Even in the midst of a pandemic, the 5G race rages on. But this next-gen technology also sits at the center of a geopolitical arm’s race. It’s difficult to tell whether those tensions factored into Nokia’s coming away “almost empty-handed” in terms of huge 5G contracts awarded by China’s big three
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In a world suddenly fearful of touch, voice technology is getting a fresh look. Voice-activated systems such as Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Apple's Siri have seen strong growth in recent years, and the virus pandemic could accelerate that, analysts say. Voice assistants are not only answering queries and shopping, but also
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Airtel Nigeria says it is collaborating with the Federal Government to offer free qualitative education for students across the country during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Mr Emeka Oparah, director of Corporate Communications and CSR, Airtel, said that the company had decided to waive data charges for all its users who visit
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One of the sneakiest ways to spill the secrets of a computer system involves studying its pattern of power usage while it performs operations. That’s why researchers have begun developing ways to shield the power signatures of AI systems from prying eyes. Among the AI systems most vulnerable to such attacks are
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A list of the most hacked passwords in 2019 published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre revealed some sadly predictable results - with repeat offenders like ‘123456’, ‘password’ and ‘qwerty’ making the top ten multiple years in a row. Humans are predictable creatures. Since the dawn of the internet our
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Five Ways to Steer Your Security Organization in a Toxic Environment Willie Sutton, the notorious bank robber, was once asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks. According to Ohnstad, he replied, "Because that's where the money is." Though that answer is very stark, it does provide us with an
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Outdated technology can have a negative effect on business, as employees are forced to continue to engage with obsolete or inadequate software and hardware, built for yesterday’s business needs. A primary driver for maintaining legacy systems, especially in large enterprises, is that they contain large amounts of accumulated information collated
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Sextortion continues to be one of the most effective methods of extracting monetary value from victims, used by cyber-attackers around the world. But according to Sophos, the crimes don’t stop at just sextortion – a recently released report reveals funds gleaned from victims led to an underbelly of criminal activity. Sextortion is
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Provider long term evolution (LTE) 4G telecoms services, ntel, has accused telcos of not keeping the promises they make to their customers in the area of data provisioning. The Managing Director/CEO of the firm, Babatunde Omotoba, blamed this development on the fact that they have locked their spectrum to 2G technology. Omotoba
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People running an app that uses part of their computer processing power to search for a coronavirus vaccine accidentally created the world's fastest supercomputer. Known as Folding@Home, the technology uses thousands of computers around the world to work through large sets of numbers and complicated problems. In the past month it has
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