TECHNOLOGY
Jailbreak For All iOS 13.5 Devices Coming Soon – Hackers Claim
The team behind the "unc0ver" jailbreaking tool for iOS has announced an upcoming version of its software that can patch "every signed iOS version on every device" using a zero-day kernel vulnerability by Pwn20wnd, a renowned iOS hacker. If the claims are true, that would mean Apple's latest flagship devices like the iPhone 11, iPhone SE, and 2020 iPad Pro can be jailbroken, even...
Twitter To Allow Employees Work From Home ‘Forever’
The microblogging site, Twitter, announced on Tuesday that it could allow employees to continue to work from home indefinitely even after the end of the coronavirus crisis. Twitter said it is one of the first companies to implement the stay-at-home model in early March and the decision to allow workers to continue work from home even after the COVID-19 pandemic...
Nigeria To Produce Drones In Near Future – Minister, Ogbonnaya Onu
The Buhari administration has said Nigeria would produce and specialise in state-of-the-art technology such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) through “reverse-engineering”. The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, revealed the idea when he inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial committee to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Federal Government and Aeronautic Ltd (now Wise Guide Technology Nig. Ltd)...
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey Fires Back At Trump, Zuckerberg
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey has fired back at President Donald Trump after he accused the social media platform of meddling in the US election which will be taking place later this year. He also tackled Mark Zuckerberg after he suggested that Twitter was trying to be “an arbiter of truth”. The exchange ensued after Twitter applied its fact-check label to two tweets shared by President Donald Trump, which...
Conversion Of Petrol Vehicles To CNG To Cost N600,000 Only — FG
The federal government has disclosed that Nigerians are expected to pay between N300,000 and N600,000 to convert their petrol vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas, CNG. The Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) Steering Committee, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi revealed this in an interview with Daily Trust after the official commissioning of CNG conversion centres and a...
We Gained Over 70m New Users During Facebook Outage — Telegram
Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook outage, its founder, Pavel Durov, said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging services for nearly six hours, Reuters has reported. Facebook blamed its outage, which kept its 3.5 billion users from accessing services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, on a faulty configuration change. “The...
Apple Lays Off 100 Employees Ahead Of iPhone 16 Launch
Ahead of its iPhone 16 launch event on September 09, Apple is reportedly laying off nearly 100 employees from its Services division. According to a report from Bloomberg, the exercise will affect various teams, including the Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore. The company has reportedly notified the employees affected by the layoffs on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Four Nigerians Jailed For Issuing...
No Cause For Panic Over SIM Card Deactivation – NIMC
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Thursday said that there is no cause for panic regarding the two weeks deadline for deactivation of Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards that are not linked with users' National Identity Number (NIN). The Commission explained that adequate arrangements have been made to capture the data of 200 million Nigerians within the next five years. It...
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...
Telecom Sector In Nigeria On Life Support, Says MTN CEO
The telecom sector in Nigeria is on the brink of collapse, according to Karl Toriola, CEO of MTN Nigeria. Speaking at a telecom investment forum organized by FDC in Lagos on Tuesday, Toriola painted a grim picture of the industry's current state, likening it to a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) "gasping for breath." Toriola's comments contrasted with those...
