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The firm says it took down more videos than ever when automatic systems did more of the work. Source: BBC

Government says it has achieved 90% of the promises made in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s 2016 manifesto at the local government level. This, according to the Local Government Minister, Alima Mahama is because the Akufo-Addo led administration is determined to firm up the operations of the District Assemblies. Taking Read more…

If Navalny survives, a Kremlin-linked businessman intends ‘to strip’ him and his allies ‘of their clothes and shoes’. Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has promised to ruin Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, with a court-ordered penalty of about $1.2m. Prigozhin is nicknamed Read more…

Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s social Zoom competitor, is today rolling out new features aimed at making Rooms easier to both create and discover as well as those for further personalizing your Rooms experience. The changes follow Messenger’s recent slight dip from the top of the U.S. App Store charts, where typically Read more…

Stride.VC, the London early-stage VC firm founded by Fred Destin and podcaster Harry Stebbings, is losing Paris-based partner, Pia d’Iribarne, TechCrunch has learned. According to a regulatory filing, d’Iribarne’s partnership officially ended today, a little more than a year and a half after her appointment as Stride’s third investment partner Read more…

We’ve all been in a video conference, especially this year, when the neighbor started mowing the lawn or kids were playing outside your window — and it can get pretty loud. Cisco, which owns the WebEx video conferencing service wants to do something about that, and late yesterday it announced Read more…

Like other accelerators, Brinc hasn’t let 2020 get in the way of its program for early-stage startups. The firm is known for focusing on food technology, health tech, clean energy, and hardware, and has a knack for finding some of the most interesting startups in those spaces. Today, we joined Read more…

Finix, a startup that provides payments-related services to other companies, announced it has extended its Series B financing with a $30 million investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and American Express Ventures. The fintech startup has now raised over $96 million in venture capital. According to CEO and co-founder Richie Read more…

The entrepreneurial dreams of innovative youths lies within reach under the Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) module of MasterCard Foundation’s Young Africa Works initiative.  The initiative, implemented by the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), would add 39,000 dignified jobs to the youth sector; 3,800 of which would be Read more…

Desktop Metal’s had no shortage of investor interest in its business during in its half-decade existence. To date, the metal 3D printing company has raised $430 million, becoming one of the fastest U.S. companies to achieve unicorn status in the process. Today it also became the latest in a recent Read more…

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Joh Mahama will introduce his running mate to the overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. This comes after he had introduced Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang to the Clergy as well as the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Read more…

A product found in insect repellent can kill the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, research by Britain’s defense laboratory has shown.  Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) are sharing their preliminary findings so others are able to conduct further research, Sky News understands. Britain’s armed forces Read more…

Grid, a SaaS startup founded in Iceland that lets you turn spreadsheets into visual “narratives,” has closed $12 million in Series A funding. The round is led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors BlueYard Capital, Slack Fund, Acequia Capital and other unnamed “strategic” partners. The injection Read more…

Xiaomi reported a revenue of $7.77 billion for the quarter that ended in June this year, up 3.1% since the same period last year and up 7.7% over the previous quarter as the Chinese smartphone maker sees recovery in most of its overseas markets. The company, which appointed Alain Lam Read more…

It usually takes several days to even a week for a tropical storm to grow into a powerful hurricane. But if conditions are just right, a major hurricane can develop in just hours. The process, known as “rapid intensification,” could take Hurricane Laura from a tropical storm with sustained winds of 65 Read more…

A short history of fax, why Messi had to use Spain’s burofax system and some more fax facts. Source: BBC

Relatively simple DDoS attacks knocked trading offline on Tuesday and Wednesday, NZX says. Source: BBC