Facebook Launches COVID-19 Information Centre In Nigeria, 16 Other Countries
Facebook says it has launched a COVID-19 information centre in Nigeria and 16 other sub-sahara African countries. Kojo Boakye, Facebook’s...
NCC To Present Report On 5G Safety To FG
The Nigerian Communication Commission says a report on the safety of the Fifth Generation (5G) Network technology would be presented...
WhatsApp Imposes New Limit On Forwarding Messages
WhatsApp has tightened its limit on message forwarding in a bid to reduce the spread of false information about the...
Google Community Mobility Report Reveals Response To Lockdown In Nigeria
Data from Google’s newly-released COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports shows that traffic to transit, retail and recreation locations in Nigeria has...
COVID-19: Health Messages To Be Featured In Video Games In The UK
The UK government is collaborating with video game companies to include health messages as the world continues to battle the...
Nigeria Has Not Issued License For 5G – Isa Pantami
Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says Nigeria has not issued any license for 5G in the country....
Google Announces $6.5M Funding To Help Fight Coronavirus Misinformation
In an effort to help address the challenge of the ongoing spread of misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, Google...
LASU Develops Mobile App That Can Perform COVID-19 Self-Test
The Department of Computer Science, Lagos State University (LASU) has developed a mobile app named ‘LASU COVID-19 Test’ that will...
US Lab Unveils Portable COVID-19 Test That Gives Results In 5 Minutes
US-based laboratory, Abbot Laboratories, has unveiled a portable test that can tell if a person is infected with Coronavirus within...
Google Doodle Honours Hand-washing ‘Hero’ Ignez Semmelweis
Google Doodle honours 19th-century doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, the first person to prove that handwashing saves lives. Google explained that the...
Netflix, YouTube Lower Video Quality To Reduce Network Congestion
Netflix and Youtube agreed to reduce the video quality on its service in Europe for 30 days so as to...
WhatsApp Under Scrutiny As It Is Now Being Used To Spread Fake Coronavirus News
While world governments and medical officials are battling to save the world from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, social media platform...
Listicle: Emoji search on the YouTube Music app
YouTube Music has just launched in Nigeria, and we just know you’re going to love this hack, which will not...
Google’s Coronavirus Site Launches Amid Trump Confusion
A coronavirus testing project by Google has been thrown into confusion over comments made by US President Donald Trump. He...
Google To Train 20,000 Women Across Africa In 2020
In celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day, tech Giant Google has revealed its plans to train 20,000 women across Africa...
Coronavirus: Facebook, Google, Amazon Ask Staff To Work From Home
Major Tech companies have asked their employees based in Seattle to work from home to prevent the spread of the...
Twitter Bans Dehumanizing Remarks Based On Age, Disability and Disease
Twitter has updated its hate speech policies to cover tweets that make dehumanizing remarks, which are remarks that treat “others as less...
Alarming As One Billion Android Devices Risk Potential Hacking
More than a billion Android devices are at risk of being hacked because they are no longer protected by security...
Facebook Removes Deceptive “Trump” Census Ads
Facebook has removed a series of misleading adverts from the Donald Trump campaign promoting “the Official 2020 Congressional District Census”....
Coronavirus: China Bans Plague Inc. Game
A game which challenges players to spread a deadly virus around the world has been banned in China, its makers...