Category: Technology
O’ Sec Tech students develop ballot box to stop multiple voting
Some prospective students of the Ashanti-Region-based Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in a move to help address challenges during voting including multiple voting have come up…
‘Time traveller’ claims to have gone six years into the future where humans are extinct
TikTok user, Javier, claims he has travelled to the year 2027 where humanity has become extinct, he shows his followers the new ‘reality’ where the…
Signal won’t replace WhatsApp, the cofounder of both encrypted messaging apps says. Instead, people will use the 2 services for different conversations.
The encrypted messaging service Signal won’t replace WhatsApp, the cofounder of both apps predicted. Downloads of Signal have skyrocketed since WhatsApp announced it would make…
Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services — WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger — asserting his…
African Tech revolution: Sierra Leonean man launches a messaging app that could WhatsApp rival
Source: https://eyegambia.org/ As a continent, Africa has a lot of experts with the technical know-how to build some of these platforms but due to some…
WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app
WhatsApp is changing its terms of service to force users to share personal data including phone numbers and locations with its parent company, Facebook. A…
Live Now: Women Startup Pitch Summit-Ksi
Women’s Haven Africa in partnership with Ghana Tech Lab under the Pathway to Sustainable Employment Program is organizing a Women Startup Investment Pitch Summit in…
iPhone User Sues LinkedIn For Reading Clipboard Data After iOS 14 Alert Revelations
It was reported on July 4, the Apple iOS 14 privacy “paste notifications” feature exposed Microsoft-owned LinkedIn accessing clipboard content on every keystroke. The very next day,…
UK Armed Forces to test new virtual reality training platform
The British Armed Forces is set to start testing a virtual reality (VR) training platform, which will feature gaming technology. The UK Ministry of Defence’s…
Is Bitcoin in 2020 Actually Just like the Early Web?
It’s a cliche at this level to match bitcoin to the “early days of the internet” since they’re each examples of rising applied sciences. However…
Firefox prompts the default DNS over HTTPS to encrypt Web site visitors on the supply
Mozilla has introduced that its Firefox browser has begun to implement DNS encryption by means of HTTPS by default for all customers within the US….
Google’s Reside Caption might land within the Chrome workspace program
A recent commit on the Chromium Gerrit reveals Google’s Live Caption functionality found on the Pixel 4 could be coming to the Chrome desktop browser….
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Google Chrome can block insecure downloads in returning months
Google has disclosed plans to at first warn Chrome users regarding “insecure” downloads and eventually block them outright. “Today we’re saying that Chrome can step…
Samsung Galaxy M30s could be getting Android 10 sooner than expected
The Samsung Galaxy M30s caused quite the stir in the budget segment and is still enjoying plenty of attention. Its impressive value package is only expected to…
Calls for prioritising ICT education in Ghana
TOPIC: PRIORITISING ICT EDUCATION IN GHANA.In 2014, government began the implementation of the ICT for Accelerated Development policy in the education sector, and ICT syllabus…
Gov’t to launch universal QR code to make Ghana cashless society
The government will in December 2019 launch a Universal QR code in a bid to make Ghana a cashless society, Vice President, Dr. Mahammudu Bawumia…
Google updates Chrome for Android with Google avatar and more
Google is rolling out a new update for Chrome on Android that adds a “Sync and Google services” section to the web browser. The addition…
Government goes cashless to eliminate payroll ghost payments – Dr. Bawumia
Public sector workers will in no time be paid via a cashless mode to eliminate the challenge of ghost names in its payroll, Vice President…
25 Million Android Phones Infected With Malware That ‘Hides In WhatsApp’
As many as 25 million Android phones have been hit with malware that replaces installed apps like WhatsApp with evil versions that serve up adverts,…
NASA Shuts Off Systems on Voyager 2, Saving Power for the Long Haul Into Interstellar Space
Launched in 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 are the longest-running spacecraft, still operating at more than 11 billion miles from home, decades after the end of their…
MTN launches “World-First” airtime top-up through WhatsApp
Calling it a world first for the telco industry, MTN has launched a WhatsApp channel to let its customers buy airtime and data bundles through…