When a storm's charging zone sits close to the Earth's surface, the resulting “superbolts” can be 1,000 times stronger than regular lightning. Superbolts are more likely to strike the closer a storm cloud’s electrical charging zone is to the land or ocean’s surface, a new study finds. These conditions are responsible
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Adopting the right mindset is key to financial literacy. Follow these five guiding principles to enhance your understanding of wealth creation and growth. An entrepreneurial mindset encourages individuals to view their personal finances as an opportunity for wealth creation and growth. This mindset emphasizes the importance of investing, whether in
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Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing Chat has recently fallen prey to a sophisticated malware advertising campaign, with malicious ads infiltrating conversations and directing users to fake download sites known to distribute malware. Bleeping Computer reports that Microsoft’s Bing Chat emerged as the software giant’s answer to Google’s dominance in the search industry. Powered
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In an increasingly digital world where cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, organisations are embracing new strategies to protect their sensitive data and assets. One such approach that has gained prominence in recent years is Zero Trust. Zero Trust challenges the traditional perimeter-based security mindset and instead places a strong emphasis
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Microfliers or miniature wireless robots deployed in numbers, are sometimes used today for large-scale surveillance and monitoring purposes, such as in environmental or biological studies. Because of the fliers’ ability to disperse in air, they can spread out to cover large areas after being dropped from a single location, including
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The federal government has disclosed plans to focus on financial inclusion initiatives to drive the growth of Nigeria’s formal economy. Bosun Tijani, the minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, disclosed this during the launch of the Kayi bank App in Abuja, stating that the government can leverage financial inclusion initiatives
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Translation tools have been around for some time. In fact, text-to-text translation apps like Google Translate remain one of the most popularly used translation apps today. Now, with AI embedded into translation platforms, the apps are capable of doing more than just text-to-text translation. For example, Google Translate now supports text-to-text,
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UC Riverside chemical engineers have designed a fuel that ignites only with the application of electric current. Since it doesn't react to flames and cannot start accidental fires during storage or transport, it is a "safe" liquid fuel. "The fuel we're normally using is not very safe. It evaporates and could
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The potentially catastrophic consequences of a major asteroid impact have accelerated international efforts to defend the planet. From the threat of artificial intelligence taking over the world to governments admitting to the presence of UFOs, we seem to be living in an era when the wildest imaginings of science fiction have
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Following the controversy surrounding the underutilisation of the country’s only Boeing 737 stimulator installed at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, by the immediate past administration, the rector of the school, Alkali Modibbo, has come out to clear the air. While speaking to aviation reporters recently on issues affecting
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