12 Best Wi-Fi Routers (2024): Budget, Gaming, Mesh - Wired
18 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2024): For Phones, iPads, Laptops, and More - Wired
2024 Chevrolet Electric Silverado: What we know - Pocket Lint
45 startups shortlisted for the 2024 edition Of The Africatech Awards - TechMoran
5 Best VPN Services (2024): For Routers, PC, iPhone, Android, and More - Wired
5 features to try out in the new Photoshop Beta - Pocket Lint
5 key Cybersecurity Steps for SMEs Thriving in the Cloud Era - Itnewsafrica
5 things to know about the new Sonos app - Pocket Lint
7 signs to upgrade your AirPods - Pocket Lint
8 essential apps I have on my Google Pixel phone - Pocket Lint
A deep dive into how Bluesky is built, including its growth from three engineers to 12 in just over two years and its infrastructure move from AWS to on-prem (The Pragmatic Engineer) - Techmeme
A look at the restaurant reservation ecosystem in New York City, where new apps have sprung up to help diners book a table at buzzy restaurants for a price (Adam Iscoe/New Yorker) - Techmeme
AGM G2 Guardian: Meet rugged smartphone made for extreme environments - Technology Times
AI Is Poisoning Reddit To Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO - Slashdot
An interview with Apple Arcade's Senior Director Alex Rofman: the service hit record highs on all "critical metrics" in 2023, and will feature Vision Pro games (Keith Stuart/The Guardian) - Techmeme
An interview with Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors on criticism over mass layoffs and studio closures, splitting the company into three, rising debt, and more (James Batchelor/GamesIndustry.biz) - Techmeme
Anon is building an automated authentication layer for the gen AI age - Techcrunch
Apple debuts OpenELM, a family of language models with 270M, 450M, 1.1B, and 3B parameters, designed to run on-device, pre-trained and fine-tuned on public data (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat) - Techmeme
Apple Releases OpenELM: Small, Open Source AI Models Designed To Run On-device - Slashdot
Apple Removes WhatsApp and Threads from China App Store Over Security Concerns - TechCity
Apples highly anticipated iPad launch event set for may 7 - TechMoran
ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks - Wired
As software gets better at labeling photos, CAPTCHA designers are adopting more difficult logic-based prompts to thwart nefarious bots (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Bang & Olufsen Beosystem 9000c: Price, Specs, Release Date - Wired
Berlin-based Parloa, which uses conversational AI to automate call center operations, raised a $66M Series B led by Altimeter, after a $21M Series A in 2023 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Beyond making ends meet: Surprising reasons why employees juggle multiple jobs - Techpoint
Biden signing the TikTok divestment bill starts a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition; sources say ByteDance sees divestiture as a last resort (Alex Barinka/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Biden signs bill that would ban TikTok if ByteDance fails to sell the app - Techcrunch
Biden Signs TikTok 'Divest or Ban' Bill Into Law - Slashdot
Binance's executive arrest in Kenya reportedly debunked by wife and Kenyan officials - Techpoint
Block lets Square merchants convert a part of their daily sales to bitcoin - Techcrunch
Block says it has finished the development of its own 3nm bitcoin mining chip and is working through the design with a "leading global semiconductor foundry" (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) - Techmeme
Braintree Attains the Status of LS Retail Diamond Partner - Itnewsafrica
Can Augmented Reality Be the Future of Cybersecurity - Itnewsafrica
Can the First Amendment Save TikTok - Wired
Centre of Excellence for Fiber Optic Technicians Launched - Itnewsafrica
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers - Slashdot
China approves US listing of self-driving startup Pony.ai, which plans to sell up to 98M shares and list on Nasdaq or NYSE, signaling an ease on the crackdown (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation - The Economist
Companies Overlook the African Cloud Ecosystem's Potential - Itnewsafrica
CoralRaider Malware Campaign Exploits CDN Cache to Spread Info-Stealers - Hackers News
Court adjourns Binances Tigran Gambaryans bail ruling to May 17 - Techpoint
Diamond Market Shows Serious Cracks From Man-Made Stones - Slashdot
Diddo's new funding will bring its shoppable TV API to streaming platforms - Techcrunch
Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery - Wired
Dripos raises $11M Series A to replace Square, Toast and 8 other pieces of software - Techcrunch
Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools for security teams, raised a $50M Series B extension, sources say at a near $600M post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Eastern Cape Schools Embrace Coding and Robotics - Itnewsafrica
Electric Vehicles: IZI Rwanda delivers 5 electric buses to ease public transportation in Kigali - Technext
Emails released as part of US v. Google show how Google's finance and ad teams led by Prabhakar Raghavan made Search worse to make the company more money (Edward Zitron/Ed Zitron's Where's ...) - Techmeme
eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners - Hackers News
EU's new right-to-repair rules force companies to repair out-of-warranty devices - Engadget
Ex-Amazon Exec Claims She Was Asked To Ignore Copyright Law in Race To AI - Slashdot
Exciting announcement: Introducing The Big Daily newsletter - Techcabal
Filings: in 2024, ByteDance and TikTok spent $7M+ combined on lobbying against the US TikTok bill; AdImpact: TikTok spent $4.5M+ on TV and digital ad campaigns (Brian Schwartz/CNBC) - Techmeme
Fintech gaming startup Sanlo's webshop tool could help developers avoid costly app store fees - Techcrunch
FinTechNGR to host session on PAPPS - Technology Times
Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Now Available Under $10,000 - Slashdot
For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025 amid regulatory scrutiny (Seb Joseph/Digiday) - Techmeme
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Not only has GM sold driving data to insurers without telling users, but a GM app "bug" meant users who were enrolled in Smart Driver were told they weren't (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) - Techmeme
