MTN Ghana compensates customers with free 2GB of data
MTN Ghana gives a goodwill package to its data customers as compensation for the last week's disruption in the internet and international outbound call services.
MTN in a twitter post...
Tesla overtakes Volkswagen as value hits $100bn
Tesla has displaced Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker after a dramatic rise in share price pushed its market value to more than $100bn (£76.1bn).
The milestone sets...
Facebook to create 1,000 new UK jobs
Facebook will create 1,000 new roles in London over the course of this year, including adding to its team tackling harmful online content.
More than half of the new jobs...
Tanzania to switch off unregistered Sim cards
Long queues have formed in several centres across Tanzania as people try to beat Monday's deadline to register their Sim cards.
The measure is part of the government's order for...
SpaceX just launched — and purposefully destroyed — a rocket for a key test
SpaceX intentionally destroyed a rocket shortly after its launch January 19 as part of a key safety test for its next-generation spacecraft.
The so-called in-flight abort demonstration, conducted at NASA's...
Two iPhones or the privacy of billions: Why Apple vs. the FBI matters
Two iPhones have put Apple back into the FBI's sights.
The phones belonged to a deceased Saudi national accused of fatally shooting three people at a Florida naval base in...
MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for challenges in data services
Telecommunications company MTN Ghana has apologised to subscribers in Ghana for challenges in data services and international outbound calls experienced on Thursday.
Some subscribers took on to social media with...
Facebook blocks the Spinner’s ‘brainwashing’ tech
Facebook has issued a cease and desist notice to an Israeli firm that claims to be able to subconsciously alter people's behaviour.
The Spinner charges a fee to "subconsciously influence"...
Turkey’s Wikipedia ban ends after almost three years
Turkey is restoring access to Wikipedia after a ban that lasted almost three years.
The country's Constitutional Court ruled that the ban violated freedom of expression, the pro-government newspaper Milliyet...
Google’s announced timeline for new privacy policy
Google has announced a timeline for implementing new privacy standards that will limit third-party use of a digital tool known as cookies.
Cookies track users' internet activity and allow digital...
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Africa
Africa’s richest woman plans to sue Angolan government
Africa's richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos, has denied fraud and plans to sue the Angolan government.
Ms Dos Santos in a statement on Thursday said...
Nigerians ask for selfies instead of money – Dangote says
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that, people only ask for selfies with him instead of money when they see him.
Mr Dangote, speaking...
World
EU presidents sign UK withdrawal deal ahead of Brexit day
The presidents of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Council Charles Michel, have signed the Brexit deal agreed in October and...
US imposes visa restrictions for pregnant women to limit ‘birth tourism’
The US Government is introducing a new rule to try to stop pregnant women travelling to the country to give birth for purposes of...
