The United Nations on Monday charged the Federal Government to invest in technology, as the global agency also pledge to support Nigeria in this. Deputy Secretary-General, UN, Amina Muhammed, gave the charge while speaking during a courtesy call on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, in Abuja. She said,
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Martin Avila, the CEO of IT infrastructure company Right Forge, which provides digital services for center-right businesses and groups, recently published an op-ed arguing that a second internet must be created to maintain digital freedom. In a recent op-ed published in Newsweek titled “A Second Internet is Needed for American Survival,”
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The importance of a strong cybersecurity posture is not a new concept. Data from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recently revealed that Australian businesses reported more than 2,200 cybersecurity incidents between July 2019 and June 2020. CISOs worldwide are inherently aware of how significant investment in cybersecurity strategies and technologies
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday addressed the criticism he has received for speaking out on climate change while also producing a large carbon footprint with the use of flying in private jets. Gates said during MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that such criticism is “totally fair.” He acknowledged that he has a
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Graphs — data structures that show the relationship among objects — are highly versatile. It’s easy to imagine a graph depicting a social media network’s web of connections. But graphs are also used in programs as diverse as content recommendation (what to watch next on Netflix?) and navigation (what’s the
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Bacteria have many ways to evade the antibiotics that we use against them. Each year, at least 2.8 million people in the United States develop an antibiotic-resistant infection, and more than 35,000 people die from such infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Most of the mutations known to
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Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, is turning to technology for pig farmers, as sanctions begin to take a toll on smartphones’ sales, BBC reports. Along with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for pig farmers, Huawei is also working with the coal mining industry. It is also looking for other sources of revenue— moving
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The hackers used the agency’s EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency’s zero-day arsenal online. MORE THAN FOUR years after a mysterious group of hackers known as the Shadow Brokers began wantonly leaking secret NSA hacking tools onto the internet, the question that debacle
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Two weeks ago, the United States technology firm, Apple announced an all-time record quarterly revenue of $111.4 billion for the fiscal year which ended on 26th December, 2020. Over $65 billion was earned from sales of iPhone, $8.6 billion from MacBook, $8.4 billion from iPad, $12.9 billion from wearables and
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To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire, Elon Musk, needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he’ll decide to keep those antennas far away. Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk’s Starlink project
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