Opera Mini 50 launches with major update and fully revamped design of Opera Mini

Opera has launched Opera Mini 50, a small, fast and powerful browser that comes with unique features such as data compression technology, a download manager with offline file-sharing capabilities, and a built-in ad-blocker. Over 15 years, Opera Mini has provided people with a better browsing experience. Now, with version 50, Opera has fully revamped its …

Ghana begins using Zipline drone delivery for Covid-19 test samples

Ghana is the first African country to ease its lockdown in response to the coronavirus. The country is using drones to deliver samples collected in more than 1,000 health facilities across the country. Ghana is using a unique approach to reduce the amount of time it takes to get COVID-19 test samples from remote rural …

Twitter asks all staff to work from home to slow spread of coronavirus

Twitter Inc.has asked all of its employees to work from home in order to slow the spread of coronavirus. In a blog statement today, the company wrote Beginning today, we are strongly encouraging all employees globally to work from home if they’re able. Our goal is to lower the probability of the spread of the …

Could your smart TV be watching you? FBI warns IP Tv’s can give hackers a window into your homes

For many people, watching television is a definitely a nice pastime — but could your smart TV also be watching you in return? Just this past month, Black Friday discounts on smart TVs fly off the shelves as well as the Cyber Monday sales, the FBI has issued a warning that the internet-connected devices can …

A4AI Affordability Report: Consumers in African countries pay the highest data rates in the world

Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, due to a lack of competition in local markets according to a new report released Tuesday. The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) assessed 136 low and middle-income countries for their annual Affordability Report. …

McAfee warns that Googling these celebrities might get you hacked

Searching for more information about your favorite celebrities online could get you hacked according to the McAfee 2019 list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online. For the thirteenth year in a row, the McAfee has researched which famous individuals generate the riskiest search results that could potentially expose fans to malicious websites …

Tech CEO’s from Amazon, AT&T, IBM, Salesforce among 51 companies pushing congress for data privacy law

The chief executive officers (CEOs) of 51 tech companies including Amazon, AT&T, Dell, IBM, Qualcomm, SAP, Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard, JP Morgan Chase, State Farm, and Walmart have signed and sent an open letter to Congress leaders today, asking for a federal law on user data privacy to supersede the rising number of privacy laws that …