•Telecommunication mast Africans are increasingly online, but awareness and practice of digital safety remain low, Afrobarometer telephone survey across seven African countries shows. The survey distributed by APO Group on behalf of Afrobarometer reveals that in the average across Angola, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanz...
• Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted. The 41-year-old head of Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — is the most ...
X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a widespread service disruption today, preventing users in several parts of the world from accessing the platform. The outage affected both the mobile application and desktop version of the site. Users attempting to log in were unable to view their timelines, posts or notifications. In many cases, the ...
A global artificial intelligence summit kicks off in New Delhi on Monday with big issues on the agenda, from job disruption to child safety, but some attendees warn the broad focus could diminish the chance of concrete commitments from world leaders. While frenzied demand for generative AI has turbocharged profits for many tech companies, anxi...
•EU flag The European Union has escalated its antitrust scrutiny of Meta Platforms, warning that it may impose interim measures over the company’s decision to block rival artificial intelligence (AI) services from operating on WhatsApp. The move marked one of the strongest regulatory signals that Brussels is prepared to act swiftly to curb pra...
The European Union U said today that it had told TikTok it needs to change its “addictive design” or risk heavy fines, after the Chinese-owned platform was found in breach of the bloc’s digital content rules. The European Commission, announcing preliminary conclusions of a probe opened two years ago, said it found TikTok was not […]...
•Google logo Google parent Alphabet yesterday reported blockbuster earnings, its revenue climbing as it invests massively in cloud computing services enhanced with artificial intelligence. The tech giant said revenue jumped 18 percent year-on-year in the quarter, and overall annual revenue topped $400 billion for the first time at the company ...
Nigeria’s active telephone subscriptions rose to 179.64 million by the end of December 2025, reflecting continued growth in mobile usage and rising demand for data services, according to figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The latest industry data showed that active mobile subscriptions increased from 177.43 milli...
•Elon Musk France summoned billionaire Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” as cybercrime authorities today searched the French offices of his social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said. The operation, which involves EU police agency Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025 into whether X’s algorithm w...
Google filed a notice yesterday to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it held an illegal monopoly on online search, court records show. A US district judge decided in 2024 that the internet giant had a monopoly on search and text advertising through exclusive distribution agreements that made it the “default” option people were likely [&hell...
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