Pareto's Economic Theories Used To Find the Best Mario Kart 8 Racer - Slashdot
Perplexity AI, which offers an AI chatbot to summarize search results, raised ~$63M led by Daniel Gross at a $1B+ valuation, up from $520M in January 2024 (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5-$3B valuation for its AI search platform, sources say - Techcrunch
Police Chiefs Call for Solutions to Access Encrypted Data in Serious Crime Cases - Hackers News
Porsche Macan Electric 2024: Specs, Prices, Availability - Wired
Port Harcourt Tech Expo 2024 begins tomorrow - Technology Times
Q&A with BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer, who says the consulting firm expects 20% of its 2024 and 40% of its 2026 revenue will come from helping firms integrate AI (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses do the AI thing without a projector or subscription - Engadget
Reasons to buy Audio-Technica headphones over Sony studio headphones - Pocket Lint
Regulator confirms approved crypto providers for licencing in South Africa - Techpoint
Repairable laptop maker Framework Computer raised a $17M Series A-1, after an $18M Series A in early 2022, to expand into new product categories (Brian Heater/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Revolut plans ad sales push, expects to derive a "proper chunk" of its revenue from targeted ads, and hires a former TikTok executive to lead its media strategy (Akila Quinio/Financial Times) - Techmeme
Rivian offers (up to) $5,000 discount if you trade-in your gas-powered truck - Engadget
Rivian targets gas-powered Ford and Toyota trucks and SUVs with $5,000 'electric upgrade' discount - Techcrunch
Russia's APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy 'GooseEgg' Malware - Hackers News
Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson in absentia to six years in prison - Engadget
Samsung S24 Ultra vs Sony Xperia 1v: A clash of flagship smartphones - Technology Times
Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra is on sale for its lowest price yet at Amazon and Best Buy - Engadget
Some Ways which Creativity and Innovation Foster Job Growth - Itnewsafrica
Sonos updates its Android and iOS apps, rebuilding them to become more reliable, and plans to discontinue its Windows and macOS apps in favor of web apps (Chris Welch/The Verge) - Techmeme
Source: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare was compromised on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack; the company paid a ransom to the hackers (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Sources: AI search engine Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5B-$3B valuation with interest from previous backers NEA and IVP (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Sources: two SEC lawyers resigned after a US federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the SEC for "gross abuse" of power in crypto platform DEBT Box's case (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to 3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a 168M operating income (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Study: Alphabetical Order of Surnames May Affect Grading - Slashdot
Survey: Apple cut 2024 Vision Pro shipments to 400K-450K units, vs. a 700K+ market consensus, and cut orders mean demand has fallen sharply beyond expectations (Ming-Chi Kuo) - Techmeme
TabaPay, which offers instant payment services, agrees to acquire assets of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse, after Synapse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Tales of Kenzera: Zau review ' Grief through Metroidvania gameplay - Pocket Lint
Taylor Swift's new album smashed streaming records; Spotify says it had 300M+ streams on launch day and became 2024's most-streamed album within just 12 hours (Chris Morris/Fortune) - Techmeme
Tech Innovator Enables Educators Close Digital Gap in Africa - Itnewsafrica
TechCabal Daily ' Binance executive arrested in Kenya - Techcabal
TechCrunch Minute: How Headspin's founder fraudster almost get away with lying to investors - Techcrunch
TechCrunch Space: Engineering the future - Techcrunch
Tesla earnings week spotlights EV price cuts, 'balls to the wall' autonomy push - Techcrunch
Tesla launches new Model 3 Performance variant to rev up demand - Techcrunch
Texture makes a bid to become the world's go-to platform of the energy transition - Techcrunch
The best noise-canceling headphones for 2024 - Engadget
The best travel gear for graduates - Engadget
The Morning After: Meta teases a limited-edition Quest headset inspired by Xbox - Engadget
The rebuilt Sonos app focuses on getting you to your tunes faster - Engadget
The Top New Features in MacOS Sonoma: How to Download, Compatible Macs - Wired
Thepeer investors request audit following shutdown - Techpoint
Three-year-olds groomed online, charity warns - BBC
TLcom Capital closes $154 million fund for early-stage African startups - Techcabal
TLcom Capital closes second fund at $154 million - Techpoint
Toyota's Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks - Slashdot
Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma - Techcrunch
U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse - Hackers News
Umidigi G9 5G maker claims 'world's most affordable 5G smartphone - Technology Times
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on 'substantial proportion of people in America - Techcrunch
Unlocking Capital: Fintech's role in sustaining Nigeria's family businesses - Techpoint
Unmasking the True Cost of Cyberattacks: Beyond Ransom and Recovery - Hackers News
US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems' app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks - Techcrunch
Vivo V30: Explore Advanced Features of the Flagship Model - Itnewsafrica
Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Updates To Earth - Slashdot
Webinar: Learn Proactive Supply Chain Threat Hunting Techniques - Hackers News
Weeks after reinstatement, MultiChoice announces exit of Imtiaz Patel as Chairman - Technext
What is Samsung DeX and how does it work - Pocket Lint
What it's like to switch from a Tesla to a Corolla - Pocket Lint
Why DolphiniOS's Wii and GameCube emulator isn't coming to the App Store - The Verge