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Adobe founder John Warnock dies at 82
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Adobe founder John Warnock dies at 82

Co-founder of Photoshop creator, Adobe John Warnock, has passed away on Saturday at the age of 82, the business announced in a statement early on Sunday. His death’s cause wasn’t made public. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen wrote in an email to staff, “It is a sad day for the Adobe community and the industry for […]

Twiga fires 283 employees, cites tough business environment
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Twiga fires 283 employees, cites tough business environment

African e-commerce food distribution company, Twiga will reduce one-third of its 850 staff as the company undergoes operational restructuring as a result of challenging market conditions. Twiga has been “on a transformative path in the last few months to become a lean, agile, cost-efficient organisation,” according to the company’s CEO, Peter Njonjo, who spoke with […]

Logistics company Kobo360 names Cikü Mugambi new CEO
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Logistics company Kobo360 names Cikü Mugambi new CEO

Nigerian logistics company Kobo360 announced the appointment of Cikü Mugambi as the new CEO after its founding CEO Obi Ozor was named transport commissioner in Enugu. The company’s Board of Directors announced Mugambi, who was formerly the company’s COO as Ozor successor. After working with the International Finance Corporation, Next Billion Growth, and KPMG, Mugambi […]

Twitch enhances filtering tools to block sexual, violent content from livestream
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Twitch to introduce anti-harassment feature

Social network Twitch has announced that streamers will soon be able to prevent banned people from viewing their content. The new anti-harassment function will be included in Twitch’s blocking capabilities when it launches in the coming weeks, preventing barred users from seeing streams. The tool won’t be turned on by default when dealing with banned […]

CcHub CEO, Bosun Tijani has been appointed the minister of communications, innovation, and the digital economy.
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Tinubu names CcHub CEO Tijani communications, digital economy minister

CcHub CEO, Bosun Tijani has been appointed the minister of communications, innovation, and the digital economy. Tijani’s appointment was on the list of ministerial portfolios released on Wednesday. The 46-year-old CcHub CEO faced opposition from lawmakers over his scathing comments about Nigeria’s politics and politicians, but his nomination has signalled new heights for Nigeria’s tech […]

US DOJ probes Visa over antitrust issues
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US DOJ probes Visa over antitrust issues

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a new investigation that Visa is charging retailers more for not adopting the payment company’s own tokenization technology, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Early in 2021, the DOJ launched an antitrust investigation into Visa to see whether it engages in anticompetitive behaviour in the debit card market. According […]

Opera integrates AI product Aria to iOS
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Opera integrates AI product Aria to iOS

Opera announced on Wednesday that Aria, its browser AI product created in partnership with OpenAI, will now be available for iOS. The AI solution had previously been made available on Opera for Android and Opera for desktop, where it has since surpassed 1 million users. The company says that Aria is now freely accessible on […]

Telegram rolls out stories for all users
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Telegram rolls out stories for all users

Telegram on Monday rolled out the Stories features for all users on the messaging platform. The function was initially made available to Premium users last month, and it is now accessible to all platform users. The statement was made on Monday coincided with Telegram’s tenth anniversary. The ability for users to update their stories after […]

Sony Music, Triller settle copyright infringement case
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Sony Music, Triller settle copyright infringement case

Sony Music Entertainment has dropped its lawsuit against Triller over claims the short-form video platform exploited the label’s music without authorization. Sony Music and Triller informed the Manhattan federal court on Friday that they will drop the copyright complaint with prejudice, which prevents a subsequent filing. Triller agreed to pay more than $4.5 million to […]

PayPal announces senior Intuit exec Alex Chriss new CEO
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PayPal announces senior Intuit exec Alex Chriss new CEO

A senior executive of tax-preparation software provider Intuit, Alex Chriss will succeed PayPal Holdings’ longest-serving CEO Dan Schulman on September 27. The shift in leadership is a turning point for the leader in digital payments, PayPal, which last week launched a U.S. dollar stablecoin in an effort to expand its presence in the cryptocurrency payments […]

Iraq lifts ban on Telegram
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Iraq lifts ban on Telegram

Iraq’s telecom ministry lifted the ban on Telegram over the weekend after blocking the chat app due to security concerns. According to a statement that was translated, the ministry said that the ban was lifted as a result of Telegram’s “response of the company that owns the application to the requirements of the security authorities,” […]

Iraq lifts ban on Telegram
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Iraq to lift ban on Telegram

The Iraqi telecoms ministry has disclosed that the ban on Telegram that was put in place earlier this week will be lifted on Sunday. The decision to lift the ban, according to the ministry, was made after “the company that owns the platform responded to the requirements of the security authorities that called on the […]