Tech Nuggets with the Technology

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Watch the New Super Bowl Trailer for Black Widow

Marvel Studios used the 2020 Super Bowl to unveil a 30-second look at Black Widow, the Scarlett Johansson-starrer standalone movie. Black Widow release date in India is April 30. https://ift.tt/36SmJUY

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Alleged Hands-on Video Leaked

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone has appeared in an alleged hands-on video, flaunting its clamshell form factor and a super tall display. https://ift.tt/37S7kWn

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite With S Pen Stylus Goes on Sale in India

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite, which was launched in India last month, has now been available for purchase in the country. The smartphone sale is live through the Samsung India online store as well as... https://ift.tt/37UqEC9

China's CATL signs battery supply agreement with Tesla

Tesla already has a long-standing battery supply agreement with Japan's Panasonic Corp. https://ift.tt/2tmskVZ

Elon Musk slams Twitter, Google for rising scams, fake bots

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Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital

Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing tech markets and Nigeria is becoming its unofficial capital.

While the West African nation is commonly associated with negative cliches around corruption and terrorism — which persist as serious problems, and influenced the Trump administration’s recent restrictions on Nigerian immigration to the U.S.

Even so, there’s more to the country than Boko Haram or fictitious princes with inheritances.

Nigeria has become a magnet for VC, a hotbed for startup formation and a strategic entry point for Silicon Valley. As a frontier market, there is certainly a volatility to the country’s political and economic trajectory. The nation teeters back and forth between its stereotypical basket-case status and getting its act together to become Africa’s unrivaled superpower.

The upside of that pendulum is why — despite its problems — so much American, Chinese and African tech capital is gravitating to Nigeria.

Demographics

“Whatever you think of Africa, you can’t ignore the numbers,” Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote told me in 2015, noting that demographics are creating an imperative for global businesses to enter the continent.

Elon Musk Slams Twitter, Google for Rising Scams, Fake Bots

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday slammed Twitter and Google for the rise in trolling networks and scams via fake bots on both the platforms. https://ift.tt/37YS9uA

Justworks, which offers HR tools like health benefits access, payroll, and compliance support to SMBs, raises $50M Series E, bringing its total raised to $143M (FinSMEs)

FinSMEs:
Justworks, which offers HR tools like health benefits access, payroll, and compliance support to SMBs, raises $50M Series E, bringing its total raised to $143M — Justworks, a NYC-based HR technology company, closed a $50m Series E funding. — The round, which brought total funding to $143m …

How doctors and nurses are using TikTok to demystify the medical profession by sharing info on topics like sex education, vaping, coronavirus, and nutrition (Emma Goldberg/New York Times)

Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
How doctors and nurses are using TikTok to demystify the medical profession by sharing info on topics like sex education, vaping, coronavirus, and nutrition — They have M.D.s, but are they up for this challenge? — For decades, sex education in the classroom could be pretty cringey.

Genetic mapping investments a right move for drug development, agri yield

Personalised medicine has been gaining traction in developed economies according to analysts. https://ift.tt/2UlSUJR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Israel-based serverless computing startup Nuweba raises $10.2M in an expanded seed round, bringing its total raised to $15M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Israel-based serverless computing startup Nuweba raises $10.2M in an expanded seed round, bringing its total raised to $15M — Serverless computing startup Nuweba Labs Ltd. said today it has raised $10.2 million in an expanded seed funding round. — Blumberg Capital led the latest investment …