“Lyft has a captive audience throughout their entire ride journey – waiting for their car, matching with their dri…
Fizz, a burgeoning social network established by two Stanford dropouts, captured the attention and interest of Stanford University students early on with its approach to anonymity and engagement. Now the two-year-old platform is gaining tr…
Elon Musk–owned social network X, formerly Twitter, said late Thursday that it is lowering requirements for its creator payout program. The company said that the creators who have garnered 5 million impressions in the last three months wil…
Does a photo still remain a photo when you add a music track to it? Hard to tell. Instagram said today that it will allow users to add music to their photo carousels in order to let them show off their musical taste.
The company has par…
Last year my partner and I thought it would be funny to send Christmas cards designed by artificial intelligence (AI).
So we went to one of the AI-powered websites that create pictures from a text description. We asked it to…
Following news stories in the past few days, it's understandable you might be concerned about your data.
The UK's elections watchdog revealed on Tuesday it had been the victim of a "complex cyber-attack" potentially affectin…
Google is officially adding a translation option for Gmail mobile users, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. If you've been using a web-based translation tool to convert Gmail messages on your phone, you'll soon be able to conve…
Galaxy Z Flip 5
The Galaxy Z Flip 5's biggest new feature is its cover screen, which now measures 3.4 inches compared to the Z Flip 4's 1.9-inch external display.
Galaxy Z Flip 5
The cover screen ca…
PS5 systems are melting USB ports during extended gameplay sessions, according to a report from Kotaku on Monday.
The issue was noticed this past weekend at Evolution in Las Vegas, the world's largest fighting games tournament. P…
Electronic signature has become table stakes for companies involved in document storage and management. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Google announced an open beta of its new-ish eSignature capability in Google Workspace today. T…
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