A Nigerian company, iStrategic Transparent Solutions Ltd, has signed a working agreement with a major exporter of Russian technology, Russian Software Trade House, for collaborative efforts towards the deployment of technology to fight money laundering, corruption and insecurity. The companies would develop computer software in the areas of safety, security, cybercrime
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Scientists have built the tiniest antenna ever made – just five nanometers in length. Unlike its much larger counterparts we're all familiar with, this minuscule thing isn't made to transmit radio waves, but to glean the secrets of ever-changing proteins. The nanoantenna is made from DNA, the molecules carrying genetic instructions
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Over the last year, there have been frequent increases in electricity tariffs, making it necessary to explore ways to reduce electricity usage so as to pay less. Things are hard enough as it is especially in a place like Lagos, and if you don’t plan to pay double, you have to
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Power Generation Companies (GenCos) lost at least N1.632 trillion between 2015 and 2021 over the lack of full evacuation of generated electricity on the national grid causing stranded power of 27,204 megawatts (MW). According to data obtained from the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), the about 25 active GenCos had
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Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communication Commission, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta on Thursday disclosed that the telecommunications sector contributes 12.45 per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Delivering the 10th and 11th Convocation lecture of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun state on Thursday, titled, “Empowering the Nigerian Youth through Information and
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It can be challenging to understand everything that goes into Wifi and internet services. There are many different things to consider when looking for the best providers, speeds, plans, and more. 1. Research Once you understand what kind of service and plan you need, research which providers offer those services in your
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Economies, especially, those of the middle and low-income countries, have lost about $1 trillion due to their inability to bridge persistent digital gender gaps. The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), which referenced this in its “Affordability Report 2021: A New Strategy for Universal Access,” noted that digital exclusion is no longer
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With the Fifth-Generation (5G) network already commercialised, stakeholders involved in the early phase of 6G research have been charged to work in a collaborative way with the aim of creating momentum in research activities towards next-generation technologies. This was the view of Senior Scientist Radio Networks of the Ericsson Advanced Technology
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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has dissociated itself from online advertisements announcing vacancies for its Train 7 Project positions. The company warned the general public that the said advertisement or any others along the same lines are false, fraudulent and calculated to mislead unsuspecting members of the public. A press
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In June 2020, OpenAI, an independent artificial-intelligence research lab based in San Francisco, announced GPT-3, the third generation of its massive Generative Pre-trained Transformer language model, which can write everything from computer code to poetry. A year later, with much less fanfare, Tsinghua University’s Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence released an
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