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The Pan-African Quantum Challenge opens a strategic partnership opportunity for visionary companies and organizations to co-build the Continent’s sovereign quantum ecosystem. The Africa Quantum Consortium (AQC)  announced the launch of Hack the Horizon: The Pan African Quantum Challenge, a landmark initiative designed to assemble and activate the continent’s sovereign quantum ecosystem. Registration for this continent-wide challenge, which unites Africa’s top innovators with the global diaspora, opened on Nov. 20. More than just a competition, Hack the Horizon is the strategic assembly of Africa’s quantum future. It will unite leading university researchers, top software developers and visionary industry leaders with next-generation…

GravaStar Mercury V60 Pro has a blazing 8,000 Hz polling rate! HomeComputer AccessoriesGravaStar Mercury V60 Pro Gadget Flow EditorsGravaStar Mercury V60 ProHurry up! This item is 10% OFF!Meet the GravaStar Mercury V60 Pro, a wired gaming board with magnetic Hall Effect switches, adjustable key feel, and true 8,000 Hz polling.True 8 kHz Polling: 8 kHz polling and 256 KHz key-position scanning cut input latency to about 0.125 ms, so actions feel instantaneous in fast games.Magnetic Hall Effect Switches: GravaStar UFO magnetic switches use Hall Effect sensors and N52H magnets for frictionless travel and long life, giving consistent actuation.Adjustable Actuation &…

Black Friday sales are in full swing – did you get anything yet? If you are looking for a new phone, we have been tracking a great number of offers for the US market. Here’s what Amazon has to offer and here are deals from Samsung. Here we wanted to spotlight four of the best offers that we’ve seen so far. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra remains a unique productivity tool with its built-in S Pen and DeX support. You can use the USB-C for wired video out, but wireless screen casting works too, so the Ultra is pretty versatile.…

Someone needs to say it. Someone has to speak up in defense of being mid. I am a mid runner. Most of us are, as that is the definition of being mid. I work out every day, but I have a full-time job, two kids, a dog, and a spouse. I volunteer, and I have dinner with my parents. I’m aging. I’m not going to knock anyone’s socks off with a crazy 100-miler anytime soon.So what do you do if you don’t want to collapse into a bag of dust, but you have no time or incentive to work with…

From the Google Play Store, Android users can now install Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet Browser. The Comet Browser can work with your voice as you ask the Comet Assistant questions about content you’ve been reading on the browser. For example, if you need to summarize a long magazine article you’ve been reading, just ask Comet to do it and it shall be done. And Comet even has the capabilities of viewing multiple tabs at one time.Comet is AI-first and can take actions on behalf of usersWhile Chrome and other mobile browsers like Edge have AI tacked on as an extension, Comet…

The Group’s Representative Office will strengthen trade and investment flows between Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, recognising Egypt’s role as a vital gateway in Africa”s north-south trade corridor. Standard Bank Group,  Africa’s largest financial institution by assets, has announced the official launch of its Representative Office in Egypt during an event held at the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. The Group’s Representative Office will strengthen trade and investment flows between Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, recognising Egypt’s role as a vital gateway in Africa’s north-south trade corridor. “This expansion reflects Standard Bank’s belief in Egypt’s growing…

SwitchBot Presence Sensor delivers more accurate room detection HomeAmazon Alexa GadgetsSwitchBot Smart mmWave Radar Presence Sensor Gadget Flow Editors SwitchBot Smart mmWave Radar Presence SensorAn ultra-accurate presence monitor, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor detects motion and even breathing with radar and light sensing.Motion & Presence Detection: Uses mmWave radar with PIR and light sensing to detect motion and subtle posture changes. It keeps lights and automations active when someone is still.Battery Life & Flexible Installation: Runs on two AAA batteries for up to 2 years and mounts on a magnetic base.Instant Local Automations: Works without a hub for fast local triggers…

Samsung launched the Galaxy A56 in March, and the company is now working on its successor, the Galaxy A57. A prototype A57 ran Geekbench earlier today, and, as always, this has revealed the chipset that’s powering it. Samsung Galaxy A56 It’s the Exynos 1680, the successor to the Exynos 1580 in the Galaxy A56. The new chip is clearly still in the testing phase, so don’t take the results too seriously. For what it’s worth, it managed a single-core score of 1,311 and a multi-core score of 4,347 in Geekbench 6.5 for Android. The Galaxy A57 that ran the benchmark…

OpenAI employees in San Francisco were told to stay inside the office on Friday afternoon after the company purportedly received a threat from an individual who was previously associated with the Stop AI activist group.“Our information indicates that [name] from StopAI has expressed interest in causing physical harm to OpenAI employees,” a member of the internal communications team wrote on Slack. “He has previously been on site at our San Francisco facilities.”Just before 11 am, San Francisco police received a 911 call about a man allegedly making threats and intending to harm others at 550 Terry Francois Boulevard, which is…

CRAN, through the Universal Service Fund, contributed 100 smartphones, MTC donated 20, and Dr. Erastus personally added 10 devices. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT)  in Namibia has delivered an early Christmas gift to residents of Epinga village in the Ohangwena Region, following the launch of the Universal Service Fund’s first network tower in the community. The milestone event, held on Tuesday, is part of a national commitment to expand connectivity and bridge the digital divide across rural Namibia. As part of the celebration, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, donated more than 130 Oka…