Google filed a notice yesterday to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it held an illegal monopoly on online search, court records show. A US district judge decided in 2024 that the internet giant had a monopoly on search and text advertising through exclusive distribution agreements that made it the “default” option people were likely [&hell...
OpenAI announced yesterday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs. The ads will initially appear in the United States for free and lower-tier subscribers, the company said in a blog post outlining its long-an...
•Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nigeria has been ranked 72nd out of 188 countries in the 2025 Government AI Readiness Index, placing it among the top-performing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The annual index published by Oxford Insights assessed 195 governments using 69 indicators across six pillars, including policy capacity, governance, AI ...
•Social media Nigeria is home to one of the largest youth populations in the world, with over 60 percent of its citizens under the age of thirty. Yet for decades, young people have remained excluded from formal decision-making spaces, constrained by structural barriers, limited political representation, and weak civic inclusion, reports Saturd...
Nigeria’s retail traders are adopting smarter tools that lower barriers and improve discipline. Artificial intelligence has pushed social investing from a manual, chat-driven activity into a structured, data-informed workflow, reports Channels TV. The result is faster learning, clearer risk controls, and better tracking of outcomes across Lago...
Italian regulators ordered Meta today to open its WhatsApp chat platform to rival AI chatbots as it and EU authorities pursue a probe that the US tech giant is abusing its dominant market position. Meta has integrated Meta AI across the company’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram, that serve billions of users globally, reports [&...
•TikTok logo at the Chinese video app company’s offices in California TikTok said yesterday it has signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United States and avoid a ban over its Chinese ownership. The move caps a lengthy tussle over the hugely successful video-sharing app […]...
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has explained the cause of the recent drop in calls in Abuja. Tijani spoke last night during an interview on Channels Television. He addressed complaints about poor networks and widespread call disruptions across the city. The minister said a dispute between a major ...
TikTok has restricted late-night LIVE access for Nigerian users, as the platform now blocks the feature during peak night hours. The restriction started yesterday at midnight when the app quietly shut down all LIVE activities across Nigeria, leaving accounts unable to host or even watch late night streams, reports The Guardian. According to an...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued an advisory on new vulnerabilities in ChatGPT that could expose users to data-leakage attacks. According to the advisory, researchers discovered seven vulnerabilities affecting GPT-4o and GPT-5 models that allow attackers to manipulate ChatGPT through indirect prompt inj...
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