Ulstein Verft has delivered the DP-3 cable-lay vessel Nexans Aurora to Nexans. According to Ulstein, it was delivered on time. The 149.9-m (491.8-ft) long and 31-m (102-ft) wide vessel is designed for transport and installation of subsea high voltage cable systems and a variety of construction tasks. The Nexans Aurora features purpose-designed equipment
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Huawei has begun rolling out HarmonyOS, its in-house smartphone operating system that was developed as a replacement for Android after it was banned from using it. While all of the Chinese firm’s smartphones came with Android preinstalled up until 2019, then-US President Donald Trump placed it on a list of blacklisted
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Japan has signed off on a US$338 million semiconductor research project to develop cutting-edge chip technology in the country with the market-leading Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Taiwan’s chip-making plants are among the largest and most advanced in the world, and the project is intended to boost Japan’s competitiveness in a
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It would appear that the latest crime in town is rail track vandalism. Reports of rail tracks and clips being removed by hoodlums are being reported throughout the parts of Nigeria where railways are found. The month of May 2021 has been a nightmarish one for the struggling Nigerian Railway Corporation,
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Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are engineered panels used to construct walls, ceilings, and floors. As a replacement for construction methods using traditional framing lumber and insulation, SIPs provide an extremely durable, strong, and energy-efficient building option. Structural insulated panels typically consist of a rigid foam insulation layer sandwiched between two structural
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United Airlines said Thursday it will spend $3 billion to buy 15 supersonic, zero-emissions jetliners from aviation startup Boom Supersonic. The jet maker says its “Overture” model jets will fly at double the speed of today’s fastest airliners, carrying up to 88 travelers each from New York to London in 3.5
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The issue of data governance has been a global discourse since data was discovered to be the new oil to power world economy. In Nigeria, it is growing concern going by the huge population and fast growing tech ecosystem, as there is a thin line between good management and mismanagement
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Fibre connectivity in Africa increased by 100,000km following fresh investment in the region by Liquid Intelligent Technologies. This new connectivity will help connect 643 towns and cities across the region, including Nigeria. Liquid Intelligent Chief Executive Officer, Nick Rudnick, on Wednesday, explained that the company, which is part of a larger digital
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This week, hundreds of tiny worms will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a UK Space Agency-funded research project to investigate human muscle loss and how to prevent it. The impact of zero gravity, and other differences in conditions, on astronauts carrying out months-long space missions
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The European Commission recently published a proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (AI). This is the first document of its kind to attempt to tame the multi-tentacled beast that is artificial intelligence. “The sun is starting to set on the Wild West days of artificial intelligence,” writes Jeremy Kahn. He
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