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Huawei has confirmed the global launch of a new Nova 15 series device, the Nova 15 Max. The phone is expected to debut at an event in Thailand on May 7. Notably, the company previously introduced the Nova 15, Nova 15 Pro, and Nova 15 Ultra in China in December 2025. The company has shared images and key specifications of the Nova 15 Max on X. The device features a refreshed design compared to the rest of the Nova 15 lineup. A few key specs of the Nova 15 Max have also been confirmed, with the standout being its massive…

Los Alamos Scientists Team Up to Advance Lab’s AI Mission Dozens of project members collaborated in a winter hackathon April 30, 2026 — Keeping in step with private industry, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has seen a significant increase in resources dedicated to AI-specific projects, and an event hosted in the AI Technology Laboratory over the winter was a further development in advancing the Lab’s AI for Mission — or ArtIMis — project. The ArtIMis Winter Hackathon drew together nearly 30 members of the project team for a day of collaborative progress. A team of about 30 members of…

Through its partnership with MoneyBadger, Bybit Pay integrates with several established South African payment networks. Bybit,  the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has expanded its payment solution,Bybit Pay, to South Africa through an integration with MoneyBadger,  a South African crypto payments integration provider that enables QR-based transactions and settlement in rand through partnerships with major payment networks, enabling users to make everyday purchases using cryptocurrency across a wide network of merchants. The integration marks a further step in the adoption of cryptocurrency for daily transactions in one of Africa’s most active digital asset markets. South Africa has an…

Despite the ongoing memory chip crisis, Omdia reported a 1% rise in global smartphone shipments for Q1. Total shipments during the first three months of the year reached 298.5 million units, fueled by vendor front-loading. This is when smartphone companies strategically push inventory volumes in anticipation of rising component costs. Samsung regained the title as the world’s number one smartphone brand, thanks to 65.4 million shipments for the period, which represents an 8% rise compared to the same time last year. The Galaxy S26 series is seeing strong demand, and the recently launched Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57 are also…

As the first week of trial in Musk v. Altman comes to a close, one person has emerged as a critical behind-the-scenes manager of communications and egos in OpenAI’s early years: Shivon Zilis.A longtime employee of Musk and the mother to four of his children, Zilis joined OpenAI as an adviser in 2016. She later served as a director of its nonprofit board from 2020 until 2023 and has worked as an executive at Musk’s other companies, Neuralink and Tesla.When asked about the nature of his relationship with Zilis in court, Musk offered several answers. At one point, he called…

In his opening address, the President underscored the strategic importance of the sector in a rapidly evolving global environment, stressing that no country can achieve competitiveness, sovereignty, or sustainable growth while remaining excluded from global digital, logistical, and information networks. The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, has officially opened the first General Assembly of Posts and Telecommunications, held at the amphitheatre of the Cultural and Artistic Centre of Central African Countries (CCAPAC). The meeting brings together sector stakeholders to chart a roadmap for the country’s digital and communications transformation. The assembly, which runs from…

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According to a new rumor, Samsung is currently working on Galaxy Book branded laptops that will run Android 17 with One UI 9 on top. Before you think that’s insane, remember that Google itself is in the (very lengthy) process of merging ChromeOS with Android. What will come out of that is Aluminum OS, which itself is based on Android. Now it’s not clear if these Samsung laptops will actually be running that, or if the Korean company is developing its own One UI 9 layer for laptops in order to simply slap it onto normal phone-oriented Android 17, unfortunately…

The company says its mission is to make building AI models less like alchemy and more like a science. Sure, LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini can do amazing things. But nobody knows exactly how or why they work, and that can make it hard to fix their flaws or block unwanted behaviors.  “We saw this widening gap between how well models were understood and just how widely they were being deployed,” Goodfire’s CEO, Eric Ho, tells MIT Technology Review in an exclusive chat ahead of Silico’s release. “I think the dominant feeling in every single major frontier lab today is…

The regulator directed the company to compensate all customers affected between 13 and 20 April 2026, in response to service disruptions experienced during that period. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)  has taken regulatory action against GVA Rwanda Ltd, the operator of internet service provider Canalbox,  citing continued non-compliance with service requirements. In a statement shared on social media, RURA said the enforcement action is being taken under Article 269 of Law No. 24/2016. The regulator directed the company to compensate all customers affected between 13 and 20 April 2026, in response to service disruptions experienced during that period. RURA…