The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N3.4 billion to provide infrastructure in one of its special economic zones in the country. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, disclosed this yesterday while briefing State House reporters on the outcome of the federal cabinet meeting presided
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Apple is making it harder for thieves to flog stolen iPhones. According to MacRumours, the California firm has instructed staff at its stores not to repair iPhones reported as missing or stolen. Apple staff will no longer repair iPhones reported as lost or stolenCredit: Getty The policy change, distributed through an internal memo,
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The Global Cement and Concrete Association has revealed the four countries that will pioneer its efforts to decarbonise completely by 2050. Egypt, which will host the COP27 2022 UN Climate Change Conference later this year, is among the initial group of countries leading an international initiative to decarbonise the global cement
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WHAT IS CEMENT?The ‘glue’ that holds the components of concrete and mortar together... Cement is a hydraulic binder: i.e. a finely ground inorganic material which, when mixed with water, forms a paste which sets and hardens by means of hydration reactions and processes and which, after hardening, retains its strength
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Even though robots don't have eyes with retinas, the key to helping them see and interact with the world more naturally and safely may rest in optical coherence tomography (OCT) machines commonly found in the offices of ophthalmologists. One of the imaging technologies that many robotics companies are integrating into their
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A former Facebook boss has warned of a "privacy and security nightmare" for WhatsApp if major changes go ahead. The EU wants to balance the playing field so smaller apps have a chance against giants like WhatsApp - but experts are deeply concerned the move could create all sorts of issues. Under
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Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has appointed Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Fadeyibi, an astute manager with over 20 years executive management experience, succeeds Engr. Akinwumi Bada, who served as the company’s Interim Managing Director since last year and is now leaving to pursue other personal
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Merrill Skolnik First recipient of the IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal. Life Fellow, 94; died 27 January Skolnik served as superintendent of the radar division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years. While there, he made significant contributions including helping to develop high-frequency, over-the-horizon
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I was recently reading comments on a post related to COVID-19, and saw a reply I would classify as misinformation, bordering on conspiracy. I couldn't help but ask the commenter for evidence. Their response came with some web links and "do your own research." I then asked about their research methodology,
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Blockchain project Ronin said Tuesday that hackers stole cryptocurrency worth almost $615 million from its systems, in what would be one of the largest cryptocurrency heists on record. The project said that unidentified hackers on March 23 stole some 173,600 ether tokens and 25.5 million USD Coin tokens. At current exchange
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