Billionaires, satellite links, political chicanery: a present-day, oligopolistic game of jockeying for prime placement in the 12-gigahertz spectrum has at least a few of the ingredients of a thriller. Or—given the outsize personalities involved (including Elon Musk and Michael Dell) and the epic, five-year duration of the dispute to date—maybe
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In line with Vbank’s promise of accelerating people faster towards their goals, the brand sponsored the inaugural Vbank Women in Tech Nigeria Makeathon to upskill over 1,000 women and girls, across 28 states, who were eager to learn relevant tech skills to set a solid foundation for a future-proof career. These
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Cassava Technologies (Cassava), Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, and owners of Africa Data Centres (ADC) announced that it has secured a US$50 million investment from C5 Capital (C5), a specialist venture capital firm that invests in cyber security, space, and energy security. The investment is part of
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Hackers from China, Iran and Turkey are using new tactics including posing as Twitter employees and journalists in their latest attempts to breach victims’ devices, according to a new cybersecurity study. The report shows how governments around the world are responding to increased political tension by ramping up unconventional hacking campaigns. In
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Transportation and water companies are amongst the public services that have reported disruptions as the UK braces itself for the first-ever red warning for exceptional heat. The UK has declared a national emergency as a result of record-breaking high temperatures, resulting in disruptions to travel, school and health services. The country’s capital
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For more than a year, data of one billion Chinese citizens stolen from the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) network were left out in the wild. It wasn’t a known fact until an anonymous user revealed it in a hacker forum some two weeks ago. What was also made known was
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Scientists may have to avoid pointing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in certain directions too often to minimise the risk of damage from space rocks. Nasa operators are considering limiting the directions in which the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is pointed, to avoid further collision damage. Last month, the telescope was unexpectedly
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Power supply will drop by 50 megawatts on Wednesday. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, in a statement on Monday, said the drop would be as a result of planned annual “preventive maintenance” on the line bay at Lekki Transmission Substation in Lagos. During the maintenance period, about 50MW will be interrupted,
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Bill Gates has recommitted to sharing his wealth with others . As I look to the future, I plan to give virtually all of my wealth to the foundation. I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people. Between 1995 to 2010, and again from
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Eroton Exploration & Production Company Limited has announced that it has successfully shut-in CAWC015 Well and contained CAWC047 wild well spill. Following the Oil Spill incident in Cawthorne Channel Well 15 (CAWC015L/S) that occurred on June 15 2022, the indigenous oil producer confirmed that the spill has been successfully contained and
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