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- 7 Oct 2015
Google Launches New System to Load Stories Faster on Phones
Google has unveiled a new system it says will speed up how fast news stories load after clicking a search link. ‎ It hopes the project, called Accelerated Mobile Pages, will be adopted by…
- 21 Jun 2019
Cell Phones Causing Young People to Grow Horns on Skulls- Research
Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia have found evidence that our frequent use of mobile devices could be causing horn-like bone spurs to appear on younger…
- 14 Feb 2018
Google to Debut emails that Automatically Update
Google plans to demonstrate a software programming system that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interactivity. Users could see automatically updated flight…
- 28 Jun 2014
U.S. Scales Down Surveillance Flights Seeking Abducted Girls
United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria, but added that the overall effort was…
- 21 Jul 2025
Microsoft Server Hack Likely Solo Actor, Thousands at Risk
A widespread cyberattack targeting Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) server software used by thousands of government agencies and businesses for internal document sharing was likely orchestrated by a single…
- 21 Aug 2014
75% of Ebola Victims are Women: This is Why
About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders within their communities, health officials have said. The disease, which has…
- 21 Jul 2025
Flaw in Microsoft SharePoint Sparks Global Cybersecurity Concern
A Microsoft SharePoint server software flaw is causing widespread concern across the global cybersecurity landscape, exposing thousands of organisations to hackers exploiting a new vulnerability.…
- 20 Aug 2021
FG Says Twitter Accedes to 7 of Its 10 Demands
Federal government has said that from the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension, the microblogging and social networking platform has acceded to seven. Lai Mohammed, minister of arts and…
- 21 Sept 2009
Revealed: How Tech Whistle Blowers Triggered Banking Tsunami
The battery of claims and counter-charges has succeeded in diverting attention from the existence of whistle blowing, a dangerous safety mechanism which triggered the banking tsunami in the first…
- 7 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos Becomes Richest Man in History with $211Bn
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon continues to become wealthier and it was yesterday reported that the 57-year-old mogul, who founded the online retailer out of his garage 27 years ago this month, became…
- 21 Jul 2015
Nigerian Leaders Stole $150Bn in 10 Years- Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, said he was in the United States (US) to seek President Barack Obama’s help to locate and return $150 billion stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank…
- 10 Sept 2015
DSS Screens Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees
Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to Punch Newspapers. It was gathered that no…
- 16 Nov 2015
Microsoft Improves Presentations with New PowerPoint Tools
Microsoft has launched two new tools for Office 2016 users for Microsoft PowerPoint. Morph and Designer are the two new features added to Microsoft PowerPoint in the recently announced update by the…
- 20 Nov 2020
Why November 22nd Should Be Recognized As Global Day of Influence
November 22, 2020 will mark the inaugural edition of the Global Day of Influence - a day to discuss, interrogate and celebrate the concept, principles, and impact of influence in today’s world.…
- 20 Apr 2020
Facebook-Powered Virus ‘Heat Map’ Unveiled
Researchers Monday unveiled a coronavirus “heat map” powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track the spread of the disease and plan for reopening society. The Carnegie Mellon University…
- 29 Sept 2016
Eskimi Implements Measure for Transparent Social Network Metrics
Eskimi started working with global measurement company Effective measure to deliver transparent and quality metrics to advertisement partners. All Eskimi media clients and partners will be able to…
- 26 Jan 2020
United Nations Officials Barred from Using WhatsApp
Amid growing concerns over WhatsApp's security, the United Nations (UN) has asked its officials to not use the messaging app because “it’s not supported as a secure mechanism.” This comes after UN…
- 24 Jul 2019
Facebook Agrees to Pay $5Bn in Vast Privacy Settlement
Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce on Wednesday that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay roughly $5bn, two people briefed on…
- 18 Feb 2013
Cyber Attacks Against Media on the Rise
Cyber attacks against journalists and media organizations around the world have increased over the past few years as criminal hackers provide a cheap and easy way of censoring the press, a media…
- 6 Aug 2013
LinkedIn Mobile Apps Assist Jobseekers Apply For Positions Directly
On Monday, LinkedIn released updated version for its iOS and Android apps that could allow job seekers apply for open jobs right from the mobile device. LinkedIn had barely a month ago introduced the…
- 4 Sept 2017
Fact Check: Alleged NK Threat to Nigerians, Who Owns @DPRK_News Account?
By now, you must have heard or read about the alleged warning from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) that Nigerians should stop making mockery of the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un or…
- 21 Sept 2019
Twitter Closes Thousands of Fake News Accounts Worldwide
Twitter said Friday it shut down thousands of accounts worldwide for spreading misinformation, including some artificially amplifying pro-Saudi messaging as part of a regional propaganda war. …
- 2 Sept 2026
FG Kicks as FBI Confirms Tinubu was Under Investigation for Drug
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the subject of a criminal investigation into drug-trafficking crimes in the early 1990s.
- 21 Jun 2017
BET Awards 2017 Performers, Presenters Announced
BET Networks on Wednesday announced that R&B’s brightest stars Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, Xscape and El Debarge along with some of hip hop’s hottest talent including A$AP Rocky, French Montana,…
- 11 Oct 2019
Mixed Trade Negotiation Signals Rattle Financial Markets
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist, FXTM Investors across the globe are closely monitoring the high-level US-China trade talks, which will kick off today as China’s Vice Premier Liu He sits on…
- 16 Apr 2015
Google Facing Battle of Life in Europe over Antitrust Charges
A CBNC report on Thursday confirmed that several U.S. and European companies have complained about the dominance of Google. Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's new competition…
- 27 Jul 2021
Nigeria Loses $243m in 51 Days after Twitter Ban
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari's government to ban Twitter in Africa's most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions, according to africanews.com According to…
- 15 Nov 2018
MainOne Takes Blame for Google Glitch
Main One Cable has took responsibility for a glitch that temporarily caused some Google global traffic to be misrouted through China, saying it accidentally caused the problem during a network…
- 18 Aug 2018
Gold Stabilizes Amid Beijing & Washington Trade Talk
By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM A sense of relief was felt across financial markets following the news that Beijing will resume trade talks with Washington next week. Although the…
- 8 Feb 2016
Twitter Suspends over 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'
Twitter Inc has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, the company said in a blog post over the weekend.…