Apple intends to create an artificial intelligence tool for generating lines of software code, according to reports on Thursday. It was reported on Thursday that Apple (AAPL.O) planned to develop an artificial intelligence tool for completing lines of software code. The program, which is comparable to Microsoft’s (MSFT.O), creates a new tab called Copilot and …
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Meta said Wednesday that Broadcom CEO president Hock Tan and philanthropist and former Enron executive John Arnold are joining the company’s board of directors. Tan has been leading the semiconductor giant since 2006, giving him extensive international experience working in computing infrastructure technology. Meta is investing heavily in developing advanced infrastructure to fuel its growth …
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The MTN Group-owned company announced the landing, saying 2Africa consortium is developing the “largest subsea cable project” in the world. Bayobab said the landing in on Friday means Ghanaian and Nigerian service providers will be able to obtain capacity in carrier-neutral data centres or open-access cable landing stations in a “fair and equitable” manner. The …
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ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok said on Wednesday it will ramp up its fight against fake news and covert influence operations in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June with a local language app in all 27 countries. Tiktok said the individual local language “election centres” build on work it first started in 2021, …
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Africa’s leading pay TV provider MultiChoice has agreed to pay $37.3 million to Nigerian tax officials, concluding a lengthy dispute over unremitted taxes. The settlement stems from allegations of significant past nonpayment by MultiChoice Nigeria and its parent company MultiChoice Africa. In 2022, Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) froze local MultiChoice accounts and slapped …
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Google has announced a rebranding of its conversational AI chatbot, previously known as Bard, to Gemini. The new name reflects the advanced large language model technology powering the AI assistant. With this rebrand, Google is launching upgraded Gemini apps for iOS and Android, allowing hands-free voice access and text chatting. Users worldwide can now engage …
Google Rebrands AI Chatbot as Gemini, Rolls Out Upgrades. Read More »
A flurry of recent news from Airtel Africa has seen the telecom giant establish a fibre-focused subsidiary and announce infrastructure expansion collaborations as well as counting down to an imminent data entre launch. Airtel Africa Telesonic was announced last week as the name of the subsidiary that will manage the company’s fibre assets. It aims …
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Amazon Web Services is still the cloud leader. But Microsoft is quickly closing the gap. While Microsoft doesn’t disclose revenue figures for its Azure cloud infrastructure, analyst figures suggest that five years ago it was half as big as AWS. Now, it’s about three-quarters the size of its top rival, analysts estimate. Part of Microsoft’s …
Microsoft’s AI Growth is Helping Its Cloud Business Weaken Amazon’s Lead. Read More »
Meta, in collaboration with Ingressive for Good, an edtech nonprofit dedicated to increasing the earning potential of African youth in the tech industry, is offering scholarships to empower at least 5,000 youths in Nigeria, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya to thrive in their digital careers. This dynamic partnership aims to address the surging demand …
In 2014, Sanusi Ismaila relocated from Lagos to Kaduna with the vision of founding a technology hub to empower individuals to address real-world challenges. He was driven by the conviction that nurturing tech ecosystems in areas outside of Lagos was crucial, as local challenges are best tackled by those who intimately understand their context. However, …
