TECHNOLOGY

Apple is once again hinting that the world could one day see a foldable iPhone. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently published an Apple patent application for “an electronic device [that] may have a flexible portion that allows [it] to be folded.” The patent was filed in September 2016, shortly before the company was granted a patent for a ...

What’s the cyber-security policy in your organisation? Is it common to share login passwords with your colleagues? Because that’s how it works in the House of Commons – according to one MP at least. Responding to the row over just who might have had access to Damian Green’s computer – and therefore potentially used it to view pornography – Nadine ...

A software fix Apple released to close a serious Mac security bug may not have fixed the problem on some machines. The bug meant anyone with physical access to a Mac running High Sierra could get admin access to the machine. Wired magazine has found that the bug returns if Mac owners upgrade to the latest version of Sierra after ...

Government has two years to decide how it intends acquiring 25 percent shares in AirtelTigo, the Communication Minister Ursula Owusu Ekuful has said. According to her, the move is part of the conditions of the merger between the two telecom companies; government has the opportunity to acquire up to 25 percent shares in the merged entity. This is to encourage ...

The clue is in the name: credit. It means belief, trust. If you’re a shopkeeper, who do you trust to repay a debt? For most of history, only someone you knew personally, which was fine since most of the people you encountered would be from the same small community. But as cities boomed, things became more awkward. Large department stores ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency in a bid to ease the country’s economic crisis. He said the Petro would be backed by Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold and diamond wealth. Opposition MPs, however, poured scorn on the plan. Venezuela’s economy has been hit by falling oil revenue and the plummeting value of its ...

The world’s first “space nation” has taken flight. On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite. The “nanosat” — it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread — undertook a two-day journey from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station (ISS). It contains 0.5 ...

Facebook loves to steal Snapchat features to block the popular messaging app’s momentum. Ephemeral stories and messaging have arrived in Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp previously, and the company has even lifted Snapchat’s popular face filters and camera features. Facebook is now setting its sights on the streak feature of Snapchat, an addictive game that encourages friends to send messages back ...

Four thousand, nine hundred and forty-six school children in eight districts of the Ashanti, Western and the Brong-Ahafo Regions, have benefited from free computer training over the last three months. It was the first time many of them in the Bekwai and Offinso municipalities, Sekyere North, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Bosomtwe, Atwima-Mponua, New Edubiase and Goaso districts were using the computer and the ...

The next step in Ghana’s progress as a nation lies in the development of the infrastructure for high-speed or bullet trains, a renowned pioneer of fibre optic and nano-technology, Dr. Thomas Mensah has said. Dr. Mensah, a chemical engineer, may not be widely known in his own homeland of Ghana, but he is hailed for elevating fibre optics technology from ...