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Meta’s Launches 100-Gram Powerful VR Glasses
Meta has unveiled lightweight VR glasses with a separate computing puck and 5K displays. Photo Credit: Meta
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OpenAI Agent Hacks Australian Medicare Portal as Prime Minister Vows ‘Harsh Punishment’
The Australian government has revealed that an OpenAI agent hacked its Medicare Statistics Portal and accessed both public and non-public files. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said during a press conference on September 24 that the incident occurred in June 2026, describing the situation as “unacceptable” and vowing harsh punishment on OpenAI. Albanese said it…
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Google’s Gemini AI Guessed Security Passwords and Hacked three Companies in a Test
Google’s AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities, the company has said, in what is thought to be the first known case of it carrying out such an act. Photo Credit: Gemini Logo
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Tinubu Welcomes $12 Million Abuja Digital Entrepreneurship Centre to Strengthen Nigeria’s MSME Ecosystem
The Centre, funded by the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency, KOICA, is being developed at the SMEDAN Industrial Development Centre in Idu, Abuja, in partnership with the Federal Government through SMEDAN and the United Nations Development Programme. Photo Credit: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR – State House Photos
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MTN and Gates Foundation Unveil $25 Million AI-Powered Nigeria Maternal Health Multiplier to Transform Care for Half a Million Women
The four-year initiative, backed by an initial investment of approximately $25 million between 2026 and 2030 through direct and in-kind contributions, aims to connect pregnant women, frontline health workers, and primary healthcare facilities through artificial intelligence, mobile technology, and improved connectivity. Photo Credit: AfricaTechNews.com
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Nigeria Champions Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation at UNGA 2026
NITDA CEO Abdullahi presented Nigeria’s approach through four interconnected pillars namely Connect, Skill, Compute, and Create. These approaches are designed to build an ecosystem in which every Nigerian can participate meaningfully in the AI economy. Photo Credit: NITDA
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Trump Renames AI as ‘Super Intelligence’
President Donald Trump declared that artificial intelligence would henceforth be referred to as “super intelligence” in all United States government documents. Photo Credit: Collage Photo of US President Donald Trump and an Illustrative Photo of Super Intelligence
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Applications open for the 2026 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Inaugural AI Innovation Café in Accra Ghana
Organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the Africa IGF Secretariat, in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Research ICT Africa (RIA), the café aims to bridge policy, innovation, and implementation. It highlights what African innovators are already achieving with AI rather than focusing solely on future potential. Photo…
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Bill Gates Commits US$1 Billion to AI That Speaks African Languages
Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence could be either a “great equalizer” or a force that widens the world’s inequality gap. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images)
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World Bank Group 2026 Small AI for Development Hackathon Challenge
The initiative invites young innovators worldwide to build practical, lightweight AI solutions that work in the real conditions facing developing economies such as limited connectivity, constrained computing power, and everyday devices. Photo Credit: WorldBank
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Why are AI Leaders Suddenly Calling for AI Slowdown?
Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Chinese Fraudsters Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Run Over 20 Fake Dating Apps, Deceiving 25,000 Victims
A China-based app studio systematically turned Anthropic’s Claude into the engine of a large-scale romance fraud operation, running more than 20 fake dating apps that engaged at least 25,000 users in roughly 2.36 million conversations over just two weeks in April 2026. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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INEC Chairman Calls for Safe AI deployment as Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections Draws Closer
The INEC chairman said the growing influence of algorithms and data architectures on democratic processes had made responsible technological innovation an important consideration for election management bodies. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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NITDA Calls for Trust, Transparency and Accountability in Nigeria’s Digital Governance
The NITDA Director-General said the focus of Nigeria’s digital governance efforts must shift from simply asking what technology can do to determining how technology should be governed. Photo Credit: NITDA Chairman – AfricaTechNews
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US is Banning AI in Schools yet Google is expanding free access to AI for African Students
US school districts are tightening restrictions on generative AI for younger students even as Google expands free premium AI access to University students across Africa. Photo Credit: AP/Maria Gonzalez
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Sandbox Africa Hackathon 2026: Build Practical Tech Solutions and Compete for ₦10 Million in Cash Prizes
This competition challenges participants to move beyond pure ideas and deliver working prototypes that solve real-world problems across software, artificial intelligence, robotics, embedded systems, and hardware. Photo Credit: Sandbox Africa
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New York Bans the Use Of AI In Elementary And Middle Schools
Schools in New York are working to teach children how to incorporate the technology while preventing them from relying too heavily on it or using it to cheat. Photo Credit: AFP
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Kenya and Italy Deepen Digital Partnership to Accelerate Konza Technopolis Development
Kenya is seeking to deepen its digital cooperation with Italy as the two countries explore new opportunities to accelerate the development of Konza Technopolis and expand digital infrastructure across the country. Photo Credit: Wanja Kingsley
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A 13-year-old Shanghai girl with no Programming Background earned US$2,600 in 3-days by selling an AI-powered Study Supervision App
Zhu had essentially no formal programming background and only started exploring AI the previous year, largely through self-study via educational sites, online tools, and chatbots.
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Huawei Launches Agentic AI Cloud in Nigeria to Accelerate AI Adoption
Huawei has launched its Agentic AI Cloud and related artificial intelligence solutions in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s AI capabilities and accelerate the adoption of AI agents across key sectors. Photo Credit: Punchng
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