In a world where everything is going digital at a rapid pace, things like microchips and electronic signals have become the building blocks of our society, facilitating many essential aspects of everyday life.
Unifi, an African pioneer …
Plans by Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to withdraw its second case against African fintech giant Flutterwave have been shot down by the High Court, Kenya’s third highest court.
In August last year, the agency had frozen $3 millio…
Microsoft’s AI chatbot, Bing Chat, is coming to non-Microsoft browsers, the company confirmed today following various reports of the AI chatbot being spotted in other browsers like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari. The expansion will make …
Last year, global healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory surveyed more than 80 companies across four African countries for a report emphasizing the growth of startups digitizing the continent’s health supply chain and distribution and…
Spotify just reported its second-quarter earnings and the two most impressive metrics are the number of subscribers and the total number of Spotify users. There are currently 220 million people who pay for a Spotify subscription around the…
They say the worst part about a vacation is coming home. I only partially agree with that theory. I love sleeping in my own bed. and cuddling my cat, dogs, and bunny slightly compensates for not being in Belgium eating a waffle for breakfa…
Startups that look to improve an industry’s outdated infrastructure are definitely welcome in sectors like financial services and healthcare. But why would a company build infrastructure for an industry that seems to have hit its prime and…
Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend.
The music-streaming giant, which claims some 500 million users globally 40% of which are premium subscri…
Cryptocurrency mobile wallet Zengo has introduced a handful of new features combined with a new premium subscription called Zengo Pro that costs $20 per month. This new, optional subscription brings additional security features for users w…
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Your usual host Kirsten Korosec is still away, so you have me for one more week. Let’s jump in.
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Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. This move comes after Elon Musk announced the change over the weekend. The change is already live on the website.
Notably, Musk tweeted that x.com now also…
It appears that Netflix really does believe Formula 1 and pro golf are compatible. The streaming service confirmed yesterday that a live celebrity golf tournament is coming to Netflix in November, marking the first time the streamer explor…
Gotta catch ’em all! Catch all those Zs, that is.
Now available in the U.S., Pokémon Sleep is an app that “turns sleep into entertainment.” Thankfully, the app does not imbue your brain with sonic waves that make you dream of Hypno, a P…
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment technology known as Amazon One is prepared to make a significant expansion across the U.S. The retailer announced this morning the payment tech will come to all 500+ Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market stores nat…
Google is testing a tool that uses AI to write news stories and has started pitching it to publications, according to a new report from The New York Times. The tech giant has pitched the AI tool to The New York Times, The Washington Post a…
Instagram’s Threads’ time at the top of the App Store has come to an end, thanks to an AI photo editing app called Remini that’s going viral on TikTok. First launched in 2019, the app added a generative AI feature last year which TikTok us…
Update: The custom instructions option has reportedly disappeared for some users. We’re looking into it, but in the meantime don’t be surprised if the function isn’t available to you right now.
OpenAI just launched custom instructions f…
Twitter appears to be prepping a feature that allows verified organizations on the platform to post job listings on their profiles. The social media giant has also created an official @TwitterHiring account, but hasn’t tweeted anything fro…
Tiger Global, DST Global, Peak XV, Steadview Capital and Kotak Private Equity are among global and Indian investors that have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider India’s recently announced taxation on online gaming, saying the…
Singapore’s ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab has signed an agreement for its car rental unit Grab Rentals to acquire Trans-cab, the city-state’s third-largest taxi operator.
The deal, Grab’s first local competitor acquisition…
The list of mainstream Internet services that could shut down in the U.K. over security risks attached to government policymaking just got longer: The BBC is reporting Apple has threatened to shutter local access to its end-to-end encrypte…
A significant personnel change is afoot at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence juggernaut that has nearly single-handedly inserted the concept of generative AI into global public discourse with the launch of ChatGPT. Dave Willner, an indus…
Artificial Intelligence will lead to more jobs in the video game industry, one of the bodies representing games developers has told the BBC.
Dr Richard Wilson, boss of TIGA, says AI will "reduce the cost of making games and…
The Brazilian plane maker Embraer says a new factory will be built near Sao Paulo to produce electric flying taxis which it hopes will take to the skies from 2026.
The aircraft, to be made by its subsidiary Eve, will resembl…
World of Warcraft fans are claiming victory over AI after a gaming site published a false article based on their Reddit posts.
Members of the WoW subreddit suspected their words were being extracted and used to create news s…
Singaporean actress, model and former radio DJ Jamie Yeo has no problem with being deepfaked. In fact, she signed up for it.
