11 interesting things about the Cybercrime Act - Techpoint
8 game-changing Galaxy Buds 2 features, tips, and tricks - Pocket Lint
9 Best Sex Toy Deals for Masturbation May: Suction Toys, Vibrators, and More - Wired
A free PS1 emulator for iPhone is burning up the App Store charts - Engadget
A look at 01.AI, which is launching Wanzhi, a free generative AI assistant focused on the Chinese market; CEO Kai-Fu Lee says 01.AI is nearing profitability (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
A look at how Elon Musk uses X to support right-wing world leaders like Narendra Modi who could help secure advantages for his businesses (New York Times) - Techmeme
A look at the growing number of startups offering AI deepfake detection services, with some claiming startling levels of accuracy despite untested capabilities (Washington Post) - Techmeme
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018 (Melissa Korn/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute releases Falcon 2 11B, an open-source LLM to compete with Llama and Gemini that supports five European languages (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Africa startup funding drops 47% - Technext
AFSUG Introduces Exclusive Career Connect Portal for Members - Itnewsafrica
Amazon workers become the first to unionize at one of the company's Canadian warehouses - Engadget
An Australian judge refuses the eSafety commissioner's request to extend an order for X to hide a video of a religious leader's stabbing, without giving reasons (Stuart Condie/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico - Techcrunch
Apple and Google agree on standard to alert people when unknown Bluetooth devices may be tracking them - Techcrunch
Apple and Google roll out a cross-platform feature to tackle unwanted Bluetooth trackers - Engadget
Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform detection of unwanted tracking devices, EU app downloads from websites, Apple News+ features like offline mode, more (Juli Clover/MacRumors) - Techmeme
Apple Store workers in Maryland have voted to authorize a strike - Engadget
Apple's 10th-gen iPad hits a new low of $334 - Engadget
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control (Andy Greenberg/Wired) - Techmeme
As VC firms pivot to investing in startups developing defense tech for the US and its allies, some of their business ties with China still linger (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Australia Criticized For Ramping Up Gas Extraction Through '2050 and Beyond - Slashdot
Avanti and Q-KON Partner to Offer LEO Satellite Connectivity - Itnewsafrica
Black Basta Ransomware Strikes 500+ Entities Across North America, Europe, and Australia - Hackers News
Bolt Introduces Flood Assist Category on its App, Donates 10M to Kenya RedCross - TechMoran
Booking latest to fall under EU market power rules - Techcrunch
Brad Smith says Microsoft will invest 4B in France, much of the investment would focus on AI, and Microsoft would set up a data center in Mulhouse, France (Sudip Kar-Gupta/Reuters) - Techmeme
Buymeacoffee's founder has built an AI-powered voice note app - Techcrunch
CAC opens a centre for PoS agents in Abuja for bulk registration and enquiries - Techpoint
Christie's confirms eight auctions will proceed this week after a "technology security issue" on May 9 knocked its website offline, the second breach in a year (Zachary Small/New York Times) - Techmeme
Cisco Appoints Vice President - Itnewsafrica
CNF wants FG to reverse 'controversial' Cybersecurity Levy - Technology Times
CNG vehicles: Finance Minister, Wale Edun assures of delivery during visit to JET Motor Company assembly plant - Technext
Commvault's SHIFT Roadshow Cloud Deliverables: SA Edition - Itnewsafrica
e-Hailing task force members are not touts- AUATON clarifies position of its enforcement body - Technext
FG opens hackathon for 3MTT fellows to solve Nigeria's 'pressing problems - Technology Times
Flutterwave, Travelwings partner to ease travel bookings - Technology Times
Fresh subsea cable cut causes major internet disruptions in Southern Africa and Kenya - Technext
Generative AI Doesn't Make Hardware Less Hard - Wired
Ghana to become first blockchain-powered government in Africa - Techpoint
Glint secures first close of its second venture fund to help Egyptian startups scale - Techpoint
GM's Cruise ramps up robotaxi testing in Phoenix - Techcrunch
Google Bringing Project Starline's 'Magic Window' Experience To Real Video Calls - Slashdot
Google I/O 2024: How to watch - Techcrunch
Google I/O 2024: What to expect - Techcrunch
Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and genAI products to Indian businesses - Techcrunch
Google Pixel 8a review: 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels (Sam Rutherford/Engadget) - Techmeme
Google Pixel 8a review: The best midrange Android phone gets flagship AI features - Engadget
Google Pixel 8A Review: The Best Smartphone - Wired
Google says Project Starline, its 3D video conferencing platform first unveiled at 2021's Google I/O, will ship in 2025 with HP as a launch partner (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Google teases new camera-powered AI feature one day ahead of I/O - Engadget
Google's 3D video conferencing platform, Project Starline, is coming in 2025 with help from HP - Techcrunch
Google's Project Starline video conferencing tech is coming to offices - Engadget
Got that boomer!': How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts - Techcrunch
Healthy growth helps B2B food e-commerce startup Pepper nab $30 million led by ICONIQ Growth - Techcrunch
