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e-Crime Bureau trains IT staff of Multimedia in cyber security, digital forensics

Staff of the Information Technology department of the...

Facebook rolls out time spent dashboard

Last week, Instagram started rolling out its new dashboard that showed how much time you spend on Instagram, and now, it’s Facebook’s turn: the...

‘Ugly’ mistake sends Google data to China

Google data for search and cloud services went...

Google staff walk out over women’s treatment

Staff at Google offices around the world are...

Google sacks dozens over sexual harassment

Google has sacked 48 people including 13 senior...

Facebook removes 8.7m child nudity images

Facebook has said that 8.7 million images of...

WhatsApp is making a change that’ll have an effect on muting chats

WhatsApp is planning to change the way muting...

All telcos to connect to KelniGVG today

Reliable information reaching Adom News indicates all four telcos in the country have now fully connected their networks to the government’s Common Monitoring Platform...

Facebook enlists ‘war room’ to combat fake election news

On Oct. 7, during the first round of Brazil's presidential election, Facebook employees noticed something suspicious on the social network. A story posted on the social...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Monday afternoon. Allen's Vulcan Inc. announced that he died in Seattle at 65 years old. It...

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire dies

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had revealed the disease's return only two weeks ago, after...

Meet the 19-year-old tech genius coding at Ethiopia’s first AI lab

At 19-years-old, Betelhem Dessie is perhaps the youngest pioneer in Ethiopia's fast emerging tech scene, sometimes referred to as 'Sheba Valley'. Dessie is coordinating a...

Take me to your leader! MPs to quiz robot

A robot is to be questioned by a panel of MPs in what they are claiming is a first for UK democracy (regular viewers...

Chinese intelligence officer charged with conspiring to steal secrets from U.S. aircraft firm

United State's Justice Department revealed Wednesday that an officer of China's intelligence and security agency has been arrested and brought to the U.S. to face...

Weak passwords banned from 2020

Default passwords such as "admin" and "password" will be illegal for electronics firms to use in California from 2020. The state has passed a law...

Police raid TV station to seize equipment for broadcast right infringement

A team from the SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service and the National Communications Authority (NCA) has raided the premises of Fly TV...

Google to stream Assassin’s Creed for free

Google is offering a limited number of gamers the chance to play popular video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey free of charge via its Chrome...

Facebook stops sending staff to help political campaigns

Facebook will no longer send employees to work at the offices of political campaigns during elections, the company has announced. The social network used to...

Facebook told to speed up changes or face ‘sanctions’

Facebook has been given a deadline to provide more information about what is done with users' data, or it will face sanctions from the...

Twitter admits unfairly hiding accounts

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company's algorithms have not always been "impartial". He said the platform "unfairly" reduced the visibility...

Esoko launches insyt to reduce reliance on paper

Esoko, a mobile technology-based Ghanaian organization has launched a new web and mobile application-based product called Insyt. Insyt is a platform built by the company...

Ministry mute over digital migration

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has been left in the dark as the Ministry of Communications remains mute over some critical concerns confronting...

VIDEO: Fibre optics inventor proposes high-speed rail system for Ghana

A Ghanaian-American-fibre optics inventor, Dr Thomas Owusu Mensah is advocating for a high-speed rail system for Ghana. Dr. Owusu Mensah who is currently the President...

Facebook has started internal testing of its dating app

Two months after announcing the product at its F8 developer conference, Facebook is testing its dating product internally with employees. Independent app researcher Jane...

Hurray!: You can now have group video calls on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has updated its messaging service with support for group video calls, allowing you to chat with up to three more people simultaneously on its iOS and Android apps. To use...

Android users can now get YouTube’s dark mode

In March, YouTube revealed that it was releasing a dark mode for its mobile apps, starting with its iOS version. Now, Android users are beginning...

WhatsApp restricts forwarding of messages to 20 users

According to The Economist, users of the instant messaging app will no longer be able to forward messages to more than 20 people. WhatsApp had previously introduced the ‘forward...

Twitter is banning users who created their accounts while underage

An update to Twitter’s terms of service that was made months ago is still locking users out of the platform for being underage —...

WhatsApp sets new rules

WhatsApp has said it will limit how many times messages can be forwarded in India, to curb the spread of false information on its...

Facebook faces £500,000 fine from UK data watchdog

The UK's data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches - the maximum allowed. The Information Commissioner's Office said Facebook had failed...

Facebook agrees to stream premier league games from 2019

Facebook has reportedly struck a £200million deal to stream Premier League matches. All 380 Premier League games played each season from 2019 will be broadcast...

Anger as social media tax hits Uganda

Many Ugandans are turning to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass a new social media tax that came into force on Sunday. The new law imposes a...

Facebook abandons flying internet plan

Facebook is giving up on its plan to create drones that beam down internet connectivity, the company has confirmed. Project Aquila, first announced in 2014,...

Five things to do before selling your phone

Whether you are using an Android or iOS device, you may someday decide that you have enough of the phone and want to sell...

Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’

Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling daily levy...

Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website's effect on the country. Communication minister Sam...

NCA releases results of mobile network Quality of Service

A plan released by the National Communications Authority to conduct field quality of Service (QoS) monitoring in all district capitals in five regions — Ashanti, Eastern, Greater...

NCA Board member resigns over controversial Kelni GVG deal?

Members of the Board of Directors of the National Communications Authority (NCA) have reportedly refused to accept the $89 million controversial contract with Kelni...