The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. The submission came during a recent visit of the National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN), led by its executive secretary, Blessing Akinsolotu, who sought
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As society bounces back from the pandemic, some changes, such as remote work, persist. It’s not merely a trend but the future of work for many individuals, despite some enterprises requiring otherwise. The countless benefits of remote work for individuals range from shortened commute times to improved productivity. However, organizations have
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Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the air continue to rise. Cutting emissions by moving away from fossil fuels is a priority – but so is removing carbon that’s already been emitted. Of the many emerging technologies on the table, which ones will be most effective, and where? What about
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The growing trend of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, especially ChatGPT, could disrupt the global job market and cause job losses in Africa’s biggest economy where unemployment rate rose to 33.3 percent in 2020, according to the latest data. ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology that allows
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has revealed plans to close millions of bank accounts that are not linked to a Bank Verification Number (BVN) across several Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Emefiele, in a statement issued by the Director of the Risk Management Department and Chief
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Developed at MIT, D2X is a new tool that makes it easy to debug any domain-specific programming language. Sometime in 2019, MIT PhD student Ajay Brahmakshatriya formulated a simple, though still quite challenging, goal. He wanted to make it possible for people who had expertise in a particular domain — such
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An amateur photographer who goes by the name "ibreakphotos" decided to do an experiment on his Samsung phone last month to find out how a feature called "space zoom" actually works. The feature, first released in 2020, claims a 100x zoom rate, and Samsung used sparkling clear images of the Moon
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Despite the number of operating and planned coal power plants falling across the world last year, Global Energy Monitor (GEM) has warned this trend needs to be speeded up by nearly five times to meet climate goals. With the exception of China, the number of coal plants dropped in both developed
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A group of investors with $1.1tn in assets under management has joined climate activist group Follow This in asking TotalEnergies shareholders to push for more ambitious targets on emissions cuts. The resolution filed for the company’s May 26 annual general meeting mirrors others which Follow This has filed for coming shareholder
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When it comes to imaging and artificial intelligence, the technology is focused mostly on recognizing a particular image through segmentation. Image segmentation involves computer vision which is when a particular image is divided into multiple segments that represent an object or region in the image, Image segmentation is primarily the core
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