Super Mario World, Starfox and Yoshi’s Island are set to be re-released later this year as part of a new classic SNES console. The SNES Classic follows the NES Classic, which went on sale late last year but abruptly discontinued in April – much to the frustration of fans. Nintendo said limited resources were to … Read more
Facebook is starting production on high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant’s executives said on Monday. The online platform, which has around two billion monthly users worldwide, is working on the project with a small group of partners and hopes to start putting out … Read more
Google’s decision to stop scanning Gmail users’ emails in order to target them with personalised adverts has been given a qualified welcome by privacy campaigners. The tech firm revealed the change in a blog at the end of last week. Google promised to make the move before the year’s end to bring the consumer version … Read more
Four companies in Accra have been summoned to the cybercrime unit of the Ghana Police Criminal Investigation Department at the headquarters for flouting the Data Protection Act. This was an exercise organised by the Data Commission and the cybercrime units of the Police CID to summon and arrest data controllers who had failed to comply … Read more
The EU’s powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record two billion euro fine as early as Tuesday in another European blow against a US tech giant, sources say. Led by hard-charging European Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager, the EU will impose a massive penalty against Google that would break the previous record of … Read more
The EU’s powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record fine as early as Tuesday in another European blow against a US tech giant, sources said. Led by hard-charging European Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager, the EU will impose a massive penalty against Google that would break the previous record of 1.06 billion euros … Read more
A former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi has hit hard at government for failing to complete the construction of an official bungalow for the Vice President. He said he is shocked by government’s seeming neglect of the project and has challenged it to complete the project. Works at the bungalow at Cantoments … Read more
A former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi has hit hard at government for failing to complete the construction of an official bungalow for the Vice President. He said he is shocked by government’s seeming neglect of the project and has challenged it to complete the project. Works at the bungalow at Cantoments … Read more
The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber attack, officials at Westminster say. The “sustained” hack began on Friday night, prompting officials to disable remote access to the emails of MPs, peers and their staff as a safeguard. The parliamentary authorities said hackers had mounted a “determined attack” on all user accounts “in an … Read more
Medical records of private individuals will no longer be findable via a Google search, reports Bloomberg. The news organisation noticed that the search giant had added the data type to its list of information automatically removed from search results. Now Google will make sure “confidential” medical information cannot be found when people search. The change … Read more
Rihanna has helped a fan overcome heartbreak by replying to his message on Twitter and telling him his sadness “won’t be forever”. The 29-year-old singer received a direct message on Twitter from a fan asking how to get over a particularly upsetting breakup, and the ‘Work’ hitmaker took the time to respond, telling the fan … Read more
An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents. Snap Map lets people search for places such as schools and see videos and pictures posted by children inside. It also lets people locate their “friends” on a map that is accurate enough to determine where … Read more
Google is set to eliminate an advertising format that has raised many privacy concerns among its Gmail users. Emails will no longer be scanned in order to show users personalized ads, instead, the firm will monitor online activity, such as searches, to generated targeted ads. The change brings Gmail in line with the paid G … Read more
Google said Friday it would stop scanning the contents of Gmail users’ inboxes for ad targeting, moving to end a practice that has fueled privacy concerns since the free email service was launched. A Google statement said Gmail users would still see “personalized” ads and marketing messages but these would be based on other data, … Read more
A former US diplomatic officer has been arrested and charged with giving top-secret documents to a Chinese agent. According to an affidavit, Kevin Mallory, a 60-year-old from Virginia, is said to have travelled to Shanghai in March and April 2017. He also failed to declare $16,500 (£13,000) in cash found in two carry-on bags when … Read more
Facebook has introduced new security features for women using the social media platform in India, including the ability to prevent strangers from downloading their profile pictures, the company said Thursday. Research by the social media giant found that some Indian women were reluctant to show their faces in their profile pictures, fearing the images could … Read more
WhatsApp is becoming one of the prevailing ways people discover and discuss news, according to a study. But use of the messaging app appears to vary widely between countries. In Malaysia, more than 50% of those surveyed said they used WhatsApp for news at least once a week. But in the US, the figure was … Read more
Ghana’s leading Telecommunications Service Provider, MTN Ghana , in partnership with Chinese Multi-National Tech Firm, Lenovo, through its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility has released the World’s thinnest premium smartphone called : “Moto Z” unto the Ghanaian market. The Moto Z is made from military aircraft – grade aluminium and stainless steel. This stunning new Moto Z … Read more
Apple has expanded its legal battle against Qualcomm, accusing the US chip maker of charging for invalid patents in the latest twist in the clash between the two tech giants. In legal filings in a federal court in California on Tuesday, Apple claimed that several Qualcomm patents were invalid because they conflict with existing patents, … Read more
South Korean web-hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay a $1m ransom to unlock computers frozen by hackers. It is believed to be a record amount, although it is worth noting that many ransom payments are never made public. Nayana’s chief executive revealed that the hackers initially asked for $4.4m, payable in bitcoin. Security experts … Read more