Washington / Beijing Chinese technology giant ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with American investment firms, a move that will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States and avoid a long-threatened shutdown. The agreement marks a major turning point in TikTok’s future in…
Kigali / Menlo Park Messaging platform WhatsApp has announced plans to introduce a new security feature aimed at strengthening the privacy of user conversations and preventing messages from being shared outside the app without consent. The new feature, called “Advanced Chat Privacy,” is designed to give users greater control over their private and group conversations,…
Kigali / Menlo Park May 27, 2025 Technology company Meta has announced that it will begin using public data shared by users on Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence system, Meta AI, starting May 27, 2025. According to Meta, the data to be used will include public photos, posts, comments, captions, and interactions…
California, United States January 26, 2026 Technology giant Google has reached a preliminary settlement agreement to pay $68 million in a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of unlawfully collecting users’ private voice data through its Google Assistant technology without proper consent. According to a report by Reuters, court filings from San Jose, California, indicate that…
Kigali, January 27, 2026 Transparency International has urged African governments and regional institutions to urgently implement gender-responsive, rights-based anti-corruption reforms to combat corruption and discrimination undermining education systems across the continent. The call was made following the release of a new regional education policy brief titled “Leaving No Learner Behind: Tackling Corruption and Discrimination in…
Members of the Rwandan Senate have raised serious concerns over the persistently high cost of animal feed, warning that the situation is pushing many livestock farmers into financial losses despite their heavy investment in animal husbandry. The concerns were expressed during a Senate plenary session held with the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI),…
Food hygiene has been identified as one of the most critical factors in preventing diseases and protecting public health in Rwanda, health authorities have said. While food is essential for energy and proper nutrition, experts warn that food prepared under poor hygienic conditions can become a major source of disease. Contaminated food and unsafe water…
Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary has dismissed and mocked comments by billionaire Elon Musk, who suggested he might buy the European low-cost airline. O’Leary made the remarks on January 21, 2026, following a public exchange between Ryanair and Musk that began over the airline’s decision not to install Starlink internet on its aircraft. Ryanair…
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, has said that Europe should consider itself fortunate that Donald Trump is in power, arguing that the pressure applied by the former U.S. president has pushed European countries to take greater responsibility for their own security. Rutte made the remarks during the World…
Ukrainian citizens have been urged to consider using heated sex toys as an alternative way to keep warm amid severe winter conditions and ongoing electricity shortages caused by the war. The advice came from Svetlana Paveletskaya, the partner of former Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmitry Kuleba, who suggested that modern sex toys equipped with heating…
