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Infotech Headlines Today
[Fri-22-Nov-2024]

Updated: 47 mins ago

49% of Nigerian startups founded in the last 10 years make less than '10 million in revenue - Techcabal

ABC Nigeria Announces Its 4th Annual Cyber Hackathon: Showcasing Africa's Top Cybersecurity Talents - Technext

Airweave Advanced Mattress Review: A Firm Feel With Extraordinary Airflow - Wired

American Airlines is deploying new tech to shame boarding line cutters - Techcrunch

Android's 'Restore Credentials' Feature Will Automatically Log You In To Your Apps On a New Phone - Slashdot

Apple is reportedly building a more conversational Siri powered by LLMs - Techcrunch

Apple Is Reportedly Building a More Conversational Siri Powered By LLMs - Slashdot

Apple's Black Friday 2024 deals: New iPhone and a side of gift card - Pocket Lint

Battery unicorn Northvolt files for bankruptcy, upending Europe's industrial plan - Techcrunch

Black Friday deals include reMarkable 2 bundles for $89 off - Engadget

Black Friday deals include the 4K Chromecast with Google TV for $40 - Engadget

Bluesky chief doesn't know age limit for platform - BBC

Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up questions to initial queries, bringing together capabilities of chat-first and search-first tools (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) - Techmeme

Chemists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti - Engadget

Does the Internet Route Around Damage - Slashdot

Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach - Slashdot

From zero to $10 billion annual transactions: How Jiji became one of Nigeria's e-commerce leaders - Techcabal

Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors - Techcrunch

Google doesn't care about tablets again: the Pixel Tablet 2 is reportedly dead - Pocket Lint

Google Has Canceled the Pixel Tablet 2 - Slashdot

Hackers break into Andrew Tate's online 'university,' steal user data and flood chats with emojis - Techcrunch

How Best to Use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Other AI Tools' Our AI Expert Answers Your Questions - Wired

How I use my iPhone's Focus modes to stop doomscrolling social media - Pocket Lint

Jim Zemlin, 'Head Janitor of Open Source,' Marks 20 Years At Linux Foundation - Slashdot

Klarna's planned US IPO in H1 2025 could presage an uptick in IPOs by fintechs like Trustly, Chime, Zilch, Plaid, and Revolut after a relatively slow period (Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Lego and Formula 1 Roll Out Full Sets of Teams and Drivers - Wired

Looking to switch to the Pixel ecosystem' Google's Black Friday deals have gone live - Pocket Lint

Marissa Mayer just laid out a possible business model for ad-supported AI chatbots - Techcrunch

Microsoft Bombards Windows 10 Users With Full-Screen Ads for Upgrade - Slashdot

Microsoft Copilot Customers Discover It Can Let Them Read HR Documents, CEO Emails - Slashdot

NCAA easing operation processes in aviation sector ' Achimugu - Tribune

New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence - Wired

Pakistan's Tech Lobby Warns That Slow Internet is Strangling IT Industry - Slashdot

Report: Amazon is likely to face an EU antitrust investigation next year - Engadget

SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores (Emma Roth/The Verge) - Techmeme

Satechi's new hub makes one of Apple's best devices even better - Pocket Lint

School Did Nothing Wrong When It Punished Student For Using AI, Court Rules - Slashdot

Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over Snap's alleged child safety issues with predators, saying the complaint misrepresents the state's investigation (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) - Techmeme

Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority) - Techmeme

Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve (Hannah Lang/Reuters) - Techmeme

Sources: Amazon will likely face an EU investigation next year into whether it breaches the DMA by favoring its own brand products on its online marketplace (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) - Techmeme

Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed "LLM Siri", with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Cond Nast and others (The Information) - Techmeme

Spotify adds new audiobook features for Premium users: video clips up to 30 seconds long, Author Pages, and visuals that appear while users listen (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) - Techmeme

Steam will force developers to be transparent about their season pass plans - Engadget

Temu owner misses sales forecast as Chinese economy slows - BBC

Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for 'boycotting' X - Techcrunch

The Ember Smart Mug 2 is up to 39 percent off for Black Friday - Engadget

The EU Parliament confirms Spain's Teresa Ribera as the next Competition Commissioner of the EU, replacing Margrethe Vestager (Lukas Knigge/Table.Media) - Techmeme

The New York Times says OpenAI deleted evidence in its copyright lawsuit - Engadget

The superpowers of coatings make possible the impossible - BBC

The Trade Desk Is Building a CTV OS Called Ventura - Slashdot

Thousands of PayPal customers report brief outage - BBC

Threads will prioritize accounts you follow instead of randos - Engadget

Tired of Spotify' These 5 free music streaming apps will have you jamming for days - Pocket Lint

Tubi creates a TikTok knock-off to advertise its shows - Pocket Lint

WhatsApp set to introduce voice-to-text feature in multiple languages - Technext

You Too Can Hire an 'Etsy Witch' to Curse Elon Musk - Wired

YouTube Shorts' Dream Screen feature can now generate AI video backgrounds - Techcrunch



Infotech Headlines Yesterday
[Thu-21-Nov-2024]

