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The Ministry of Education in Zambia  has secured commitments from leading telecommunications companies and financial institutions to support efforts aimed at expanding internet connectivity to schools across the country. The pledge was made during a partners’ engagement meeting on School Connectivity held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Lusaka. The initiative brings together key stakeholders from the private sector and government to accelerate digital access in education and improve modern teaching and learning methods. Companies represented at the meeting included Zamtel, Airtel Zambia, MTN Zambia, Absa Bank Zambia, First National Bank Zambia, Stanbic Bank Zambia, Standard Chartered Zambia, and Zanaco, alongside…

The Realme C81 is coming soon, according to a new report, and it apparently could be a rebranded Realme Note 80. That device launched last month, by the way. The Realme C81 will allegedly be available with 4GB of RAM and 64/128GB of storage. It has the model number RMX5388. It will be offered in Storm Black and Glacier Blue, according to the screenshot below which seems to be showing an internal retailer or carrier system somewhere. The theory about this being a rebranded Note 80 comes from the fact that both of them have the same model number. If…

The partnership marks a new phase in digital cooperation between the United States and Africa and expands Cybastion’s Digital Fast Track program, which focuses on accelerating digital transformation across the continent. U.S. technology company Cybastion  has signed a strategic partnership with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen digital infrastructure and enhance national cybersecurity capabilities. The agreement was formalized during a high-level reception in Washington, D.C., held on the sidelines of the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings, bringing together government officials, investors, and technology leaders to discuss opportunities in Africa’s expanding digital economy. The partnership marks a new phase in…

Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold lived a short and tumultuous life. It went on sale a few times in very limited quantities in Korea, and then it got discontinued there. It lived on in the US just a little bit longer – the last restock over there was on April 10. Obviously, that stock sold out as well. Today we bid farewell to the Galaxy Z TriFold in the US as well. Following its discontinuation in Korea, it’s now been discontinued in the US too. Or rather, to quote Samsung’s official page listing it, “the limited-run Galaxy Z TriFold is now…

Other, similarly nifty A/B tests followed. One was led by David Luther, a biologist at George Mason University (who also worked with Phillips on the covid-19 study in San Francisco). In 2015, these researchers took 17 white-crowned sparrows at birth and raised them in a lab. To teach them their species’ songs, they played the nestlings recordings of adult sparrows singing, at low and high pitches. Six of the nestlings heard the songs without any interference; with the other half, the researchers played the sounds of city noise at the same time. The results were stark. The lucky birds that…

The company said the new solution is designed to build an ultra-broadband and intelligent all-optical foundation, supporting next-generation connectivity demands across core, metro, and 5G transport networks. ZTE Corporation  has introduced its latest innovation in optical networking, highlighting an AI-driven upgrade to its high-capacity transport infrastructure under the HI-OTN framework. The company said the new solution is designed to build an ultra-broadband and intelligent all-optical foundation, supporting next-generation connectivity demands across core, metro, and 5G transport networks. At the centre of the upgrade is the ZXONE 9700 platform, which supports 1.6T per wavelength high-speed transmission, a 12THz full-band spectrum, and…

ASUS Zenbook A14 UX3407 is your on-the-go powerhouse HomeComputer AccessoriesASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407) Laptop Gadget Flow Editors I love the feather-weight build!Editor’s QuoteASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407) LaptopMeet the ASUS Zenbook UX3407 A14, a 14-inch ultralight laptop. It delivers a long battery life, durable Ceraluminum build, and Snapdragon X2 Elite performance.Ultra-light design: Weighing just 2.18 lbs in a Ceraluminum chassis, it reduces carry weight. Meanwhile, it’s strong and scratch-resistant for travel.Mobile performance: The 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite and 80 TOPS NPU deliver fast multitasking and AI acceleration while conserving power, so apps stay snappy.Long battery life: A 70 Wh battery offers…

Introduction Vivo decided to shake things up a bit this year in the V series, at least as far as naming is concerned. The main device in the lineup arguably remains the vanilla V70, but now, the phone sitting above it is called the V70 Elite, while the one directly below it is the V70 FE. We are looking at the latter today. The V70 FE is a little bit downgraded compared to its sibling, primarily in the camera department, where the periscope telephoto camera is missing. There is also a slightly less-powerful chipset inside the FE. vivo V70 FE…

Still, I recognize that living in harmony with nature sounds like a mushy idea. I was therefore stoked to participate in a meeting in Oxford, UK, that sought to build more precise tools to assess human-nonhuman relationships. Scientists have invented lots of measurements of environmental destruction, from parts per million of carbon dioxide to extinction rates to “planetary boundaries.” These have their uses, but they engage people mostly through dread. Why not invent metrics, we thought, that would engage people’s hopes and dreams?  It was harder than I expected. How do you quantify how good people in any given nation…

The Internet is currently undergoing a fundamental shift, expanding from a web of pages designed for humans to a web that is also designed to support agents acting on behalf of humans. Cloudflare, Inc.,  the leading connectivity cloud company, and GoDaddy,  global leader in domains and tech for small businesses, announced a strategic partnership to help give website owners and AI developers transparency and control over how their content is used by AI, while also supporting standards to better identify AI agents. Together, the companies aim to help bring identity, trust, and access to the agentic open web. The Internet…