Chips seem to have become the front line troops of the US-China trade war. When the US denied chips to ZTE, it almost collapsed. When it denied infrastructure equipment to China’s Fujian Jin Hua DRAM fab site, construction ended. Now Japan has put out a statement instancing ICs as one of the
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Top 10 Technology Companies In the World. Thanks to Forbes for this one – the top Ten Tech companies measured by annual sales, profit, assets, market capitalization and overall market valuation: Rank Company Country Market Value* Assets* 1 Apple United States 961 374 2 Samsung Electronics South Korea 272 304 3 Microsoft United States 947 259 4 Alphabet United States 863 233 5 Intel United States 263 128 6 IBM United States 125 131 7 Facebook United States 512 97 8 Cisco Systems United States 248 102 9 Tencent Holdings China 472 105 10 Oracle United States 186 109 Source: forbes
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The U.S. military is testing whether human pilots can trust robot wingmen during complex air combat maneuvering in an aircraft dogfight, Defense One reports. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program has been experimenting with a “loyal wingman” concept that envisions small robotic drones flying unmanned fighter
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Nigerian family businesses are optimistic about their future growth, even though only 10 per cent of such businesses in the country have robust, documented succession plan. A report by one of the leading professional services firms in the country, PwC, which disclosed this, stated that 77 per cent of family businesses
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The Governor of Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu unveiled the Eko Innovation Centre, a tech hub that is private sector-driven. The initiative was developed to strategically increase entrepreneurial and technological capacity across the state. Speaking during the launch of the centre located at Ikoyi, Sanwo-Olu, He said the location of the innovation centre
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Women’s bodies can be mysterious things—even to the women who inhabit them. But a wearable gadget called the Yono aims to replace mystery with knowledge derived from statistics, big data, and machine learning. A woman who is trying to get pregnant may spend months tracking her ovulation cycle, often making a
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Uber riders with below-average star ratings now risk getting booted from the ride-sharing app, the company announced. “Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability,” Kate Parker, Uber’s head of safety brand and initiatives. The company wouldn’t say what rating will be low enough to get a rider kicked off —
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Indications have emerged that more companies are coming into the mainstream of meter production in the country, just as meter asset providers (MAPs) will roll out meters to 4,606,106 electricity consumers soon. The idea will enable them to maintain a stronghold of the metering sub-sector, as they would be regarded as
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The Nigeria Computer Society has advised the Federal government to fulfil its financial obligation to SystemSpecs for the use of Remita, software used by the Nigerian government to receive payments and monitor its accounts. The President, NCS, Prof Adesola Aderounmu, made this appeal at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday
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The AirDoor blasts out wind to prevent airflow into and out of the store Waitrose will start introducing "invisible doors" at its stores later this year, in an attempt to save money on its energy bills. The so-called AirDoor, developed by sustainable tech company Wirth Research, is designed to prevent warm air
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