Par Axel Toubson
#TechFriday n°2️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ – Issue of 03/07/2026
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Is ChatGPT making us think less? How can you better protect your personal data ? Why are physical video games disappearing? 🇨🇲 How is Ginutech helping modernize Cameroonian businesses ? WhatsApp is preparing usernames, Netflix is tightening account rules, while Terrafy, Madagascar, Orange Morocco and Samsung highlight this week’s biggest digital shifts across Africa and beyond. Welcome to #TechFriday!
AI isn’t making you smarter. It might be doing the opposite 🤖
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot promised more productivity, but MIT researchers are now warning about a quiet « cognitive debt » piling up in our brains the more we lean on these tools. Norway just banned generative AI in primary schools entirely. Should you be worried too? TechGriot breaks it all down for you. Click here for full story
You’re worth something. Here’s how to protect it 🛡️
Final episode of What You’re Worth. After five episodes on who collects, watches, and exploits your data — time for action. Mobile money, passwords, 2FA, the ANTIC hotline: your practical checklist to reduce your exposure day to day. Click here for full story
The disc is dead: Sony, Microsoft, and the illusion of digital ownership 💿
Sony is phasing out discs for its future PlayStation games, and Microsoft is following suit with a solution for converting physical games. Behind this shift, one burning question remains: what is a digital game still worth if the licence could disappear overnight ? Click here for full story
Ginutech wants to fix how Cameroonian businesses manage themselves 🏢
WhatsApp’s next privacy move: a username that replaces your number 💬
WhatsApp is taking the next step: letting users reserve their profile names ahead of the full rollout of usernames. This change may seem minor at first glance, but it could have major implications for privacy, digital identity, and the way we communicate on a daily basis. Click here for full story
One profile, one email: Netflix tightens its grip on account sharing 🗝️
Netflix is tightening the screws once again: every adult account must now have its own email address. While citing security as the reason, the platform is primarily implementing a stricter system for tracking, identification, and, perhaps, future monetization. Click here for full story
How Terrafy wants to turn Africa’s undocumented rural land into bankable assets 🌍
In Africa, millions of smallholder farmers are excluded from credit and insurance—not because they lack land, but because of a lack of data. Terrafy, a Kenyan startup, creates “digital passports” for each plot of land and makes them readable by the financial system. Is data the new key to inclusion? Click here for full story
Madagascar bets on digital infrastructure to transform its farming sector 🌱🇲🇬
Madagascar just unveiled its first digital tools for agricultural producers: a national farmer registry, real-time weather and price alerts, and a personalized advisory platform. World Bank-backed and built for data sovereignty — a pivotal tech step for a sector employing nearly 70% of the workforce. Click here for full story
Orange Maroc bets on Cash Plus’ 5,200 locations to crack Morocco’s mobile money market📱💰
Samsung Messages is being discontinued: how to protect your text messages now 💬
Samsung Messages shuts down July 6 in the US — and Samsung hasn’t explicitly guaranteed your conversation history will survive the switch. Whether you’re directly affected right now or not, there’s still time. Here’s exactly what every Galaxy user needs to back up and verify before the app goes dark. Click here for full story
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That’s it for this week. We wish you a good weekend and look forward to hearing from you in the comments.
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