Twitter’s former Head of People EMEA joins VC firm Atomico as Partner
Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, is announcing a number of new hires to its investment team, including new Partner Caroline Chayot, who previously led the EMEA HR team at Twitter. I’m told she’ll be working alongside existing Atomico Partner Dan Hynes, who was formerly the Director of Global Staffing […]
North Korea to shut down one of its main missile sites
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in says Kim Jong-un has agreed to shut down one of North Korea’s main missile testing and launching sites. After meeting in Pyongyang, the two leaders agreed on a way to achieve denuclearisation. The agreement was described by Mr. Kim as a “leap forward” towards military peace on the peninsula. Mr. […]
GHAPEA embarks on peaceful demonstration to demand lift on recruitment ban
The Ghana Private Employment Agency, (GHAPEA), has embarked on a demonstration in Accra to force the government to lift the ban on recruitment of youth from Ghana to the Gulf region. Members of the Agency and some unemployed youth demonstrated from the Obra Spot at Circle through some principal streets in the business district of […]
Mozilla’s Firefox Reality web browser is now available
Mozilla’s vision of a VR-first web browser is ready for consumers to download and judge. Firefox Reality is a browser built entirely for virtual reality. While you may have read about desktop Firefox or Chrome adding WebVR support, Firefox Reality is a web browser that you actually use entirely inside a VR headset. You can […]
Google’s Family Link can now turn off your teen’s phone
Family Link, the parental control hub Google introduced last year to give kids under 13 their own Google accounts, is now expanding its features to teens. Family Link allows parents to set screen time limits, lock devices when it’s time for a break, approve or block apps downloaded from the Play Store, and locate their […]
Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to put Android into millions of vehicles
Google will partner with Renault -Nissan-Mitsubishi, the largest auto alliance in the world by vehicle sales, to put Android-based infotainment systems into millions of cars, the companies told Wall Street Journal. The alliance’s next-generation infotainment system and dashboard displays will use Android and launch in 2021. Drivers will be able to access Google’s maps, app […]
Technical Universities Teachers begin sit-down strike
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has begun a sit-down strike following the refusal of government to offer them the same conditions of service as lecturers in public universities. The Technical University Teachers in a statement last Friday (September 14), declared the strike however, it officially began yesterday (September 17). The Association says, […]
Marc and Lynne Benioff to buy Time magazine for $190M
Another tech billionaire will scoop up a major news outlet. Meredith Corporation, which acquired Time Inc. in January, announced Monday that it has agreed to sell its eponymous magazine to Salesforce.com co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff for $190 million in cash. Meredith said in March that it planned to sell Time, Sports […]
Mobile social network, Path, rival to Facebook is closing down
Following the shuttering of Klout earlier this year, now Path, the one-time rival to Facebook, is closing its doors, according to an announcement made today. (Yes, you may be surprised to learn that Path was still alive.) The eight-year-old service will close down in one month — October 18 — but it will be removed […]
Forestry Commission happy with 15 – month jail for 'Galamseyers'
The Forestry Commission has described the 15-month jail term slapped on each of four illegal miners as commendable saying it will deter others from engaging in illegal mining especially in forest reserves. The four Simon Nsoh, 40; Yaw Aning, 28; Yaw Appiah 22 and Hamidu Sulemana 19 years invaded the Jeni Forest Reserve in the Amansie West […]
Nvidia launches the Tesla T4, its fastest data center inferencing platform yet
Nvidia today announced its new GPU for machine learning and inferencing in the data center. The new Tesla T4 GPUs (where the ‘T’ stands for Nvidia’s new Turing architecture) are the successors to the current batch of P4 GPUs that virtually every major cloud computing provider now offers. Google, Nvidia said, will be among the […]
Seagull goes for shopping
A worker at a store in Australia captured video of an unusual customer browsing the aisles — a seagull. The video, filmed Tuesday at a skateboard store in Melbourne, Victoria, shows the seagull wandering aisles of shoes and clothing at the shop. The seagull speeds up its steps as the employee approaches and eventually darts […]
BoG injects more dollars into economy
The Bank of Ghana (BOG), has stepped up its supply of US dollars to meet daily demands for foreign exchange as global pressures and the exit of investors from emerging markets cause the cedi to depreciate. According to a source at the bank, the Central bank had sold $157 million to banks this month (September), […]
Apple removes anti-malware apps that harvested browser data
Apps from a well-known cyber-security firm were taken down from the Mac app store by Apple after they were found to export users’ browser histories. Several anti-malware apps made by Trend Micro have since been updated by the cyber-security company. However, Trend Micro strongly denied allegations that the apps had been “stealing user data” and […]
