Technology

Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, has been chosen to join the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council, according to a press release from the continent's top payments technology provider, Flutterwave. The CEO Council, which…

Chinese authorities have reported that a scammer utilised artificial intelligence (AI) to convince a businessman to part with millions of yuan by pretending to be his trusted friend. Last month, the victim, who goes by Guo, had a…

Twitter has hired Linda Yaccarino, the former chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, as its new CEO. Yaccarino will take over from interim CEO Parag Agrawal, who was promoted to the role after Jack Dorsey…

Following this week's tease by CEO Elon Musk, Twitter may finally introduce encrypted communications on Wednesday. Read Also: Mamman: Former Power Minister Arrested By EFCC In Connection To N22bn Fraud The most recent Twitter mobile…

Google stated on Wednesday that it would soon begin putting a blue checkmark next to specific senders' names in Gmail to confirm their legitimacy. Companies that have opted-in to Gmail's current Brand Indicators for Message…

Waving your hand to pay after shopping at a store, or simply placing your mobile phone on the checkout counter could seem strange - at least to a number of people in Nigeria. But it is possible and in fact, already standard practice in…

A British computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI” has quit Google and expressed regret over parts of his life’s work as he fears that the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to killer robots that are smarter than…

Several stories surfaced this week stating that Zagadat Capital, the investment company run by Nigerian businessman and musician Ajibade Oluwatosin, better known by his stage as Mr Eazi, had obtained a windfall as a result of the sale…

The absence of cross-device texting has always been a hindrance for WhatsApp. The option to send and receive synchronised messages across various devices is now being rolled out by the messaging app. There has been much speculation…

Prosperity for the continent was a key component of the crypto promise for Africa. That assurance was kept. The peer-to-peer lending marketplace Paxful asserted that its research revealed that by 2021, Africa was leading "global…

Celebrities and owners of high-profile Twitter accounts have insisted they will not pay for the blue verified check marks that have reappeared on their profiles. Many public figures have distanced themselves from verification on…

The fact that the platform is now alerting all advertisers that they must sign up to either Twitter Blue or Verification for Organisations in order to continue running advertisements in the app suggests that Elon Musk will aim to…

One of the few remaining relics from the time before Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter, the legacy blue checkmarks, appear to have been officially retired. The free blue checks Twitter provided to journalists, celebrities, and…

A new round of layoffs has begun at Meta (previously Facebook), and employees with technical expertise are receiving severance messages from all across the world. Several Meta employees posted their ordeal on LinkedIn, claiming they…

In July 2021, Facebook agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of users who claimed that the social media giant had violated their privacy rights. The lawsuit alleged that Facebook's use of…