A government source says Japan's FTC raided Amazon Japan on November 26 suspecting it's inappropriately urging its sellers to lower their prices on its platform (Reuters) - Techmeme
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 (Casey Newton/Platformer) - Techmeme
A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers (Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
A US judge sets an April 14 trial date for an FTC lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleging that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws (Jody Godoy/Reuters) - Techmeme
AI helps India's Meesho cut customer call costs by 75% - Techcrunch
Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy'but It's Not All Bad - Wired
Another star athlete is making his way into venture capital - Techcrunch
Apple Snubs AI in Its 'iPhone App of the Year' Finalists - Slashdot
ATM Safety 101: Dos & Don'ts for the Holiday Season - Itnewsafrica
Best Black Friday Deals on Outdoor Gear (2024) - Wired
Best Health Tech Solutions for Africa: Revolutionising Healthcare Access and Quality - Innovation Village
Biolevate's raises '6M to helps medical writers keep up with the pace of new drugs - Techcrunch
Black Friday speaker deals for 2024: Save up to 55 percent off JBL, Marshall, Sonos, Echo and more - Engadget
Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer other in-app payment processing options (Reuters) - Techmeme
Cambridge materials science spin-out Molyon is on a mission to make next-gen batteries fly - Techcrunch
Car marketplace, Sylndr, secures $7.5 million facility to transform Egypt's Automotive Market - Innovation Village
Chat GPT vs Google Gemini. Which is the Better AI - Innovation Village
Check Point Introduces AI-Powered Network Security Innovations to Enhance Threat Prevention. - Itnewsafrica
CISA Urges Agencies to Patch Critical "Array Networks" Flaw Amid Active Attacks - Hackers News
Clonazepam challenge: Venezuela summons TikTok over the death of minors - Technext
Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational - Wired
COP29 Agreement Says Someone Should Pay to Help Developing Countries, but Not Who - Wired
Corona Management Systems Launches AI tool to Strengthen Public Health Policymaking and Research in Africa - Itnewsafrica
Cradle builds out its protein-design AI platform (and wet lab) with $73M in new funding - Techcrunch
Crypto Miners In Texas' ERCOT Region Required To Register, Report Power Demand - Slashdot
Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova may have changed her appearance, new documentary suggests - Technext
Does Cloud Gaming on PlayStation Portal Mark the End for Consoles - Wired
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake (Bill Donahue/Billboard) - Techmeme
Earth's 'Mini Moon' May Have Been a Chunk of Our Actual Moon - Slashdot
EFCC amends $35.4 million money laundering case against Binance - Technext
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop "lazy linking" (David Gilmour/Mediaite) - Techmeme
Embrace the Shift to 'Prosocial Media - Wired
Emerging Market Telecom Operator Expands Reach with 5G Networks in Benin & DRC - Itnewsafrica
EV charging platform Ampeco raise $26M Series B, as demand for charging soars - Techcrunch
Exploring exotic pairs: Octa broker's guide to high-risk trades - Technext
Gladiator II should have been been a better movie - Pocket Lint
Google Developer Program gains new features, but you'll have to pay for them - Techcrunch
Google proposes Search tweaks in Europe to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) - Techmeme
Google to test plain 'blue link' results for hotel searches in EU markets in latest DMA twist - Techcrunch
Google's iOS App Now Injects Links On Third-Party Websites That Go Back To Search - Slashdot
Here's why ServiceTitan was on the clock to go public - Techcrunch
How to Transition from Traditional to Smart Farming in Nigeria - Innovation Village
How to Use Threads for your African Businesses 2024 - Innovation Village
How to watch live sports on Tubi - Pocket Lint
Huawei unveils the $760+ Mate 70 series, powered by its HarmonyOS Next, calling the flagship device the "smartest" Mate phone, as it faces US chip curbs (New York Times) - Techmeme
Ikeja DisCo emerges most-efficient in September as DisCos struggle with revenue collection - Technext
IMAX embraces AI to expand original content reach - Techcrunch
Indonesia Says Apple's $100 Million Investment Proposal Inadequate - Slashdot
Instagram enhances DM features with live location sharing, nicknames, and over 300 new stickers - Innovation Village
Intel and Biden Administration finalize $7.86B deal to fund domestic chip manufacturing - Techcrunch
It's Time to Make the Internet Safer for Kids - Wired
Kenya proposes new law to hold outsourcing firms liable for employee claims - Techcabal
Kenyan energy startup Hydrobox secures $9 million in debt funding for eight hydro projects - Innovation Village
LLM Siri Postponed Till 2026 - TechCity
Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for new Trump committees - Techcrunch
Mass Effect creator's new studio is shutting down after three years - Engadget
Mawingu raises $15 million | Acquires Tanzanian ISP Habari - TechMoran
Mawingu Secures $15m to Expand into Tanzania with Acquisition of Habari ISP - Innovation Village
Meta Ray-Ban 2024 review: Meta AI becomes an integral tool - Pocket Lint
19 Innovators Chosen for Second AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship Programme - Innovation Village
5 Best Personal Safety Alarms (2024), Tested and Reviewed - Wired
5 reasons to get a Whoop band over a smartwatch - Pocket Lint
6 legit crypto mining apps for Android and iPhone - Techpoint
