For Nigerian CIOs (chief information officer), the consequences of a possible security breach is their number one concern as they look to navigate an increasingly complex threat and regulatory landscape. This is according to the Enterprise Security Trends in Nigeria survey, conducted by the IDC and commissioned by Microsoft, which highlights
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In a recent op-ed, the Washington Post outlines how Tesla’s battery issues and fires may not just be due to poor design and manufacturing but a side effect of electric vehicles relying on lithium-ion batteries. The Washington Post reports in an op-ed titled “Tesla’s Big Batteries Aren’t the Fire Problem. Lithium Is,” that
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The Federal Government is planning to open micro Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants across several communities to address the rising prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Chairman, Natural Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, made this known at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Association
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The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has said feedgas and market constraints remained an impediment toward Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) popularly called cooking gas supply into the domestic market. This was as it said the company was committed to supply 100 percent of all its LPG production (butane and propane) to the
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Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC) has said efforts are on to make Port Harcourt Refinery functional by December as guaranteed by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva. The minister, while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting last month, restated the government’s commitment to reviving the old
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Some people think that the metaverse was created for gamers, leading other corporations to believe that it has no bearing on their industry. While, in reality, it can present them with a brand-new opportunity. Think about it, it is already essential for companies to have a well-thought-out digital strategy and
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control over 70 percent of the European cloud market, giving three U.S. tech giants effective control over European websites’ ability to stay online. The dominance of the three American companies comes from their massive growth, which has eclipsed that of local providers, according to data from market
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A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned U.S. grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a computer program. It had reportedly previously banned his mentor Maxim Dlugy. And at the Sinquefield Cup earlier this month, world champion
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Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have developed a system that uses lasers and artificial intelligence technology to target the problem of cockroaches. Cockroaches are an all-pervasive, extremely resilient pest found in many countries around the world, including the UK. Such is their reputation for survival in the harshest of conditions that the
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The EU and its member states should implement emergency measures to restrict the production of single-use plastics and packaging, in a bid to avert the worst of the looming energy crisis in Europe, campaigners have said. According to a new report from the environmental activist organisation Break Free From Plastic and
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