Innovation & Technology

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown, meaning many businesses are putting their plans on hold, UK-based company Createc is going ahead with its expansion. Createc, with bases in Oxford and the North-West of England, has built a global reputation for creating innovative technologies and successfully applying them in the civil nuclear, defence, rail, aerospace, and security sectors. Holding two Queen's...

With its Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphone, Samsung broke the 108-megapixel barrier on a phone camera for the first time, but the company doesn't plan to stop there.  In a blog post on the company’s website, Samsung's head of sensor business team Yongin Park outlines — in broad terms — the company's ambitious plans for image sensors, and some of the...

American electric vehicle and clean energy company, Tesla, could be restructuring its large supply of auto parts due to the company’s new agenda to begin to build ventilators that can help boost the nation’s supply of the life-saving breathing machines. There has been shortage of ventilators in American hospitals as a result of the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, Tesla...

The global adoption of the 5G network is set to skyrocket in the next five years. The data compiled by Finbold.com estimates that by 2025, the number of 5G connections will hit 2.7 billion worldwide, a growth of at least twenty times from this year’s figure of 120 million. The data indicates that by next year, the network connections will...

A new report by Bloomberg reveals Apple’s product roadmap for 2020, including the four new iPhones that have been widely rumored. According to Bloomberg’s report, there will be two iPhone Pro models with three cameras on the back and that they will feature the new iPad Pro’s LIDAR 3D-scanning system — it’s not clear whether that will take the...

Some of the biggest names in encryption are developing a smartphone app they hope will tamp down the coronavirus pandemic without trampling privacy. Private Automated Contact Tracing, or PACT, is designed to let people figure out if they've been near others who've caught COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. If you've tested positive, you can use the...

TECNO CAMON 15 series has been highlighted through several platforms including the first online launch event in Africa Premier mobile phone brand TECNO Mobile recently launched a new smartphone: the CAMON 15 series with 64MP SONY camera and trademarked TAIVOS™ technology.  As one of the most remarkable camera phones, the TECNO CAMON 15 series has been highlighted through several platforms...

Toyota has issued a safety recall for 45,683 vehicles amid fears the fuel pumps could stop working causing drivers to stop suddenly. The recall notice was issued on cars sold nationally between October 2013 and April 2020. It covers several of the most popular Australian brands including Camry, Corolla, Prado and Hilux. “The fuel pump on affected vehicles may stop operating,” Toyota...

LAGOS, Nigeria – Yves Guillemot, Founder & CEO of French video games giant Ubisoft S.A. has invested in Franco-Nigeiran startup Africa Delivery Technologies SAS, who operated the Kwik Delivery (http://Kwik.Delivery) platform in Nigeria. The investment, part of Kwik's ongoing Series A round, aims to allow the company to scale up in Nigeria as delivery platforms have proven an essential link...

Oppo Ace 2 5G phone will be launched on April 13, the company announced. The upcoming device will be an upgrade to the Reno Ace phone launched in October last year. The Oppo Ace 2 will be independent of the Reno series and will be called just the Oppo Ace 2. The phone was spotted on TENAA recently, and...