Eight days after replacing Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, John Ternus would hold his first product keynote as Apple’s CEO at the Surprise and Shine event on September 9, where Apple announced a slew of new hardware and software, headlined by the foldable iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 series and a new crop of Apple […]
Like a bolt out of the blue, US-based ride-hailing company Uber effectively shut down its operations in Nigeria on Wednesday, September 2, bringing an end to a 12-year run in the country. It was part of a larger restructuring decision that reduced its global workforce by 10%, even as the ride-hailing giant exited Uganda […]
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For much of 2026 so far, Nigerians have had plenty of reasons to turn to Google. There were sports milestones to celebrate and heartbreaks to mourn, a global conflict with consequences at the fuel pump, celebrity scandals that piqued curiosity like no other, deaths that shook the entertainment industry and many more. Newly […]
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Humanity has competed with itself for centuries, from the race to industrialise to the race into space. But few technological contests have moved as quickly, or carried as many questions about our future, as the one now unfolding around artificial intelligence. The world’s frontier AI labs are pouring billions of dollars, enormous computing power and […]
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YouTube is raising the bar for creators who want to earn money from ads and subscriptions. Starting February 1, 2027, creators hoping to join the YouTube Partner Program will need 1,000 subscribers and either 8,000 hours of qualified watch time in the previous 12 months or 20 million qualified Shorts views within 90 days. […]
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Africa’s tech ecosystem raised $1.44 billion in the first half of 2026, according to a new report from TechCabal Insights. This marks a modest 1.4% increase from the $1.42 billion recorded in H1 2025. But beyond the number, the broader picture points to an ecosystem that is stabilising in value and contracting in participation. […]
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Nigeria has overtaken Egypt and Kenya to become the highest-ranked African country in a major new assessment of how nations handle artificial intelligence responsibly. The country’s 42-place jump globally, from 80th two years ago to 38th now, comes from the Global Index on Responsible AI, compiled by the Cape Town-based Global Centre on AI […]
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If you’re an average X user with considerable engagement with writers, media organisations, creators and influencers, you will have seen them: full-fledged articles, with embedded media, subheading formats, hyperlinked text, and everything else that makes up a traditional article or blog post. The only difference is that these articles are siloed on X, the social […]
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Ultimately, nothing compares to the knockout stage of any football tournament. While the group stage is usually no walk in the park, by any means, as the 2026 World Cup proved across the United States, Canada and Mexico, the commencement of the Round of 32 this week has brought the usual tale of end-to-end contests […]
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As one might expect in a World Cup tournament featuring 48 nations, a 50 per cent increase from its last edition, the infrastructure required to stage it — from the action on the pitch to the technical operations, officiating, and production — would also be at an unprecedented level. In that regard, the role of […]
The Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, has hosted Google I/O for most of the last two decades. The annual developer conference, so coined from the computing term “Input/Output,” has long served as a window into Google’s ambitions. This year’s edition, held from May 20 to May 21, was no different, especially consequential because it […]
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Netflix hasn’t had the best of fortunes with its gaming ambitions, but the streaming giant has remained persistent, and right now, that persistence finally appears to be heading somewhere meaningful for the first time since it fully embraced gaming in 2021. Per The Verge’s account, Netflix first dabbled in games through interactive titles such […]
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