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TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban

TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

Over 10,000 fibre optic cable cuts reported across Ghana

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) and the Electronic Money Issuers (EMIs) Chamber of Ghana have disclosed that between January and November, there were a total of 10,233 fibre optic cable cuts across the country.

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip

Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete.

US proposes breakup of Google to end search monopoly

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.

Canada bans TikTok from operating in the country

Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks, but added the government was not blocking Canadians' access to the short-video app or their ability to create content.

Our network challenges are due to fibre cuts – MTN Ghana

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana, has blamed the recent interruptions in call and internet services on fibre cuts mainly occasioned by the activities of road contractors, property developers and other related activities.