lnternet search giant Google has decided against removing cookies from its Chrome browser. This was revealed by Anthony Chavez, vice-president of the Google-backed Privacy Sandbox initiative, in a blog post. Internet cookies, also known as HTTP cookies, are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by their web browser while […]
Read MoreECOWAS Cybersecurity Hackathon for citizens… The Economic Community of West Africa’s (ECOWAS) Cybersecurity Hackathon said it is hosting a Cybersecurity Hackathon to empower citizens with cybersecurity skills The event is being organised by ECOWAS and hosted by Nigeria in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, and NITDA is expected to […]
Read MoreThe Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission fines… The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) of Nigeria fined Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta $220 million last week for violating data and consumer protection laws. The FCCPC listed infringements perpetrated by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in an order issued against the US […]
Read MoreGerman multinational engineering and technology company, Robert Bosch GmbH, also known as BOSCH was in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to strengthen the existing ties between the two companies and stamp the multinational’s presence in the country. A delegation of BOSCH, paid a courtesy visit to Africa-wide technology distribution company, TD Africa as the strategic ally for […]
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Global IT Outage Strikes all sectors with rage… A massive technology outage has disrupted businesses and institutions in multiple countries, throwing airports, airlines, rail companies, government services, banks, stock exchanges, supermarkets, telecoms, health systems and media outlets into chaos. The disruption was caused by an update to a product offered by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which […]
Read MoreTECNO and UNICEF on Digital Learning… TECNO, an innovative technology brand, has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria to support the implementation of the Nigeria Learning Passport, a digital learning platform. Too many children remain out of school today, and many more are not learning. In Nigeria, the challenges in the […]
Read MoreScience is in a reproducibility crisis. In preclinical research, it’s estimated that over 50% of efforts to reproduce experiments fail, costing the industry over $50bn each year. Solving this problem, techbio startup Briefly Bio has launched with software that makes lab work more reproducible by helping scientists capture and share their work clearly and consistently. With this […]
Read MoreNigeria is expected to be hub for electric car manufacturing in Africa as a partnership that would immensely boost the country’s lithium mining and downstream batteries, has just taken off. ReElement Technologies Corporation, a provider of high performance refining capacity of rare earth and critical battery elements, announced the partnership with United Kingdom-based Jupiter Lithium to develop […]
Read MoreIn its continuous drive to bridge the widening skills gap in Africa’s technology sector, TD Africa, technology distribution company, has partnered with Cisco on its month-long inaugural training program. The program, the first of its kind in the TD Academy training series, was aimed at empowering young minds with technical skills and professional exposure. The […]
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Check Point Software Technologies Nigeria, a global leader in cyber security solutions, dedicated to protecting corporate enterprises and governments worldwide has announced its collaborating with some Nigerian universities to equip undergraduate with cyber security skills before they graduate. According to the Kingsley Osaghale, Country Manager, Check Point Software Technologies, West Africa, the company has signed […]
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