Spotify has launched a beta feature that lets AI agents generate personal, private podcasts and save them directly to a user’s Spotify library. The move puts the streaming platform in the middle of a growing habit where people use tools like OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, and OpenClaw to turn their notes, schedules, and research […]
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YouTube is rethinking what a search bar can do. The platform has begun testing a conversational AI search tool that moves well beyond returning a ranked list of videos, offering users something closer to a guided experience built around their actual intent. The feature, accessible via a prompt in the search bar labelled “Ask […]
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Ten days after an audacious space mission to the moon and back, the Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth, and the world will never quite look at the night sky the same way again. On April 1, 2026, three American astronauts and one Canadian launched into history from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, embarking on […]
At a sparsely filled 1,000-capacity hall at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) last October, Seye Bandele, co-founder and CEO of PaidHR, speaking to a student audience convened by the Junior Chamber International Nigeria, FUNAAB chapter, revealed one of his firm’s end goals. The startup founder noted that for all of PaidHR’s current strides […]
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Nigeria’s tech and digital economy is still in its formative phase, and growth at this stage needs all the right input it can garner. Live engagements — events, workshops, and conferences — are one of those critical inputs. An ecosystem still finding its footing needs its gatherings to do real work: they are where an […]
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For anyone deeply invested in the tech world, the biggest product releases of Q1 2026 do not appear particularly revolutionary at first glance. On the surface, mobile and computing devices have arrived with the kind of incremental improvements the industry has conditioned consumers to expect: better performance, refined design, and marginal gains in battery life […]
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Valentine’s Day has always been more about celebrating love, devotion, and meaningful social connection than the contemporary romantic consumerism ritual it has come to be reimagined as today. This year, while you are making big plans for the “for him” or “for her” packages as you should, it is also worth considering activities that genuinely […]
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Lyrics on YouTube Music, one of the streaming platform’s most basic features, has now been turned into a premium-exclusive perk. The previously free feature was introduced in 2020, but multiple reports say Google, the parent company of YouTube, has been testing the change since September 2024 with a limited number of users. There is […]
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There are hardly any moments aside from the Super Bowl when the incentives of advertisers and viewers are so closely aligned. This Sunday night, when the Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium for a rematch of the 2015 Super Bowl which the Patriots won, the advertisers will also be looking to […]
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When PayPal shut Nigerians out of its services some two decades ago, it cited high levels of fraudulent activity across Nigeria and parts of West and Central Africa as justification. What was initially communicated as a temporary measure while its systems were upgraded to detect criminal activity effectively became a long-term restriction. Individuals and businesses […]
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The sustainability and growth witnessed in Africa’s technology sector over the years have largely been fueled by venture capital investment. Capital raised through funding rounds from local and international venture firms has driven the scaling of many innovative startups across the continent. This remains the dominant model, but mergers and acquisitions are increasingly emerging as […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by Tigran Gambaryan, former Binance Head of Financial Crime Compliance in Nigeria, against the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over claims of unlawful detention in Nigeria. Gambaryan had sued the NSA and EFCC over alleged unlawful […]
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