Ex-Uber Security Chief Sentenced for Data Breach Cover-Up
Uber's former chief security officer has avoided jail and been sentenced to three years' probation for covering up a cyber-attack from authorities. Joseph Sullivan was[more...]
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CBN Places 572 Customers on Watch List
The CBN watchlist which was set up due to e-payment fraud-related issues was confirmed by the Deputy Director, Payment System Department, CBN, Adewuyi Adeyemi at[more...]
Top Nigerian Banks With Highest Loans to Customers in 2022
In the financial ecosystem, banks play a crucial role as important middlemen between savers and borrowers. Offering loans to people, companies, and governments is one[more...]
Amazon Posts $3.2 Billion Profit as it Goes Through Multiple Rounds of Layoffs
The e-commerce giant on Thursday reported a profit of $3.2 billion for the first quarter, up from a loss of $3.8 billion in the year ago[more...]
North America’s Largest Transportation Network Suspends use of Twitter for Service Alerts
North America’s largest transportation network suspended the use of Twitter for service alerts Thursday, saying the “reliability of the platform can no longer be guaranteed.” The Metropolitan[more...]
Microsoft Opens Up its AI-Powered Bing To All Users
Microsoft is rolling out the new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to anyone who wants to use it. Nearly three months after the[more...]
X-raying Four Technologies That Can Drive Nigeria’s Cashless Economy
Waving your hand to pay after shopping at a store or simply placing your mobile phone on the checkout counter could seem strange – at[more...]
Nigeria Inches Closer to World Bank’s Targets as NIN Enrolments Hit 98.7 Million
Key highlights Enrolments for the National Identification Number (NIN) increased to 98.7 million in April. This pushed the country further to the World Bank’s target[more...]
Air Travel Chaos During Summer Looms as US keeps 5G Deadline
The US will not delay a deadline for airlines to refit planes with new sensors to address possible 5G interference, despite concerns the cut-off date[more...]
FEC Okays National Blockchain Policy
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved National Blockchain Policy for Nigeria, institutionalising the blockchain technology in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital.[more...]
Fintech African Payment Service Provider Nomba Raises $30M, Backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify
Nomba, a Nigerian payment service platform that provides accessible and affordable financial services to both banked and unbanked individuals, has recently secured a whooping $30[more...]
NCC Disowns Fake LinkedIn Account of Prof. Danbatta
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been made aware of a fake LinkedIn account that is being attributed to our Executive Vice Chairman and Chief[more...]
Three Big Generative AI Problems Yet To Be Addressed
Adopting generative AI into technology is potentially more significant than when the internet was introduced. It is disrupting most creative efforts and isn’t near as[more...]
6 Reasons Macs Are More Secure Than Windows PCs
It's a general consensus in the computer world that Apple's Macs are more secure than Windows computers. But how did this come to be, and[more...]
AfDB & Smart Africa Alliance Team Up for $1.5 Million Digital Trade & Commerce Project
The African Development Fund and Smart Africa Alliance have jointly launched a $1.5 million project to streamline digital trade and e-commerce policies across 10 African[more...]
Expert fears new WhatsApp feature can expose users to hacking
Jide Awe, the Chief Executive Officer, Jidaw Systems Ltd., says the new feature in WhatsApp can make users vulnerable to hacking or phishing attacks by[more...]
FG Decries Abuse of Expatriate Quota Policy, Re-inaugurates Taskforce
The Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola, has decried the abuses and gross violations of Nigeria’s expatriate quota policy by foreigners and some organisations in[more...]
Dropbox to Cut 16% of Staff as it Seeks to Take Advantage of the New “AI Era of Computing”
Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs. The cloud storage giant announced today that it plans to cut 16% of its staff as it[more...]
Deployed PoS Terminals in Nigeria Hit 1.8 million
According to data sourced from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), this increase translated to a hike in the value of transactions for the period[more...]
Samsung Profits Plunge 95% Amid Weak Memory Chip
Samsung Electronics flagged a gradual recovery for chips in the second half of the year after its semiconductor business reported a record loss on Thursday,[more...]
