Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker’s Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts…

Over the past couple of weeks, users on the r/alexa subreddit have reported getting automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus as a perk for their Prime memberships. The update doesn’t appear to be opt-in, but there’s an option to roll it…

Shipping is expected to start for all three Pokémon sets on February 27th, 2026.A set that is only for the most die-hard Pokémon fans and Lego collectors is the Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise diorama featuring the three Pokémon in their…

Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launching an open-source standard built together with major retailers including Shopify, Walmart, and Target. The move comes as companies…

The Trump administration approached Microsoft for its donation to fund the White House’s $300 million ballroom, documents released by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) office reveal.“At that time, Microsoft was provided information concerning the Trust for the National Mall’s management of…

Multipolitan, the world’s first platform for borderless living, has released findings from its Start-Up Friendly Cities Index 2026, a study that measures and compares the relative attractiveness of leading global cities for founders, investors and innovators. The Index provides an…

New Horizons Nigeria, a leading ICT training institute, has launched a comprehensive empowerment programme aimed at taking Almajiri youths off the streets and equipping them with practical, income-generating technical skills. The initiative, tagged Almajiris-to-Tech, is a 90-day intensive empowerment scheme…

Carbon AI has unveiled plans for the AI in Action 2026 conference, set to take place on 22 January 2026, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, aiming to advance practical, homegrown artificial intelligence solutions across Africa. In a statement issued on…

Rising memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand are set to push up Android smartphone prices in 2026, while low- and mid-range brands face the greatest margin pressure, and global shipments are expected to decline, JUSTICE OKAMGBA reports…

It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year’s resolutions — work out more, spend less, keep the house cleaner — full of optimism and motivation. Then life happens, and suddenly it’s June and you can’t recall what your resolutions…

It’s January, which means there’s a whole year of rectangular glass slabs ahead of us. But before that happens, I managed to find phones of a different shape lurking around the corners of the CES convention center halls. They weren’t…

If you’re one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have…

Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will be flying above 150 more locations this year, including in four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, and…

This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what’s in your inbox. It’s not widely available yet, but…

For a while, it seemed like everyone had a TiVo. It was a plot point on major TV shows; it had A-list Hollywood fans; it became a verb as ubiquitous as Google or Xerox. The love was well-earned, since TiVo…