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Google introduces AI-powered weather forecasts on Search across Africa
Tech giant Google has announced that it is introducing short-term precipitation weather forecasts across Africa, for the first…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink to implant brain chip that treats blindness for the first time in 2025
Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is set to implant its new sight-giving chip, Blindsight, into a human patient for…
Justice for Teejay: Lagos Police arraigns driver accused of killing Bumpa CTO
Following her actions that caused the death of Adetunji ‘Teejay’ Opayele, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of…
GTCO records N1.017 trillion profit after tax, highest in the bank’s history
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Plc has recorded the highest-ever profit in its history after announcing a profit…
FBI seizes over $200,000 in crypto linked to Hamas terror financing
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized more than $200,000 in cryptocurrency from wallets and exchange…
Ghibli-style images: ChatGPT to introduce 3 generations per day limit after system overload
OpenAI’s Sam Altman has announced that it will introduce limits on the ChatGPT image-generation Ghibli-style feature it introduced…
MTN makes Africa’s first satellite phone call in South Africa
MTN South Africa has collaborated with American low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider Lynk Global to make Africa’s first…
Gemini 2.5: Google unveils “most intelligent AI model” to rival DeepSeek, ChatGPT
Tech giant Google has released its latest Artificial Intelligence model, Gemini 2.5, a thinking version designed to tackle…
LagRide drivers accuse CIG of police intimidation, reject new app
Drivers operating on the LagRide platform have accused the new management of the company, CIG Motors, of harassment…