"It's a bit like that Black Mirror episode with Salma Hayek," Ms Yeo jokes.
She was spea…
Streaming giant Netflix has announced its decision to end password sharing in India - a country in which it has millions of subscribers.
It has said that Netflix accounts were meant to be used only by people living in a sing…
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says the electric carmaker could continue to cut prices as the world economy is in "turbulent times".
The multi-billionaire's comments came after the company reported that its profit margins h…
A global group of AI experts and data scientists has released a new voluntary framework for developing artificial intelligence products safely.
The World Ethical Data Foundation has 25,000 members including staff working at …
WhatsApp, the Meta-owned ubiquitous messaging app, was inaccessible to many users around the globe due to a “major disruption” earlier Wednesday. Tens of thousands of users reported issues sending and receiving messages on the social app, …
Samsung’s never been great with a secret. At some point the company leaned into the unceasing deluge of leaks by teasing out its big products ahead of launch. Since then, blog posts by mobile head TM Roh have become a tradition.
The lat…
The generative AI landscape grows larger by the day.
Today, Meta announced a new family of AI models, Llama 2, designed to drive apps such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Bing Chat and other modern chatbots. Trained on a mix of publicly available …
Google is experimenting with a generative AI feature to create new backgrounds for Google Meet calls. This new test lets people type in a prompt to generate a background for the call.
The feature, which was first posted by Artem Russako…
After about two and a half years as CEO, Ami Gan is leaving OnlyFans. Chief strategy and operations officer Keily Blair will take over as CEO.
“Spending nearly 3 years at OnlyFans while it echoed throughout the cultural zeitgeist, has b…
Bing Chat, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot experience, is heading to the enterprise.
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft unveiled Bing Chat Enterprise, a version of Bing Chat with business-focused data privacy and governance cont…
Tesla’s latest move is a new feature for folks who’ve seriously bought into its ecosystem.
Tesla drivers with home solar and a Powerwall charger now have an in-app option to exclusively charge up their vehicle via excess solar energy.
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In recent weeks, the U.K. government has been trying to cultivate an image of itself as an international mover and shaker in the nascent field of AI safety — dropping a flashy announcement of an upcoming summit on the topic last month, alo…
The Biden administration has launched its long-awaited Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity labeling program that aims to protect Americans against the myriad of security risks associated with internet-connected devices.
The program, …
Glassdoor, the platform known for anonymous salary and workplace reviews, is now introducing Blind-like community features for anonymous posting to fuel user growth. The company is leveraging its Fishbowl acquisition made in 2021 to port o…
Bluesky’s moderation woes continue as users threaten to leave the site in protest of its failure to flag slurs in account usernames.
Many users — particularly Black users — are frustrated that Bluesky hasn’t apologized for allowing raci…
No one, including the top leadership at Meta, expected Threads to be such a runaway, early success, having now amassed more than 110 million sign-ups in just over a week.
At the opening of Meta’s internal Q&A for employees yeste…
The world of cryptocurrency has often been criticized for being exclusive, catering primarily to speculators and crypto-savvy individuals. Despite this, many advocates believe that the underlying decentralized technology has the potential …
Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony and Microsoft have agreed to a “binding …
Meta has been temporarily banned from running behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram in Norway — unless it obtains users’ consent to the processing.
The urgent order of provisional measures on Meta’s business, which has been m…
Tesla over the weekend said its first much anticipated Cybertruck came off the electric vehicle maker’s production line in Texas. The debut of the long-delayed, futuristic-looking pickup truck comes in the lead up to Tesla’s second quarter…
Canon Inc. (www.Canon-CNA.com) announced that the company has reached two major production milestones – a cumulative total of 110 million[1] EOS Series interchangeable-lens cameras in March and 160 million[2] RF/EF series interchangeable l…
Stability AI, the startup behind the image-generating model Stable Diffusion, is launching a new service that turns sketches into images.
The sketch-to-image service, Stable Doodle, leverages the latest Stable Diffusion model to analy…
Ford is on a quest to ensure that its drivers keep their hands off the wheel for as long as possible. Drivers who own BlueCruise-equipped cars, anyway.
Today, the company is announcing BlueCruise 1.3, dropping just a few months after …
As the use cases of generative AI see explosive adaption, China has taken a leading role in defining how the rapidly changing technology should be used, including a licensing regime for service providers.
On Thursday, China’s top cybers…
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