Fez Delivery, a Lagos-based last-mile logistics startup with hubs across Nigeria, has raised $1 million led by pan-African investor Ventures Platform with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures and other angel investors. Founder and CEO Seun Alley, in a statement, said the company plans to use the seed investment to …
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Elon Musk says Twitter will only show verified accounts on its algorithmic timeline
In the latest chapter in the saga of Elon Musk and his strange Twitter decisions, the social network’s CEO has declared that Twitter will only show verified accounts on the algorithmic “For You” timeline starting April 15. In a tweet, Musk justified the move by saying this was the “only …
Read More »An enterprise tier of Adobe Express is released with generative AI features
At today’s Adobe Summit conference, Adobe introduced the enterprise layer of their creative product Adobe Express. Organizations can use Adobe Firefly, the company’s recently released generative AI capabilities, with the corporate subscription. According to the provider of creative tools, this new product will enable firms to create anything from social …
Read More »The CEO of TikTok uses the app to reveal that there are over 150 million active users in the United States
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew revealed in a TikTok video that the video app now has more than 150 million users in the US, up from 100 million in 2020, before his appearance before Congress on Thursday. Also, he claimed that more than 5 million businesses in the nation host …
Read More »With the most recent round of Amazon layoffs, AWS suffers
Employees at Amazon’s cloud division, including the previous CEO of AWS, Andy Jassy, were not exempt when the company announced today that it was cutting off another 9,000 workers. According to , AWS contributed about 10% of today’s total. The business declined to corroborate such figures, citing Jassy’s memo to …
Read More »Everything about “The Last of Us” is talked about on Wt FX, including the well-known “bloater” and “giraffe” moments
Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” remarked in the official podcast for the video game adaptation series, “Nobody does creature work the way Wt does. You would probably agree with him if you had seen the bloated incident from episode five. It’s understandable why HBO asked Wt. …
Read More »Parliamentarians’ access to TikTok is prohibited in New Zealand
Days after the United Kingdom outlawed TikTok on official devices, New Zealand has followed suit by outlawing the short video app on parliamentary gadgets. The decision was made in response to rising security worries about ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, giving user data to the Chinese authorities. By the end …
Read More »Google warns people about security flaws in popular Android phones that can be exploited from far away and tells them to take precautions
Google’s security research division is raising the alarm about a number of holes it found in Samsung semiconductors used in many Android devices, wearable tech, and cars. They are worried that the holes will soon be found and used against Google. Tim Willis, the head of Google’s Project Zero, claimed …
Read More »MindGeek, the owner of Pornhub, sold to a private equity firm
Many adult entertainment websites owned by MindGeek, including Pornhub, Brazzers, and Redtube, were purchased by a Canadian private equity company, Ethical Capital Partners (ECP). The deal’s specifics were kept under wraps by ECP, which was only founded last year. With ECP’s resources and extensive expertise spanning regulatory, law enforcement, public …
Read More »SVB Financial declares it has $2.2 billion in liquid assets as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
SVB Financial has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. This comes one week after trading was stopped for the company and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank and other subsidiaries.As a result, …
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