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Computer Scientist who invented Cut, Copy and Paste dies aged 74

Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74.Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s,...

Apple warns coronavirus will hurt iPhone supplies

Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts.The tech giant said production and sales were...

Sony withdraws from MWC 2020 over coronavirus concerns

Sony became the latest exhibitor to withdraw from Mobile World Congress on Monday, following in the footsteps of LG, Ericsson, Amazon and Nvidia.The companies have all pulled out of the...

Self-driving delivery van ditches ‘human controls’

The first self-driving vehicle designed without basic human controls such as steering wheels, pedals or side view mirrors has been granted permission to test...

Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones

Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers.The fine was...

Ghana signs MoU with Israel to strengthen cybersecurity

The Government through the Ministry of Communications has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Israeli government to strengthen cybersecurity in Ghana.The MoU...

The many meanings of the pinched fingers emoji

Is it a way to show disbelief, a way to ask others to be quiet, or a cute gesture popularised by a K-Pop star?It's...

All you need to know to get your Instagram account verified

Lots of people want their social media handles verified for many reasons but there are certain requirements needed before Instagram can add a verified...

Ghana gets centre to combat terrorism, illegal migration

A new centre, dubbed the National Border Fusion Centre has been inaugurated to assist in sharing critical information amongst Ghana’s security agencies to help...

Meet the Ghanaian who made the internet faster in the U.S

Victor B. Lawrence was born in 1945 in Ghana and a graduate of Achimota College. Lawrence attended the Imperial College of Science and Technology...

Ghana gets ‘Plastic Fund’ for levies mobilisation

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has announced the establishment of a Plastic Fund to support plastic management in...

5 future motoring technologies coming soon

The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has once again delivered future tech for the motoring masses. But how much of it will...

WhatsApp to stop running on these phones from Tuesday, December 31

WhatsApp has said that its instant messaging app will stop working on all phones running Microsoft Windows OS from Tuesday, December 31.It should...

Are these Apple’s 2020 iPad pros?

Here's something we didn't expect this early - the first renders of Apple's next two iPad Pros, courtesy of @OnLeaks and iGeekbsBlog.The renders depict the 2020 iPad...

BMW Club Ghana hosts Ghana’s first-ever public motorsports event on Dec 29

The BMW Club Ghana (BMWCGH) is organising and hosting Ghana’s first and publicmotorsports event this December.The event will be held on December 29, 2019...

Facebook dominates most downloaded apps of the decade

The four most downloaded apps of the decade are all owned by Facebook, according to app tracker App Annie.Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram...

#SaveOurData: Ghanaians angry at Telcos over high cost of data

SaveOurData is the newest consumers-based social media campaign by Ghanaians who have expressed rage at telecommunication companies (Telcos) operating in Ghana.The anger being expressed...

Miss Geek GH: 10 girls to go head-to-head in tech power context finale

After weeks of stiff competition between some 200 female contestants who entered the maiden Miss Geek Ghana 2019 competition, 10 young ladies have made...

Facebook, Instagram to block under-18s from viewing sexually explicit content

Facebook and Instagram will block under-18s from viewing sexual content from as early as next year, it has been claimed.The social networks plan to...

Pope demands big tech do more to tackle porn

Pope Francis has called on Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Google, among others, to step up efforts to remove child pornography from the internet.He also...

Samsung: Anyone’s thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone

A flaw that means any fingerprint can unlock a Galaxy S10 phone has been acknowledged by Samsung.It promised a software patch that would fix...

Video of Legon girl slapping ‘cheating boyfriend’ goes viral

 A video of a female University of Ghana student slapping her 'cheating boyfriend' has gone viral on the internet.The 22-seconds video shows the man, also...

Self-taught 19-year-old programmer creates system to predict and diagnose breast cancer

A Ghanaian teenager, who taught himself software programming, has designed a predictive analytics model using artificial intelligence to diagnose breast cancer.19-year old Mustapha Diyanol...

Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro ‘triggering’ fear of holes

People with a fear of small holes have claimed the design of Apple's iPhone 11 Pro is triggering their phobia.At its unveiling on Tuesday, many found...

Facebook knows when app users have had sex

ntimate data, including when people have had sex, is being shared with Facebook, a study from Privacy International has suggested.PI studied a range of...

Two receive continental awards for their pioneering roles in Africa’s agriculture

Two exceptional professionals, who are at the same time successful agriculturalists have been announced as joint winners of the 2019 Africa Food Prize.Dr Emma Naluyima, a...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey experienced a major security breach affecting his Twitter account  in the late hours of Friday, August 30th, as his...

Huawei’s next phone will not have Google apps

Huawei's next flagship smartphone will not come with Google's popular apps including Maps and YouTube.Google confirmed that due to a US government ban on...

Facebook funds AI mind-reading experiment

Facebook has announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that allows people to type just by thinking.It has funded a study...

How to save battery life on your Android phone

My first Android phone was the original Motorola Droid, which I purchased and loved using despite its abysmal anti-woman marketing campaign. And one of the...

System to render stolen smartphones unusable in the offing

Very soon stolen mobile phones may immediately be rendered unusable because the government has begun the processes to establish a registry for smartphones in...

Wikipedia founder calls for social media strike

People are being urged to stop using social media for up to 48 hours later this week in an effort to pressure the networks...

This is why your phone doesn’t last all day

It’s a universal truth that battery life on phones is bad.Even with the giant batteries and external battery packs, we tote around, most modern...

Facebook may let you turn off obnoxious in-app notification badges

Facebook is making an effort to make its countless eyeball-grabbing elements less distracting with a new test of notification customization. According to app researcher and...

How to post to multiple social networks

If you’re active on several social networks, it can be a real pain trying to keep up with all your accounts.When you want to...

Facebook will pay you to let it track what you do on your phone

Facebook will once again begin paying people to monitor how they use their phone through a new app called Study.The app will monitor which...

Photos on iPhone is about to look completely different

When you need to find a photo on your iPhone, what do you do? There are tons of ways, but let’s be honest. You...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ‘survives’ leadership vote

An attempt to make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg step down as the company's chairman has failed.At the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, shareholders...

Facebook culls 3 billion fake profiles

Facebook has published its latest 'enforcement report', which details how many posts and accounts it took action on between October 2018 and March 2019.During...

‘Shut up and drive’: Uber’s new quiet option for silent rides

Not in the mood for a chatty driver? Uber is giving its customers the option to avoid small talk during their ride.The Uber app...