Emirates reveals that is has returned over AED 5 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) in COVID-19 related travel refunds to date, making strong and steady progress on its commitment to customers to complete pending refunds. More than 1.4 million refunds requests have been completed since Read more…
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced $21.75 million in awards today for a variety of scientific achievements. One in particular is a tech/science crossover: A $3 million award to David Baker, whose work over the last 20 years has helped validate Read more…
Verishop, the Los Angeles online retailer founded by former Snap executive Imran Khan, launched a little over a year ago to change the way people shop online. Now the company is launching a new initiative called “Verified Shops” which looks Read more…
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google says it has taken a number of steps to improve the quality of information that it highlights across its various search and news products. Google executives outlined these changes at an online press Read more…
With touring ground to a halt for the foreseeable future, 2020 has become the most difficult year for musicians in recent memory. One’s ability to survive on music depends on a variety of factors, of course, including things like audience, Read more…
Two ride-hailing drivers are taking India-based Ola to court in the Netherlands in another test case targeted at algorithmic management of gig workers. The case, which is being supported by the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and others, is Read more…
The tech giant is facing criticism over its appointment of a former NSA director. Source: BBC
Facebook is getting back to its roots as a college-focused social network. The company announced today the launch of a new social networking platform, Facebook Campus, which offers college students a private place to connect with classmates, join groups, discover Read more…
Some residents along the Accra-Tema motorway made away with several crates of alcoholic beverage after a truck hauling beer and other drinks got involved in an accident, Thursday. Eyewitness say the Accra bound vehicle allegedly expressed a brake failure, causing Read more…
NASA wants to procure samples of lunar soil from private contractors, the agency announced today in a blog post by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. This is part of the agency’s overall ambitions around returning humans to the Moon by 2024, Read more…
Manager Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool are a “different club” to some rivals in the transfer window as they are “not owned by countries or oligarchs”. The Premier League champions have only signed Kostas Tsimikas for £11.7m, while Chelsea have spent Read more…
Joy Sports is reliably informed that Nana Yaw Amponsah is considering resigning from his role as Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer, just a month after his appointment. Nana Yaw Amponsah, whose unveiling took place a month ago amid funfair, is Read more…
Customers will be able to have “small baskets” of goods delivered in minutes. Source: BBC
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is to join the renamed Aston Martin team in Formula 1 next year. Vettel, 33, is moving to the team currently known as Racing Point from Ferrari, who earlier this year decided not to offer the Read more…
In the early days, Microsoft had misgivings about calling the Surface Duo a phone. Asked to define it as such, the company has had the tendency to deflect with comments like, “Surface Duo does much more than make phone calls.” Read more…
Stock trading app Robinhood has seen rapid growth during the pandemic, leading it to raise hundreds of millions more dollars in funding — most recently in a $200 million round that valued the company at $11.2 billion. And the content Read more…
Police in Accra have arrested 109 people at Madina Ritz Junction following an earlier attack on some of its personnel. They consist of some individuals who obstructed some police officers and a bailiff who was to execute a court order Read more…
Primary care health tech startup Carbon Health has added a new element to its “omnichannel” healthcare approach with the launch of a new pop-up clinic model that is already live in San Francisco, LA, Seattle, Brooklyn and Manhattan, with Detroit Read more…
The 2017 Auditor General’s report has uncovered that institutions including the Parliament owe the Graphic Communications Group Limited millions of Ghana cedis for newspapers it procured. Apart from the legislative arm of government, other state agencies and the various MMDAs Read more…
A major European Commission review of a Code of Practice aimed at combating the spread of disinformation online has concluded the self-regulatory instrument is failing to deliver enough transparency or accountability from the tech platforms and advertisers signed up to Read more…