2024 is on its way to being the hottest year ever - Engadget
5 hidden Samsung smart TV features you should be using - Pocket Lint
5 reasons I bought the Apple Watch Ultra 2 instead of the Series 10 - Pocket Lint
A look at the EU's common charging regulations, which come into force on Dec. 28 and cover USB-C ports, fast charging, unbundling of charging bricks, and more (Callum Booth/The Verge) - Techmeme
A profile of Tron founder Justin Sun, who wants to be the "Elon Musk of the crypto world" and advises the Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
After three-year delay, Mafab will launch 5G services in 2025 - Techcabal
Air Peace denies reports of plane crash in Western Sahara - Tribune
Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs - Techcrunch
Bill Requiring US Agencies To Share Custom Source Code With Each Other Becomes Law - Slashdot
Bluesky Adds Trending Topics - Slashdot
Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information) - Techmeme
C-suite Goes Gig as Demand For Fractional Work Rises - Slashdot
DeepSeek-V3 sometimes identifies itself as ChatGPT when asked which model it is; some speculate that its training datasets may contain text generated by ChatGPT (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Don't start watching your new TV without doing this first - Pocket Lint
Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok ban - Engadget
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law (Todd Spangler/Variety) - Techmeme
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December (Reuters) - Techmeme
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to "pursue a political resolution" of the dispute (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Hackers Hijack a Wide Range of Companies' Chrome Extensions - Slashdot
Hertz Continues EV Purge - Slashdot
How to customize notification settings on Apple Watch Series 10 - Pocket Lint
How to start a podcast on Spotify - Pocket Lint
I might never go back to YouTube TV after trying out Fubo - Pocket Lint
New Law Requiring Businesses To Report Who Owns Them Is Put on Hold Again - Slashdot
Nonprofit group joins Elon Musk's effort to block OpenAI's for-profit transition - Techcrunch
Older Music Has Been Getting a Second Life On TikTok, Data Shows - Slashdot
OpenAI is tripling the size of its DC policy team to 12 and beefing up its lobbying as it tries to promote a sweeping plan for cheaper energy to data centers (Mohar Chatterjee/Politico) - Techmeme
Patricia Technologies continues repayment to customers - Technext
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas (Angrej Singh/Axios) - Techmeme
South Korean Crypto-Boss Do Kwon To Be Extradited To US - Slashdot
Starlink increases monthly subscription cost to N75,000 from January 27 - Technext
Starlink raises prices again to '75,000 days after NCC signals intention to approve tariff hike - Techcabal
Taxi Drivers Offer a Clue to Lowering Alzheimer's Risk - Slashdot
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will face fraud charges in the US - Techcrunch
The FTC's Microsoft antitrust probe reportedly focuses on software bundling - Engadget
The most popular payment methods on Nigeria 2024: Everyone does transfers - Techcabal
The trends that shaped EVs, robotaxis, and electric flight in 2024 - Techcrunch
The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is "less than 100" (Greg Otto/CyberScoop) - Techmeme
These 5 apps are my secret to a better Windows 11 experience - Pocket Lint
Valve Makes More Money Per Employee Than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix Combined - Slashdot
Why Do We Live at 10bits/s - Slashdot
Xbox Cloud Gaming has had trouble loading games for the last 24 hours - Engadget
17 Best Smart Home Lighting (2024): Decorative Panels, LED Strips, and Ambient Lamps - Wired
4 fun gimmicks I'd like to see on more smartphones - Pocket Lint
4 reasons to buy an LG TV over a Samsung TV - Pocket Lint
5 PlayStation 5 games you must play - Pocket Lint
5 Ways to do Permanently Deleted Photos Recovery from Android - Itnewsafrica
A Fake Nintendo Lawyer is Scaring YouTubers - Slashdot
A fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it's not clear YouTube can stop him - The Verge
A four-pack of Apple AirTags is on sale for a record low of $70 - Engadget
