Web & Social

Apple is developing a feature that will automatically lock an iPhone the moment it is physically snatched from the owner's hand, according to an analysis of Apple code published by 9to5Mac. The feature would trigger at the point of the grab itself, before a thief... Read More

Spotify is adding a new format to its app: narrated long-form magazine articles, produced by the company's in-house Spotify Audiobooks team and available starting today in markets where audiobooks are supported. This was announced at Spotify newsroom. The initial library has over 650 articles in... Read More

Apple is building native support for Google Cast into iOS 27, Bloomberg reports — a change driven by the European Union's Digital Markets Act rather than anything Apple chose to do on its own. Today, iOS supports only AirPlay as a built-in system-level streaming protocol.... Read More

OpenAI has launched a free public tool at openai.com/verify where anyone can upload an image to check whether it was made using OpenAI's tools — the first time the company has made AI image verification directly available to the public. The tool uses two detection... Read More

Walmart has launched six new tablets under its Onn brand, all running Android 16 out of the box, starting at $97 for the entry-level model and $288 for the 13-inch flagship. The lineup splits into four "Core" models and two kids tablets. The cheapest is... Read More

X has cut the daily posting limit for free, unverified accounts from 2,400 to 50 original posts and 200 replies per day — a 98% reduction that went live without any public announcement from the platform. The change surfaced on May 18 when users began... Read More

Google and Apple have started rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS messages between iPhone and Android users, with the beta live today for iOS 26.5 users on supported carriers and Android users running the latest version of Google Messages. When RCS messages are end-to-end encrypted,... Read More

Uganda’s proposed 2026 tax amendments introduce a subtle but far-reaching change: payments for software — including SaaS subscriptions like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, cloud hosting, and other online tools — will now be treated as royalties instead of digital services. That one classification shift changes... Read More

For decades, investing in government securities in Uganda felt like a members-only club. You needed paperwork, brokers, and serious capital. Ordinary savers stayed on the sidelines. Okusevinga changes that. Backed by the Government of Uganda and administered through the Bank of Uganda, Okusevinga is a... Read More