Opera founded startup OPay raises $50M for mobile finance in Nigeria
OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera, has raised $50 million in funding. Lead investors include Sequoia China, IDG Capital,...
Remitly raises $220M to expand from money transfers to financial services, now at ~$1B valuation
When it comes to financial services in emerging markets, remittances — people sending money to each other across international borders, often not to established bank accounts...
Geek Trivia: What Was the First Commercial Product to Use a Barcode?
What Was the First Commercial Product to Use a Barcode? A Can of Coca-Cola A Pack of Marlboro Reds A Bag of Everlasting Gobstobbers A Pack...
The Commerce Department will accept applications from companies that want to supply Huawei, but it remains blacklisted
About two months after Huawei was placed on the Commerce Department’s Entity List, the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone giant will be able to do business...
To reduce plastic waste in Indonesia, one startup turns to AI
In Indonesia, plastic waste poses a major challenge. With 50,000 km of coastline and a lack of widespread public awareness of waste management across the archipelago,...
YouTube Announces Some Changes to Its Infamously Awful Copyright Infringement System
The number of issues plaguing YouTube at any one time boggles the mind, and range from accusations it promotes extremist content to reports its nightmare algorithm...
Video Captures Delta Air Lines MD-88 Engine Failing Mid-Flight Before Emergency Landing
There are many things that one never wants to see out a plane window, and this is definitely one of them. In a video posted to...
Inrix expands its digital rule book beyond self-driving cars to help cities with scooters, bikes and delivery bots
Cities use paint and signs to communicate the rules of the road in a world where urban spaces must choreograph an infinite dance between pedestrians and...
Zoom Backtracks, Says It Will Actually Fix Major Flaw That Could Let Hackers Hijack Mac Webcams
After initially defending their decision to install insecure local web servers on Mac users’ machines that posed a major security risk and could be hijacked by...
Lyft self-driving cars offer tactile maps, diagrams for blind riders
Aptiv’s self-driving cars on the Lyft ride-hailing network drove down the Las Vegas strip with blind and low-vision passengers along for the ride. For many of...
