Spotify Founder Daniel Ek to Step Down as CEO
Spotify said Tuesday that its founder, Daniel Ek, will step down as chief executive by the end of the year and transition to executive chairman.
The streaming giant appointed two long-serving executives...
China’s DeepSeek Unveils AI Model With Lower Inference Costs
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has released an experimental model, V3.2-exp, which it says can significantly reduce inference costs for long-context operations through a novel “sparse attention” mechanism.
The company announced the model...
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, Touts Best AI Coding Model Yet
San Francisco, Sept. 30 – Anthropic has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence system, Claude Sonnet 4.5, describing it as the “best coding model in the world” and a major step forward...
NITDA DG Reaffirms Push for Green Tech in Nigeria’s Digital Future
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to driving Nigeria’s digital economy through green technology and innovation.
Speaking at the 3rd...
Africa Must Become Tech Creators, Not Just Consumers — NITDA DG
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has urged African countries to move beyond consuming imported technologies and become global creators of digital...
MTN Pledges Support for Advancing AI in African Languages
MTN Group has committed to supporting efforts to collect datasets of African languages, a move seen as crucial to developing large language models (LLMs) tailored for the continent’s 1.5 billion people.
The...
Governors, Innovators to Be Honoured at 2025 Nigeria GovTech Awards
Governors, Innovators to Be Honoured at 2025 Nigeria GovTech Awards
Governors Alex Otti (Abia), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) are among...
X to Appeal Indian Court Ruling on Content Removal System
Social media platform X said on Monday it will appeal after an Indian court rejected its challenge of New Delhi’s content-removal mechanism, calling the system unlawful and a violation of freedom...
Telegram Founder Alleges French Intelligence Sought Censorship Deal
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has accused French intelligence of asking him, through an intermediary, to censor certain Moldovan voices on the messaging app in exchange for help with his ongoing court...
SEC Warns Against AI-Driven Investment Scams
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has raised concerns over the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by fraudsters to promote fake investment schemes.
In a statement on Sunday, the regulator...
