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WhatsApp Attempts Explaining Its Updated Privacy Policy, As Signal And Telegram’s Growth Becomes Threatening
WhatsApp, on Tuesday, responded to the backlash it has been getting over its new privacy policy.
The app,...
Samsung Is Attempting To Replace Huawei In The 5G Race In Europe
Mobile telecommunications operators in Europe are beginning to consider Samsung Electronics as the supplier for their fledgling 5G systems, in place of...
China Turns On Its “Artificial Sun” Nuclear Fusion Reactor
China has successfully turned on its widely talked about “Artificial Sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, according to AFP.
Chinese Scientists Claim To Have Built A Computer That Is 100 Trillion Times Faster Than The Fastest Supercomputer
Chinese scientists claim they have built a quantum computer. The scientists claim that the computer is able to perform computations nearly 100...
Facebook To Acquire Customer Service Company, Kustomer, For $1 Billion
Facebook has just completed its latest move to acquire Kustomer Inc.
Kustomer, which is a New York-based software company,...
Autochek; A Nigerian startup secures $3.4m pre-seed funding
Autochek aims to build digital solutions that will enhance and enable a seamless and safe automotive commerce experience across Africa, starting with Nigeria...
African Youths Can Lead Technology Future
Africa has an advantage over the rest of the world in that a massive proportion of its population is under the age...
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FACEBOOK IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS TIKTOK RIVAL
After two years of launching the standalone video app, Facebook has confirmed its decision to shut down Lasso on the 10th of...
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Lagos State Government launch Digital Skill program
Lagos State Jobs Initiative through the Lagos State Government has launched a digital skill program to allow students to enjoy some FREE...
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Nigeria’s FCMB, Passion Incubator launch agri-tech pitch competition
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has partnered Passion Incubator to launch the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020, which will provide early...
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Goodbye, Adobe Flash Player; Sail Into The Sunset
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Today is officially the last day for Adobe Flash Player. The company is shutting down Adobe Flash player from midnight today, December...
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WhatsApp Adds Search Feature To Combat Fake News
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In a move to combat the spread of fake news, Facebook owned WhatsApp has added a new feature that allows users to...
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Lagos State Releases New Guidelines For e-hailing Taxi Business
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The Lagos State government has updated the guidelines of operation for e-hailing taxi companies.
The new guidelines is set...
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Nairobi Women In Machine Learning and Data Science 2020
The Nairobi Women In Machine Learning and Data Science(NWiMLDS) in partnership with Andela is excited to introduce The Explore Series Finale.
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Signal Set To Woo Users From WhatsApp; Add New Features To Its Messaging App
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Signal messaging app has released new updates for both iOS (5.3.1) and Android (5.3.7). The update brings a number of new additions...
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Tesla’s Newly Launched $250 Tequila Sold Out In Hours
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Electric car manufacturer - Tesla - branched out from making cars, to launch Tesla Tequila. The $250 booze was launched on Tesla's...
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Numida, an Ugandan Fintech Start-up, Raises US$2.3 Million to Drive African Expansion
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Numida, and Ugandan Fintech start-up that provides unsecured digital loans to small businesses in African, has closed a seed funding round of...
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Facebook to model users’ usage through AI
The company's engineers developed a new method to help them identify and prevent harmful behavior some of which are users spreading spam,...
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Google for Startup Accelerator Africa selects 20 startups for virtual programme
Twenty African tech startups have been selected as the fifth cohort of Google for Startup Accelerator Africa, which will take place virtually....
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ImaliPay launches financial products for freelancer economy workers
Imalipay is a Nigeria-based fintech organization that has launched a platform to help skillful individuals make extra income for their livelihood even...
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2020 Kaduna Data Science Fellowship Programme
The Data Science Fellowship Programme is part of the Kaduna State’s Data Revolution Plan aimed at strengthening the coordination in the collection...
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SpaceX’s SN9 Starship Prototype Suffers Explosion After Failed Landing
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Earlier this week, SpaceX tested one of its Starship prototypes - SN9. The space shuttle was launched successfully on Tuesday, however, its...
