•Infinix Hot 70 The Infinix HOT 70 offers an interesting glimpse into how smartphone brands are responding to changing consumer expectations. Rather than positioning innovation solely around performance metrics, the HOT 70 places greater emphasis on design, personalisation, self-expression, and lifestyle. In doing so, it reflects a broader shi...
•Popular social media and messaging apps News consumers around the world are now turning more to social media and video platforms than traditional outlets for information, a respected report said Tuesday, warning that old-style business models are under threat. The year 2026 marks “a significant milestone: for the first time, social media and ...
Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram suffered a major outage today, leaving millions of users worldwide unable to access the services. The disruption affected Facebook’s website, mobile application, and Messenger service, with users reporting widespread login failures and service interruptions, reports The Nation. Users rep...
The debate over Nigeria’s airtime lending industry has taken a new turn, with many Nigerians demanding to know the identities behind the nine companies reportedly set to participate in the country’s lucrative airtime and data advance market. The questions surfaced under a viral social media post by popular blogger Tunde Ednut, where users reac...
Tech giant Meta today attacked Australia’s “grossly unfair” bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently opposed to the draft laws. Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media, reports AFP. Australia wants big tech companies to ...
•Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at an Apple special event in Cupertino, California Apple has removed Russia’s state-backed Max messenger from its App Store, the app’s Russian developers said today. Moscow has for months been pushing Russians to install Max — a super-app that lacks encryption and that critics say could be used to track […]...
Meta secured a partial victory today over the EU’s powers to regulate tech giants, as a top court ruled the bloc was wrong to slap tough rules on its Facebook Marketplace platform — but threw out an appeal over Messenger. The US giant filed a challenge with the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg over both […]
•A 14-year-old boy poses at his home near Gosford in Australia as he looks at social media on his mobile phone Making the digital world safe for children is an urgent priority, the United Nations said today, adding that those those responsible for online harm must be held to account. UN rights chief Volker Turk […]
Meta yesterday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its long-time reliance on advertising revenue. Meta head of product Naomi Gleit announced the move in a video posted to Instagram, saying she was rolling out Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus and WhatsApp Plus globally,...
•Sam Altman and Elon Musk Deliberations begin today in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company’s founding mission. The three-week trial in Oakland, outside San Francisco, has seen a parade of Silicon Valley titans take the stand, with Musk arguing [&hel...

