Bfree, a Nigerian startup enabling lenders recover debt ethically, gets $3M backing

Bfree, a tech-enabled debt collection startup based in Nigeria, was founded to automate and introduce ethical debt recovery processes after its founders witnessed the use and adverse effects of aggressive retrieval techniques, such as incessant calling and debt-shaming, by predatory digital lenders. After its launch in 2020, the startup introduced a number of scalable debt … Read more

Cryptographers Are Getting Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We all know to be careful about the details we share online, but the information we seek can also be revealing. Search for driving directions, and our location becomes far easier to guess. Check for a password in a trove of compromised data, and we … Read more

Get extra out of Android Chat by enabling these useful options

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Pictures Do you know that Google Messages contains a variety of useful options? A few of these options embrace notifications, pinch to zoom, present nation, instructed actions, sensible reply, present transcripts of voice messages, view messages by class, and way more. Additionally: One of the best Android smartphones proper now Even when about these options, you … Read more