Author: Smart Megwai

Since the disruption in USSD and some other services offered by Banks to MTN, the Telecom Giant has decided to explore other payment platforms. Punch News gave this report on April 3rd, stating that MTN subscribers can go ahead to recharge airtime via the following electronic payment platforms: · …

In April 2020, there were rumours that Google is working on its own chip for Pixel phones and Chromebooks. Recently, 9to5Google gave a report that the Tech Giant will launch this custom smartphone chip. It stated that the presumed Pixel 6 will be among the first devices to run on…

Effective from May 5th, Google will restrict apps (on Play Store) that can see all of the other apps you have installed. Unknown to users, apps installed on devices can reveal information such as dating preferences and political affiliations to developers. Therefore, Google is saying that for an app to…

April 14th is Sony’s next Xperia event. A look at the company’s YouTube banner, show that it is set to launch a new phone at 4:30 PM Japan Standard Time — that’s 3:30 AM EST or 12:30 AM PT — on the set date. Though the banner only creates anticipation,…

A Facebook Live video has revealed that the police have fatally shot a prisoner at the Oklahoma county detention centre. This prisoner was seen to have taken a Corrections Officer hostage. The centre’s Administrator, Greg Williams, confirmed this incident during a news conference on Saturday evening broadcast by KWTv news…

Amazon is currently facing a lawsuit over workers not receiving adequate lunch breaks. The case which was transferred to the US District court California, Northern District on March 26th, got its first filing in San Francisco County Superior Court in February.  Former employee, Lovenia Scott is alleging that Amazon denied…

The recent ban of the highly popular ClearURLs extension on the Google Chrome Web store has generated a lot of mixed reactions (mostly criticisms) on user forums like Reddit and Hacker News. The effect of this has generated counterintuitive measures on how the user can install the tool manually on…

There are many websites that have long URLs with extra variables whose function is to track your activities on the web. This can especially apply to links present in newsletters, to mention a few sites. The privacy of personal information and data is a constant task in the lives of…

Since Pat Gelsinger took over as Intel’s new CEO, he has brought changes into the organisation. On the 23rd of March 2021, he shared his vision for “IDM 2.0,” a major evolution of Intel’s integrated device manufacturing (IDM) model. Pat has announced the company’s plans to grow its product development,…

Caesar Sengupta, a senior Google executive, announced on Monday 22nd, 2021 that he was leaving the company. According to his post on LinkedIn, he said the reason is to venture out and start on a new mission. Since he joined Google in 2006, the General Manager & VP, Payments and…

Google, on Thursday, made it official that the ‘Live Caption’ is now available on its Chrome (Desktop) browser. This new feature, which is targeted at the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, helps to generate captions for audio content played in real-time using the Chrome web browser. Google confirmed in a blog…

So Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down again. This happened for about 45 to 60 minutes and users were unable to interact using these platforms. If you’re reading this, it’s possible you also couldn’t access some of the features of WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger or Instagram on March 19th, 2021.  This…

A new malware strain capable of stealing user credentials from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and other online services has just be found.  The name of this vicious malware, CopperStealer, was given by a group of researchers at Proofpoint, a cybersecurity firm. The firm has said that CopperStealer seems to be…

After banning former President Donald Trump, Twitter announces that it would like to hear from the public on whether or not they believe world leaders should be subject to the same rules as others on Twitter. It’s clear the company is still dealing with the aftermath of Trump’s Ban. Twitter…

After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data the company stores in Chrome and its Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it. Up until now, it was clear that Google was collecting data through its Chrome web browser and other services, but most users probably…

Part of winning the war against the deadly Coronavirus also means that we consistently put off fake news or information about Covid-19. And Google, Facebook and Twitter are at the forefront of this. In an annual Ad Safety Report, the tech giant said it enforced its sensitive events policy to…

A Cybersecurity researcher named Andrea Stroppa discovered a counterfeit iPhone charger bought through an unofficial channel on Instagram after it exploded while trying to charge his phone. Andrea and his colleagues at Ghost Data Team, a cybersecurity, social-media research firm, looked into the incident and found he was far from…

Facebook and Twitter are working hard to ensure all false or misleading information about Covid-19 is removed from their social platforms. In October 2020, Facebook announced a new policy to block ads that discourage the use of vaccines. Early this morning, Monday 15th, the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced in a…

This morning, Sunday (March 14th), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites. The rocket was seen to have lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying a stack of Starlink satellites to orbit.  According to SpaceX, this is the largest…

Have you tried to move your WhatsApp messages to Telegram ? You will agree that this can be overwhelming. However, there’s a feature that allows you to export your WhatsApp chats to Telegram.  The reason why Telegram is one of the leaders among other secure messaging apps is that it…