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
A weird Windows 11 bug won't let some people install any security updates - The Verge
A2P messaging:Why NCC designs new licensing framework for ecosystem - Vanguard
Advantest CEO Doug Lefever, whose company is the largest provider of chip testing machines, on AI chip demand, China, and more; Advantest's stock is up 95%+ YTD (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Africa loses $1.6bn daily to illegal cross-border financial flows ' AfDB - Technext
AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary - Techcrunch
Apache MINA CVE-2024-52046: CVSS 10.0 Flaw Enables RCE via Unsafe Serialization - Hackers News
Apple just dropped the first eight minutes of Severance season two - Engadget
Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier - Techcrunch
Best prediction site for Africans: Accurate tips for every bettor - Techpoint
Bluesky unveils new trending topics feature in search - Innovation Village
Boom in US Retail Real Estate Defies Prediction of Ecommerce Apocalypse - Slashdot
ChatGPT access has recovered after an outage Thursday afternoon - The Verge
ChatGPT and Sora are down - Innovation Village
ChatGPT and Sora experienced their second outage this month - Innovation Village
ChatGPT and Sora went down for the second time this month - Techcrunch
ChatGPT Search can be tricked into misleading users, new research reveals - Techcrunch
Chinese Firm Trains Massive AI Model for Just $5.5 Million - Slashdot
Chinese Hackers Breach Ninth US Telecoms Group in Espionage Campaign - Slashdot
Cloud Atlas Deploys VBCloud Malware: Over 80% of Targets Found in Russia - Hackers News
Cyber-attack: Patricia begins customer compensation over 2022 breaches - Vanguard
Cyberhaven says it was hacked to publish a malicious update to its Chrome extension - Techcrunch
DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V3, an open-source MoE model of 671B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top models like GPT-4o (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat) - Techmeme
DeepSeek's new AI model appears to be one of the best 'open' challengers yet - Techcrunch
Elon Musk's 'social experiment on humanity': How X evolved in 2024 - BBC
Everything Nigerians Need to Know About Temu - Innovation Village
FICORA and Kaiten Botnets Exploit Old D-Link Vulnerabilities for Global Attacks - Hackers News
Geoffrey Hinton Says There is 10-20% Chance AI Will Lead To Human Extinction in 30 Years - Slashdot
Here's how many people tuned into Netflix's Christmas Day NFL games - The Verge
Hertz is asking EV renters if they want to keep it, permanently - The Verge
How Do I Know I'm Experiencing Burnout - Innovation Village
How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black - Wired
How Hermplifys AI tools positions African women entrepreneurs, tech-savvy girls - Vanguard
How Stablecoins Are Quietly Dismantling the Payment Monopoly - Itnewsafrica
How to Build a Personal Brand Online in Tech - Innovation Village
How to Build a Remote Work Culture in Your African Startup - Innovation Village
How to register a patent in the UK: Steps, renewal, and costs - Techpoint
How to transfer old files to a new iPhone - Pocket Lint
How to use chatGPT on your iPhone - Engadget
How to use Visual Intelligence, Apple's take on Google Lens - Engadget
I love the Pixel 9 Pro, but I have 5 reasons why I'll be waiting for next year's model - Pocket Lint
In 2024, using social media felt worse than ever - Engadget
Japan's Megabank MUFG Suffers Online Banking Glitch, Hints At Cyberattack - Slashdot
John Kanellakos' 5 favorite things of 2024 - Pocket Lint
Jumia vs Temu: Which is the Better Marketplace For Nigerians - Innovation Village
LG mounts planters on a lamp for apartment growing - Techcrunch
Lyft says San Francisco overcharged it $100M in taxes - Techcrunch
Mafab Communications to launch 5G services by end of Q1 2025 - Innovation Village
Mastercard Finalizes Acquisition of Recorded Future - Itnewsafrica
Memecoin MIRA, created to fund research into a brain tumor affecting tech CEO Siqi Chen's daughter, hit an $80M market cap before falling as Chen began selling (Zack Abrams/The Block) - Techmeme
Meta Envisages Social Media Filled With AI-Generated Users - Slashdot