10 Most Impactful PAM Use Cases for Enhancing Organizational Security - Hackers News

5 Galaxy Watch apps that help me stay on top of my workday - Pocket Lint

5 Scattered Spider Gang Members Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cybercrime Scheme - Hackers News

9 Best Cooling Mattresses (2024): Hybrid, Soft, Foam - Wired

A look at biometric ID company Clear, as it works to expand its face-based line-cutting service at retailers, banks, doctor's offices, and other places (Eileen Guo/MIT Technology Review) - Techmeme

A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy (Michael Nuez/VentureBeat) - Techmeme

A profile of Thrive Capital, whose biggest portfolio companies include OpenAI and Stripe, as rivals say the VC firm's approach is closer to asset management (George Hammond/Financial Times) - Techmeme

Ad software company Mediaocean acquires Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20 (Megan Graham/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme

Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators' "unconnected" reach may go down (Jay Peters/The Verge) - Techmeme

Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 (Sara Fischer/Axios) - Techmeme

Africa's embedded finance market projected to grow to $39.8 billion by 2029 ' report - Technext

AI is running out of gas - Pocket Lint

AI2's open source Tulu 3 lets anyone play the AI post-training game - Techcrunch

Alibaba appoints Jiang Fan its new e-commerce chief in an overhaul of the struggling business; Jiang was demoted in 2020 after allegations of improper conduct (Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Amazon Black Friday 2024 deals: The best discounts on Echo speakers, Ring doorbells and Kindles worth shopping right now - Engadget

Amazon Black Friday deals include a four-pack of Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 trackers for 38 percent off - Engadget

Amazon Black Friday deals include the Fire Max 11 tablet for a record low of $140 - Engadget

Amazon Black Friday Lego deals include up to 29 percent off Star Wars, Super Mario sets - Engadget

Amazon Black Friday sale discounts the Fire TV Stick 4K Max to a record low of $33 - Engadget

Amazon is trying to sell you a TV but is calling it an Echo Show - Pocket Lint

Amazon Just Dropped the Biggest Echo Show Ever - Wired

Amazon's Echo Dot drops to only $23 for Black Friday - Engadget

Andela Partners CNCF To Train 20,000 Africans - TechCity

Anker Black Friday deals include up to 47 percent off power banks, wireless chargers and more - Engadget

Another Apple update' Here's why this one actually matters - Pocket Lint

Another VC-backed fintech, Earnin, faces crackdown over allegedly 'predatory' loans - Techcrunch

Antitrust Showdown: US DOJ calls for Google to sell Chrome - Innovation Village

Apple Black Friday deals: The M4 Mac mini drops to a record low of $500 - Engadget

Apple Pay, Cash App, PayPal and other apps to be treated more like banks - Techcrunch

Apple pledges $100 million Indonesia investment to lift iPhone 16 ban - Engadget

Apple's newest M4 MacBook Pro is already on sale for Black Friday - Pocket Lint

Arabia-based fintech EdfaPaysecures $5 million for MENAP expansion - TechMoran

As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade (Brian Fung/CNN) - Techmeme

Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations (Rod McGuirk/Associated Press) - Techmeme

Australia introduces a bill that would ban children under 16 from social media - Engadget

Avowed preview: Classic Obsidian fantasy on a AAA budget - Engadget

AWIEF announces the 2024 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa Regional Alumnae Summit - TechMoran

Baidu reports Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $4.78B, net income up 14% YoY to $1.09B, and online marketing revenue up 12% YoY to $1.1B, driven by AI cloud business (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC) - Techmeme

Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro With DockKit Review: Hands-Free Fun - Wired

Bemba Royal Establishment Partners with Zambia's Telecom for SMS Technology - Itnewsafrica

Best Way to Convert Bitcoin to Naira in 2024 to Maximise Your Profits - TechCity

Bill to ban social media use by under-16s arrives in Australia's parliament - Techcrunch

Bitcoin hit another record high $97,000, now gained more than 127% in 2024 - Technext

Black Friday Apple deals 2024: The best Apple sales on iPads, AirPods, Apple Watches, MacBooks and AirTags - Engadget

Black Friday Apple deals include the AirPods Pro 2 for a record low of $160 - Engadget

Black Friday deals bring the Echo Buds down to only $25 - Engadget

Black Friday deals bring the price of the Fitbit Charge 6 down to a record low of $100 - Engadget

Black Friday deals drop the Google Pixel Watch 3 to $280 on Amazon - Engadget

Black Friday deals include the Apple M3 MackBook Air with 16GB of RAM for an all-time-low price - Engadget

Black Friday deals include the Google Pixel 8a for an all-time low of $399 - Engadget

Black Friday deals include the Theragun Mini massager for $149 - Engadget

Black Friday deals slash $100 off the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones - Engadget

Black Friday Solo Stove deals discount fire pit bundles by up to 30 percent - Engadget

Black Friday speaker deals for 2024 include up to 55 percent off JBL, Marshall, Sonos, Echo and more - Engadget

Black Friday TV deals include Samsung Frame TVs for 40 percent off - Engadget

Blizzetrix Review 2024: Scam Or Legit' ' Real User Facts! - Technext

Blue Bear Capital lands $160M to back AI founders in climate, energy, and industry - Techcrunch

Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump's Mass Deportation Plans - Wired

Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query - Techcrunch

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