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Data Science Africa; Call for Research Award
DSA is a registered Non-Governmanental Organization in Kenya. Since 2015, DSA has held an annual summer school and workshop to train participants...
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Cornell University Researchers Create Device that Could Help People Feel Things In VR
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Cornell University researchers have created a fiber-optic sensor that could help people feel characters in a VR session.
The...
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FACEBOOK IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS TIKTOK RIVAL
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After two years of launching the standalone video app, Facebook has confirmed its decision to shut down Lasso on the 10th of...
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Industry-wide Criticism Sparkes As Renowned AI Researcher Says She Was Abruptly Fired By Google
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Timnit Gebru, a well respected Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher at Google, said on Thursday that she has been abruptly fired by Jeff...
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WhatsApp Messenger beta for iOS 2.20.130.14: what’s new?
WhatsApp has recently submitted a few new updates through the TestFlight beta Program (which is currently closed), bringing the version up to 2.20.130.14.
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2020 AR/VR Africa Hackathon
The 2020 AR/VR Africa Hackathon is on!
The hackathon will be held in two stages. The online stage will be...
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Twitter To Site Its First African Presence in Ghana
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Microblogging site, Twitter, has announced that it would be setting up its first African presence in the West African country of Ghana.
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Uka Eje Steps Down As Thrive Agric. CEO; Adia Sowho Takes Over In The Interim
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The Agric-tech and Agro-crowdfunding platform - Thrive Agric. - has announced that Uka Eje has stepped down as the company's CEO, giving...
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ByteDance Could Eventually Sell TikTok to a US company To Avoid Ban
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United States investors are reportedly making moves to buy TikTok – the short video sharing app.
CNN reports that...
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NASA Has Chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Lead Its Artemis Lunar Program
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Elon Musk's Space exploration company, SpaceX, to land astronauts on the surface of the...
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Numida, an Ugandan Fintech Start-up, Raises US$2.3 Million to Drive African Expansion
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Numida, and Ugandan Fintech start-up that provides unsecured digital loans to small businesses in African, has closed a seed funding round of...
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Nairobi-based Fintech Start-up – Tanda – is Working on Regional Expansion, after Closing a Funding Round
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Kenyan-based Fintech service provider - Tanda - after securing an undisclosed amount of funding, has announced its decision to push for operational...
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Fintech Software Provider – Appzone – Raises US$10 Million in Series A Funding
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Nigerian-based fintech software provider, Appzone has joined the list of African countries pushing fronts to establish its presence, and bringing investment capital...
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Twitter To Site Its First African Presence in Ghana
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Microblogging site, Twitter, has announced that it would be setting up its first African presence in the West African country of Ghana.
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Nigerian Digital Learning Start-up – ScholarX Wins GSMA Innovation Fund
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Nigeria’s Digital learning provider, ScholarX, has announced that it has been selected among nine grantees for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile...
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Leaked Facebook Data Shows That Mark Zuckerberg Uses WhatsApp’s Rival, Signal
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The data breach that happened to Facebook servers last week, where millions of Facebook users’ data was exposed, has revealed that the...
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Nigerian Government Places Restriction on Investment Apps Providing Access to Foreign Stocks
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In yet another surprising turn of events, the Nigerian government has declared fintech trading platforms like Chaka, Trove, Bamboo, and Risevest, illegal.
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Neurotechnology Company, Neuralink, Shows Video Of a Monkey Playing Computer Games With its Mind
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Neuralink, the neurotechnology company co-founded by SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has released a video of a 9-year old monkey playing...
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International Intelligence Warns of Threat From Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency
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The U.S. intelligence community raised alarm on increasingly leaderless and unstable world in the coming decades.
This came up...
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Facebook Data Breach: How To Check If Your Data Was Leaked
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Facebook has confirmed that a load of personal information was harvested from its servers, and uploaded freely to the internet, due to...
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Neuralink Co-founder, Max Hodak, Says Real Life Jurassic Park Is Possible
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Neuralink co-founder, Max Hodak, has subtly hinted that Neuralink, a company he co-founded with Elon Musk, has the technology to build a...