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TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Apple Bows to Peer Pressure; USB-C

Apple has announced that all its products (including Airpods, iPhone 15 and MacBooks) will now come with USB-C ports and Apple also unveiled the next generation of iPhone models; 15 and 15 PRO with its iPhone 15 Pro-max starting at N1.1 million with an exchange rate of N930/$1.

 

Tech Word: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) - RSS is a web feed format that is used to publish frequently updated content like blog entries. 

 

Subscribing to an RSS feed lets readers get timely updates from websites or view the feeds from several sites in one place without having to visit each individual website to manually check for updates. It does the same thing for content creators. 

 

It’s what you use to share your content to several sites without having to manually upload your content to all of them individually.

• Ethio Telecom rolls out commercial 5G in Addis Ababa
• Kenya allocates KSh 1 billion for its Unique Personal Identifiers (Maisha Cards)
• MTN Nigeria gets 2.6Ghz spectrum License 
• Nigeria Delists more Loan Apps from Google PlayStore
• Founder of defunct KloudCommerce speaks up.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Is ”AI Expert” the Hottest New Role for Influencers?

As South Africa signs MoU with China to establish a base on the moon, results from Indeed, LinkedIn and Udemy all show that AI Expert may just well be the hottest new role for freelancers in Tech.

 

Tech Word: Hashtag - The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a content. Words or phrases that follow the # are automatically transformed into links that lead to an aggregated list of contents that include that same hashtag.

• "AI Expert" is the hottest new role for Tech freelancers
• Ethiopia' set to launch its Fayda Digital IDs
• Tunisian AI Startup, InstaDeep, to launch office in Kigali
• Nigeria’s Flutterwave is launching its SendApp in India
• Microsoft will provide legal protection for using its AI

TTS - Key Takeaways From Africa Climate Week

The Africa Climate Summit 2023 marked a critical opportunity for African leaders and beyond to come together on a course of action around the urgent global climate change agenda. 

What position has Africa taken for COP28? What are the key Takeaways from the Africa Climate Summit 2023? 

The Director, Solution Led Countries, Africa, Naomi Wagura and the Country Delivery Lead in Nigeria, Muhammad Wakil both of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet share their key takeaways from the summit.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Lagos Metro Rail Goes Live as Google Clocks 25!

Tech Word - Google: A search engine which is synonymous with ‘search’ on the internet. The term google itself is a creative spelling of googol, a number equal to 10 to the 100th power, or more colloquially, an unfathomable number.

Paying Passengers use the Lagos Blue Rail for the 1st time
Afreximbank reviews Kenya’s proposal for PAPSS
Microsoft puts an end to WordPad?
Google still searching for answers 25 years after

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: AI May Bring Hope to Infertile Males

Biomedical Engineer, Dr Steven Vasilescu, says he and his colleagues have developed an AI software called SpermSearch, designed to help severely infertile men find viable sperm 1,000 times faster than a highly trained pair of embryologist eyes.

Though this is still in the development/trial stage, if concluded, infertile Men could have their ego back courtesy AI.

Tech Word: Cloud Computing - Cloud computing used to describe a global network of servers around the globe which are hooked together and meant to operate as a single ecosystem. These servers are designed to either store and manage data, run applications, or deliver content or a service such as streaming videos, web mail, office productivity software, or social media. 

Instead of accessing files and data from a local or personal computer, you are accessing them online from any Internet-capable device—the information will be available anywhere you go and anytime you need it.

Nigeria’s major Opposition parties lose election tribunal petition
Clubhouse’s rebranded App leave users confuse
Spotify restricts access to lyrics for some non-paying users
Nigeria increases price of electricity meters
African Leaders gather for climate in Nairobi

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

Tek Talk: Investing in Africa’s Future with Joe Kinvi

On this episode of Back To Base, we had a chat with the founder of HoaQ Club. From finance to angel investing.

Listen as he shares the story of how it all started.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Remote Work, Hybrid or Quit?

Should employees return to work physically?

Should employers force employees to return to work physically?

 

Google’s SynthID will identify images generated by AI and add a digital watermark of these AI generated images that human eyes cannot detect.

 

*Tech Word - Encryption*: At its most basic level, encryption is the process of protecting information or data by using mathematical models to scramble it in such a way that only the parties who have the key to unscramble it can access it.

 

At the beginning of every encryption process, the sender must decide what cipher or formula or encryption algorithm that would best disguise the meaning of the message, and what variable to use as a key, to make the encoded message unique.

 

Cameroon to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children with no IDs

Post Your Job Opening on X formerly Twitter (Verified Organizations only)

Apple will announce iPhone 15 on September 12

Global Generative AI Market to reach $109.3 billion by 2030

Raspberry Pi Pico boards manufactured in Kenya

 

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

 

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Internet Is Restored in Gabon

Internet service in Gabon seemed to have been restored after it was restricted on the election weekend.

Will X be Hiring rival LinkedIn?

*Tech Word* - *Artificial Intelligence (AI)*: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technologies that enable computers to perform a variety of advanced functions, including the ability to see, understand and translate spoken and written language, analyze data, make recommendations, and more.

At the beginning of every encryption process, the sender must decide what cipher or formula or encryption algorithm that would best disguise the meaning of the message, and what variable to use as a key, to make the encoded message unique.

Gabon restores internet services.

Google’s Duet AI can help you write your emails.

X lifts ban on paid political advertisements.

Google event to hold in October.

Faulty meters in Nigeria can be repaired within 2 days at no extra cost.

MTN Nigeria raises N125 billion through Commercial papers.

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

Tek Talk - Latest WhatsApp Updates of 2023

Check out the latest updates on WhatsApp so far in 2023.

Tek Talk - Bet You Didn’t Know The Purpose of These Everyday Items

From sink holes to oven drawers, find out the original functions of these features on everyday items.