In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, America’s big tech companies are being challenged on many fronts from across the political spectrum, from antitrust concerns to their policies on political ads and ensuring election security. Many of the Democratic presidential candidates have argued in favor of either breaking up or
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The Space Race has now been consigned to history: a well-documented, 20th century competition between two superpowers for dominance in spaceflight and global recognition. Having launched the world’s first satellite (Sputnik 1), the Soviet Union was pioneering the journey into space and the race to dominate this battleground fuelled a fierce
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Without gainsaying, the rails provide a viable alternative to road transportation as it connects one city to another. Acknowledging the import of this hitherto neglected sector, President Muhammadu Buhari on assumption of office in 2015 had given premium to the rail transport system, especially to reduce the burden on the
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A student of architecture at Covenant University, Carlton Oke, is the winner of the Architecture Prize for an Airport Masterplan for Lekki at the recently concluded Design Week Lagos. Design Week Lagos is an annual event aimed at promoting creativity in Lagos by bringing together the city’s thinkers, practitioners, retailers and
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China has set up a new national semiconductor fund of 204.2 billion yuan ($28.9 billion), as it seeks to nurture its domestic chip industry and close the technology gap with the U.S. The government-backed fund is bigger by some $9 billion compared with a similar fund launched in 2014 that had
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Every entrepreneur and business leader believes that he or she has the full trust of their team and their customers, and in fact most do in the beginning. In my experience, most business professionals still believe in the old proverb, “trust but verify.” In this context, that means you trust
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More than 3,000 users hailing from 137 countries signed up for the MIT Department of Nuclear Energy's debut massive open online course (MOOC), Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society, which debuted last year on MITx. Now, after roaring success, the course will be offered again in spring 2020, with key
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The prevalence of poverty in the land has led to the deterioration of the noble value systems which various Nigerians groups proudly upheld in the past. Where, for instance, our value system emphasised that human beings (especially children) were more valuable than money or material things, criminals now “sell” babies
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Virgin Galactic’s manufacturing subsidiary, The Spaceship Co, completed the test on the spacecraft, which is being assembled in Mojave, California From Virgin Galactic to SpaceX, many private space firms are racing to be the first to launch tourists into space . Now, Virgin Galactic has taken a major step ahead of the
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Fintech has not only been touted as a lucrative venture but also a means to bridge the gaps in efficiency and accessibility of financial services. Especially in Southeast Asia, fintech companies have played a role in extending these services to demographics that have been traditionally underserved such as the rural
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