7 Best Ski Gloves and Mittens, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024) - Wired
A bitcoin strategic reserve is a resilience strategy for the "hodlers", not the US state, as a bet on bitcoin is bullish on permanent institutional collapse (Brendan Greeley/Financial Times) - Techmeme
A look at the rise of super clusters that use ~100K of Nvidia's GPUs for training giant AI models and the new engineering challenges arising from such clusters (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
A look at the shortcomings of Google's Tensor SoC for Pixel devices, with four generations failing to impress in key performance and power efficiency metrics (Robert Triggs/Android Authority) - Techmeme
A profile of Chris Maurice, the CEO of US stablecoin startup Yellow Card, which operates in 20 African countries and has traded $3B+ worth of crypto in 2024 (David Pan/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
A skeptical look at the new AI scaling "laws", including post-train duration and "inference time compute", and why they may fail to predict AI model performance (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI) - Techmeme
Abojani Calls For Innovative Financial Products for Long-Term Investments - TechMoran
AfriLabs and NASENI partner to launch innovation hub for Nigerian tech entrepreneurs - Innovation Village
AI's Future and Nvidia's Fortunes Ride on the Race To Pack More Chips Into One Place - Slashdot
Airbnb plans to let tenants in nearly 1,500 flats owned by Greystar in London to sublet homes on a part-time basis, expanding on a 2022 Greystar partnership (Eri Sugiura/Financial Times) - Techmeme
Airtel Nigeria Partners with Mobihealth to Expand Healthcare Access in Nigeria - Innovation Village
Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Anthropic proposes a new way to connect data to AI chatbots - Techcrunch
Appcharge raises $26M to help gaming apps cut out Apple and Google from virtual goods revenues - Techcrunch
Apple again snubs AI in its 'iPhone App of the Year' finalists - Techcrunch
Apple Pay, Cash App Face Bank-Like Regulations - TechCity
Apple will never stop thinking about making a TV - Techcrunch
Apple's Upcoming Ultra-Slim iPhone Hits Roadblock Over SIM Tray Rules - Slashdot
Applications now open for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship - Innovation Village
ariika secures $3 million Series A extension to fuel MENA expansion - Techpoint
Ariika, Egypts furniture e-commerce platform raises $3 million for expansion - TechMoran
Austin-based anti-ransomware startup Halcyon raised $100M at a $1B valuation led by Evolution Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to date to $190M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Authorities catch 'SMS blaster' gang that drove around Bangkok sending thousands of phishing messages - Techcrunch
Bending Spoons is taking video platform Brightcove private in $233M acquisition - Techcrunch
Benin steps into the 5G era with MTNs commercial launch - Techpoint
Best Ways for African Tech Startups to Utilize ChatGPT - Innovation Village
Binance Faces Updated Charges in EFCC's $35.4 Million Money Laundering Case - Innovation Village
Black Friday Apple deals include the AirPods Pro 2 for a record low of $154 - Engadget
Black Friday Apple deals include the M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM for an all-time-low price - Engadget
Black Friday Apple deals: The best sales we could find on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks and AirTags - Engadget
Black Friday Apple Watch deals: The Watch SE is discounted to a record-low price - Engadget
Black Friday deals bring the Fire TV Stick 4K Max down to a record low of $33 on Amazon - Engadget
Black Friday Google deals: The Pixel 8a is on sale for an all-time low of $399 - Engadget
Black Friday kitchen deals on gadgets, appliances, cookware and more: The best discounts are up to 44 percent off - Engadget
Black Friday TV deals for 2024: Save big on sets from Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense and more - Engadget
Bluesky falling foul of EU rules by not reporting user numbers across the bloc - Techcrunch
California will offer EV rebates if Trump kills federal tax credits - Techcrunch
ChatGPT Prompts to Get You Through University Exams - Innovation Village
Cisco Expands Innovation Network with New EDGE Centre in Johannesburg - Itnewsafrica
Coding Boot Gamp Graduates Find Tough Prospects In an AI-Powered World - Slashdot
Corning offers bundle of commitments in bid to settle EU antitrust probe - Techcrunch
Craigslist Founder Gives $300M to Fund Critical US Infrastructure Cybersecurity - Slashdot
Cybersecurity Blind Spots in IaC and PaC Tools Expose Cloud Platforms to New Attacks - Hackers News
Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles - Wired
Dyson Black Friday deals include the 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum for $200 off - Engadget
Egypt used car e-commerce startup Sylndr gets $7.5 million capital financing - Technext
Entrepreneur Marc Lore on 'founder mode,' bad hires, and why avoiding risk is deadly - Techcrunch
FAAN boss commended for vision in boosting aviation hospitality sector - Tribune
Flamewar Leads to Declining of Bcachefs Pull Requests During Linux 6.13 Kernel Development Cycle - Slashdot
Flying Under the Radar - Security Evasion Techniques - Hackers News
Google's New Restore Credentials Tool Simplifies App Login After Android Migration - Hackers News
How PrimeTech Digital Africa is disrupting Nigeria's training sector with AI-driven tools - Technext
How to deactivate an Instagram account - Pocket Lint
How to lock your iPad screen - Pocket Lint
I hate office politics even though it favours me - Techpoint