How GPS warfare is affecting civilian populations; an analysis finds ~40M people lived in areas with unreliable GPS for at least half of the past six months (Financial Times) - Techmeme
How Microsoft Employees Pressured the Company Over Its Oil Industry Ties - Slashdot
How to force Chrome to show sites in dark mode - Pocket Lint
How to hide your Instagram online status and last active time - Pocket Lint
10 best games for Xbox Series X and Series S in 2024 - Pocket Lint
18 days after incident, NCAA commences audit of Dana Air - Tribune
5 reasons to buy a Sony TV over a Samsung TV - Pocket Lint
6 tricks for making your TV screen seem brighter - Pocket Lint
A look at professor-led crypto projects EigenLayer and Babylon, which seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies, as "professor coins" spur investor interest (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
A look at the potential successors to Apple's top executives across all of the company's major divisions (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing - Techcrunch
Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud credits made up ~50% of Alibaba's $800M investment in Moonshot AI (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the 'landfill economy - Techcrunch
Amazon Photos: How the Google Photos alternative works - Pocket Lint
AMD Core Performance Boost For Linux Getting Per-CPU Core Controls - Slashdot
An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by Mercedes - Wired
Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Costly and Unviable - Slashdot
Could Atomically Thin Layers Bring A 19x Energy Jump In Battery Capacitors - Slashdot
Could Stem Cells One Day Cure Diabetes - Slashdot
Cybersecurity Levy: President Tinubu weighs heavy 'political liability', mulls return to status quo - Technology Times
Engadget Podcast: Is the iPad Pro M4 overkill - Engadget
Entering Tech #65: How to become a data engineer - Techcabal
Extreme' geomagnetic storm may bless us with more aurora displays tonight and tomorrow - Engadget
Father of SQL Says Yes to NoSQL - Slashdot
Following attempts to malign Signal as insecure by Telegram's CEO and Elon Musk, a look at why Signal is widely regarded by experts as more secure than Telegram (Matthew Green/@matthew_d_green) - Techmeme
Former Boeing Quality Inspector Turns Whistleblower, Says Plane Parts Had Serious Defects - Slashdot
Gazelle Eclipse Review: A Luxury Dutch Electric Bike - Wired
Go on, let bots date other bots - Techcrunch
Google Employees Question Execs Over 'Decline in Morale' After Blowout Earnings - Slashdot
Google I/O 2024 will be all about AI again - The Verge
Hisense U8N TV Review: Loaded Package, Shades Required - Wired
How South Africa's ecosystem has stayed resilient during the funding downturn. - Techcabal
How to set up and use Apple Pay across your devices - Pocket Lint
How Trump is courting crypto traders, as GOP becomes increasingly friendly toward crypto while key Democrats remain at odds and SEC cracks down on the industry (Jasper Goodman/Politico) - Techmeme
iFixit's Pro Tech Toolkit is on sale for just $60 - The Verge
Is Dark Matter's Main Rival Theory Dead - Slashdot
Is social media worth paying for - BBC
JUST IN: Another aircraft skids off Lagos airport domestic runway - Tribune
Lightweight Dillo Browser Resurrected: TLS But No JavaScript - Slashdot
Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple's alleged refusal to fairly bargain; Short Hills NJ store workers vote against unionizing (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
NASA's Quest to Touch the Sun - Wired
Photographer Sets World Record for Fastest Drone Flight at 298 MPH - Slashdot
Pluto TV: Is the free TV streaming service any good - Pocket Lint
Pre-orders for Ghost of Tsushima on PC are being canceled in countries without PSN access - Engadget
Q&A with Oracle CEO Safra Catz on generative AI's risks and impact, providing cloud infrastructure to TikTok, the importance of workplace diversity, and more (Keiichi Murayama/Nikkei Asia) - Techmeme
Rad AI, which offers generative AI tools for radiology reporting, raised a $50M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $80M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Reading Has Hurt Me for Years. With a Tablet Holder, It Doesn't - Wired
Red Hat (and CIQ) Offer Extend Support for RHEL 7 (and CentOS 7) - Slashdot
RHEL (and Rocky and Alma Linux) 9.4 Released - Plus AI Offerings - Slashdot
South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok says the government is preparing a $7.3B+ support package for chip investments to win the "war" in the chip sector (Ju-min Park/Reuters) - Techmeme
Steam, Epic and GMG are canceling Ghost of Tsushima PC pre-orders in non-PSN countries - The Verge
The Best Sheets (2024): Linen, Percale, and Budget Bedding - Wired
The demand for AI tech to preserve, animate, and interact with lost loved ones is especially strong in China, where thousands have already paid to use such tech (Zeyi Yang/MIT Technology Review) - Techmeme
The geomagnetic storm is a nightmare for farmers relying on precision agriculture tech - Engadget
The People Who Won't Give Up Floppy Disks - Slashdot
The UK government's new AI safety body releases Inspect, an evaluation tool for AI model capabilities, including models' core knowledge and ability to reason (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
The World's Largest Vaccuum to Suck Climate Pollution From the Air Just Began Operating - Slashdot
U.K. agency releases tools to test AI model safety - Techcrunch
Why Apple's 'Crush' ad is so misguided - Techcrunch
Women in AI: Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation - Techcrunch
Workers at a Maryland Apple store authorize strike - Techcrunch