TECHNOLOGY
FG Considers Renewable Plants To Tackle Power Issues
The Federal Government is planning the construction of renewable power plants to boost electricity generation across the nation. The Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this during a meeting with foreign agencies on Thursday. In a chat with Adelabu’s media aide, Bolaji Tunji, on Friday, the minister was quoted to have highlighted that the creation of renewable power plants would be...
Iphone Users To Receive $65 Payouts From Apple
Apple is expected to pay out $500 million to iPhone users to resolve a long-running lawsuit accusing the company of purposefully slowing down customers' batteries. The 'battery-gate' scam was dubbed 'one of the greatest consumer frauds in history' since it compelled people to purchase new iPhone models. Despite continuing to deny any wrongdoing, Apple consented to the settlement in 2020, which...
NASA Announces It Has Found Water On The Moon For The First Time (Photos)
NASA reveals tiny pockets of ice on the lunar surface could provide enough oxygen, hydration and rocket fuel to support a human colony. Study estimates up to 40,000 square km of water hidden in cold traps in craters NASA has confirmed, for the first time, that there is water on the sunlit surface of the moon. The revelation means it is...
Nigerian man develops application to help people travel to historic sites, network
Collins Nnabugwu co-founded a media streaming app that became one of the most sought after binge/VOD apps with such a great business model. He also created the African Heritage Virtual Museum app which launches in June 2020, a technical partnership with Ecocarrier technology of Canada, a renowned developer of virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality. "So we are rolling out...
No SIM Card For Any Nigerian Below 18, Says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has announced the disqualification of anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website. The commission in modified regulations only allowed subscribers above the age of 18 to...
How To Sign Up For Threads, Meta’s New Twitter Competitor
The giant tech company, Meta, will officially launch its own microblogging app, Threads on Thursday. With the structure of its service, Threads will ultimately serve as a competitor to the popular social media platform, Twitter. The launch comes in the wake of a new feature introduced by the latter, which limits the number of tweets users can see per day. While the...
How To Use WhatsApp On Computer Without Data
You can now use WhatsApp on a desktop or laptop computer without your internet data on. Whatsapp Web syncs with the mobile app to let you send and receive WhatsApp messages from your computer. You can access WhatsApp on your phone and computer at the same time. The Nation on Monday reported that over three billion users of Facebook-owned apps and...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Blasts Buhari, FG Over Twitter ban
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. He said restriction of social media use has no place in a democracy. In a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of Twitter. READ ALSO: Suspension...
Anonymous Hack NBC Website, Threaten To Expose Government Secrets
The Twitter account of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been hacked. The hackers put up a message threatening to reveal secrets of Nigerian authorities. “We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secret and dirty files”, it read. “Put an #ENDTOPOLICEBRUTALITY #Twitterdown #NBChacked”, the message added. The website was also not opening as at 9:25 am. NBC regulates the Nigerian broadcast industry. The commission says...
Function Of Black Dot On Back Of iPhone Pro Models- Interesting Feature
Users of the latest iPhone Pro models are just getting to grips with the functions of a mysterious black circle next to the cameras on the back of the latest iPhone models. A recent Reddit post with 1,400 upvotes saw a user circling the mysterious circle and asking simply, ‘What’s it for?’ The circle is only found in the latest iPhone Pro models and certain iPad Pro models -...
