
A new television station, Konga TV, is set to launch in Nigeria and is offering free adverts for sellers following a hike in prices by MultiChoce's DStv and GOtv.
A new television station, Konga TV, is set to launch in Nigeria and is offering free adverts for sellers following a hike in prices by MultiChoce's DStv and GOtv.
Filipino single mother Mary Ann Eduarte delayed chemotherapy for her breast cancer for several years and instead took food supplements falsely promoted on social media as cures for the deadly disease. Eduarte is one of many Filipinos duped by medical misinformation flooding the social media platforms where they rank among the world's heaviest users.
Nguyen Phuong Linh is among a crop of young electronics students crucial to Vietnam's ambitions to become a chips hub. Vietnam is currently producing just 500 qualified engineers per year, according to Nguyen Duc Minh, a professor of integrated circuit (IC) design who teaches Linh.
Artificial intelligence aficionados are betting that the technology will help solve humanity's biggest problems, from wars to global warming, but in practice, these may be unrealistic ambitions for now. Mostly what people are doing is they're trying to bring AI to bear on specific problems that they're already solving, but just want to be more efficient."
Despite massive internet outages caused by undersea cable damages, Globacom was not affected by the damage and has continued to operate normally.
The EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok and seven other platforms on the AI risks for upcoming elections in the 27-nation bloc, including from deepfakes.
Italy's competition authority on Thursday fined TikTok 10 million euros (nearly $11 million), saying the hugely popular video app had failed to sufficiently protect minors. The short-video app has soared in popularity worldwide, but its ownership by Chinese tech giant ByteDance -- and alleged subservience to Beijing's ruling Communist Party -- has fuelled concern in Western capitals.
Infinix, a trendy tech brand crafted for young consumers, is excited to announce the launch of its first self-developed power management Cheetah X1 chip.
China on Thursday slammed the approval of a US bill that would ban TikTok unless it severs ties with its Chinese parent company, blasting Washington's "bandit" mentality and vowing Beijing would "take all necessary measures" to protect the interests of its companies overseas.
A Nigerian payment company, Interswitch, has acquired telecommunications license from the Nigeria Communications Commission to begin telecom operations.
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