Nigeria insurgency: Nearly 400 sentenced for links to Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa ProvinceNearly 400 sentenced in Nigeria for links to militant IslamistsAnadolu via Getty ImagesNigeria has been hit by an Islamist insurgency in the north-east since 2009Nearly 400 people have been sentenced in Nigeria for links with militant Islamic groups following mass trials. The convicts were...

China slams Trump's trade investigation, as it approves a 5-year economic plan Delegates including Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) stand as the national anthem is sung during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,...

TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale In Brief Posted: 2:33 PM PST · March 3, 2026 Image Credits:Artur Widak/NurPhoto / Getty Images Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an issue with an Oracle data center. “Creators may temporarily experience lags...

Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to all US users Image Credits:Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Images 10:50 AM PST · March 4, 2026 Google has expanded access to Canvas in AI Mode to all users in the U.S. in English, after first launching the feature as part of its Google Labs experiments last year. Canvas in AI Mode is designed to help users...

Memory shortage could cause the biggest smartphone shipments dip in over a decade A rise in the need for computers and data centers for AI is causing a massive shortage of RAM, resulting in prices of memory shooting up in multiples. Now, analyst firm IDC predicts that this will cause smartphone shipments to plummet by 12.9% this year, making it the biggest dip in more than a decade. Earlier...