The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring. As a not-so-distant future that includes space tourism and people living off-planet approaches, the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative is designing and researching the activities humans will pursue in new, weightless environments. Since 2017, the
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is worried by continuous wilful damage of telecom infrastructure, telecoms equipment theft and fibre cuts which combine to degrade the quality of telecom service in the country. A statement by NCC said the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba
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School leavers contemplating a career in the IT industry have a choice: go to university and take a three or four-year degree to attain a suitable qualification, or dive straight into the job market at an entry-level, progress their career through on-the-job training and gain a series of short industry
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The popularity of social media platforms has skyrocketed over the past decade and it has a rising significance in our daily lives. This significance includes the rise of digital influencers as the trendsetters and tastemakers of today. They are everyday people who love sharing about their passion and daily lives on social
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Today’s attacks still require several humans behind the keyboard making guesses about the sorts of methods that will be most effective in their target network — and it’s the human element that often allows defenders to neutralise attacks. Even attackers’ resources are finite. If they find a way — any way
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The national power grid has suffered another system collapse, worsening the blackout being experienced by households and businesses in parts of Nigeria. The collapse, which occurred early in the afternoon on Wednesday, was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country. Eko Electricity Distribution Company, in a text message
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Digital Farming or agriculture refers to tools that digitally collect, store, analyze, and share electronic data and or information along the agricultural value chain. Due to the challenges posed by worsening insecurity in the country, mostly on agriculture, stakeholders have developed multiple digital solution approaches that will guarantee food security and
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Households in 17 of 33 states in Nigeria are experiencing more difficulty paying for airtime, while in the other 16, Internet data was a trickier expense to meet, a recent survey has revealed. North Central, North West and South West states were the major areas where the populace are unable to
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The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and the Chairman of Oilserv, Emeka Okwuosa have said there was a need for Nigeria to harness the $76 billion nanotechnology market to fast-track national industrial development. Nanotechnology, a development, which enables the manipulation of matter on a nanoscale, posed a market
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Nigeria’s fourth hydro-electricity generating power station, the 700MW Zungeru Hydropower Plant is to be completed by December. A voluntary think-tank of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APC-LAC) disclosed this in its weekly assessment report of the activities of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. APC-LAC, in the
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