I first heard the standard joke about fusion as an undergraduate physics student in the 1960s: Fusion power is 50 years away—and probably always will be. More than 50 years later, we still don't have fusion. That's because of the huge experimental challenges in recreating a miniature sun on earth. Still, real
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Digital transformation is inevitable for the oil and gas industry to efficiently and sustainably address the challenges that global dual carbon goals are bringing in energy sector and also in the economic structure of energy-producing nations which are now driving changes in production technologies and lifestyles. This is according to Leo
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Microsoft had big plans when it purchased Minecraft, the immensely popular open-world 'sandbox' game, back in 2014 for US$2.5 billion. Among them was to invest heavily in an educational revolution – the gamification of learning. It's not hard to imagine how the logic-based mechanics of Minecraft's construction system could help teach knowledge and practical
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While analysing the threat landscape of African countries, Kaspersky experts saw a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the region, as cybercriminals consolidated their efforts to focus on more complicated, dangerous and profitable threats instead. These and other findings were featured in Kaspersky’s Mobile Threats in 2021 report. Overall,
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Nigerian-owned oil companies have been the beneficiary of the wave of divestment by foreign players in the country’s oil market, buying up the assets to expand their operation. The discontinuation of businesses by these foreign investors portrays Nigeria in a bad light in the global oil market and negatively affects the
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The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers NIEEE has described as illogical the various attempts to repeal the dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelors Degree. National Chairman of the body, Engr. Michael Akan FNIEEE made his position known during an interview on a private radio station, Sweet FM
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Instead of working with deep tech startups like most investors in climate tech segment, Amasia prefers capital-efficient software startups. When it comes to investing in the climate tech and sustainability sectors, Amasia decided to take a different approach than other venture capital (VC) firms in the scene. Instead of focusing on
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Verizon was the first to launch a 3G network in the U.S. in 2002, during a time when the BlackBerry was the top smartphone to own and we were five years away from the arrival of the iPhone. Twenty years ago, consumers used their phones for basic tasks like checking email,
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Although solar cells are typically designed to turn light into power, researchers have shown that they can also be used to achieve underwater wireless optical communication with high data rates. The new approach—which used an array of series-connected solar cells as detectors—could offer a cost-effective, low-energy way to transmit data
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine may cause further strain on the supply of semiconductor chips already cut short by the worldwide chip shortage according to reports. Potential shorts of neon gas and palladium, mined in Ukraine, could cause significant production delays for tech firms and automakers, amongst other industries. CNBC reports
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