Month: January 2021
Mastercard Evolves Contactless Tech For Quantum World
Mastercard has announced it is applying the latest quantum-resistant technologies to develop the next generation of contactless payments, in a bid to enable consumers to continue to enjoy high levels of security and convenience. According to Mastercard, the new Enhanced Contactless (Ecos) specifications are an industry-first and will help ensure contactless
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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Performed The Grand Opening Of Norfin Offshore Shipyard Limited
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, performed the grand opening of Norfin Offshore Shipyard Limited which also feature the launching of Fast Security Escort Vessel; OMV Norfin Swift.
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Cowrywise Raises $3 Million In Pre-Series A Funding
Cowrywise, a Nigerian wealth management app that helps users get better at saving and investing their money, has raised $3 million. The pre-Series A funding round was led by Quona capital. Other participants in the round are Sahil Lavingia, Tsadik Foundation, and a syndicate of Nigerian angels. Founded in 2017 by
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Making The Difference Between Guesswork And Facts
Many of the technologies that organizations use today to analyze the impact of digital products are over twenty years old and have not kept up with the fast-evolving demands of digital transformation. While traditional analytics can track basic data such as website visitors, demographics, and NPS scores, these offer an
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US Terminators To Attack Chinese, Russian Monster Robots
Risking falling behind in an arms race with Russia and China "already building killer robots," the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence said the U.S. has a "moral imperative" to build terminators. The robots will save American soldiers' lives, reducing "friendly fire" casualties and artificial intelligence-guided weapons will make fewer mistakes
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Scientists Develop A New Framework To Forecast Beach-Water Quality
Less than two days of water quality sampling at local beaches may be all that’s needed to reduce illnesses among millions of beachgoers every year due to contaminated water, according to new Stanford research. The study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, presents a modeling framework that dependably predicts water quality
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Shell, Enviromentalists Disagree On Dutch Court’s Verdict On Niger Delta Spill Victims
Divergent views have continued to trail Friday’s verdict by a Dutch court that found Shell liable for pollution of farmlands and fish ponds of four farmers in the Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Dutch court on Friday had ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell, to
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NNPC, Partners Take FID on $3.6 Billion Petrochemical Plant
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its partners on Friday took the Final Investment Decision for the construction of a $3.6bn gas processing and methanol plant. The plant, Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical Company Limited, is jointly sponsored by NNPC, DSV Engineering Limited and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board. Partners in
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Nigeria’s Sales Of Petroleum Products Increases By 92%
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Thursday, said its downstream subsidiary, Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, recorded a total of N158.04 billion from the sales of white product in the month of October 2020. This is an increase of 92 percent, when compared to N80.15 billion recorded on the previous month
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