Millions of users in Nigeria and around the world may soon lose access to WhatsApp as the platform phases out support for older devices. Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has announced that starting May 5, 2025, the app will no longer function on certain outdated smartphones that do not meet the latest security and […]
Many telecommunications service subscribers across the country have called on the Operators to improve their services to match the recent hike in their tariffs. They spoke in separate interviews with newsmen across the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. The subscribers said in spite of the high increment in tariff rates, mobile networks could ...
The third season of MTN Champs continues with the Continental Relays scheduled to take place in Lagos from today, Wednesday, April 9 to Saturday, April 12, 2025. Events will be held at the Yabatech and UNILAG sports complexes. This follows the successful Benin Classics held from March 13 to 15, reports Daily Independent. A total […]
•TikTok app on a smartphone screen in front of the TikTok logo Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner. The offer arrived in a letter to officials involved in talks regarding the sale of TikTok to appease US national security […]
Mobile phones technicians have urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to mandate the registration of mobile phones at the point of purchase. The technicians under the umbrella of the Association of Mobile Communication Device Technicians of Nigeria (AMCODET) made the appeal in Lagos recently, reports Nigerian Tribune. The President...
Tiktok has removed 2.4 million videos posted by Nigerian users in the fourth quarter of 2024 for violating its content policy. TikTok, owned by Bytedance, revealed that Nigeria was among the top 50 countries where videos violating its policies emanated from in Q4, reports The Guardian. The platform, which disclosed this in its latest Community...
Customers of telecoms firm, 9mobile, have lamented the continuous decline in the firm’s service offerings in Nigeria. Apart from persistent loss of network, subscribers, who explored the social media space to vent their angers, also complained of their inability to port out of the network, reports The Guardian. More worrisome, according to the...
The Senate has passed through second reading a bill seeking to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, to require social media platforms to establish physical offices within the country. The bill, titled ‘ A Bill for an Act to Amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, to Mandate the Establishment of Physical Offices within […]
Microsoft is advancing its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy by developing its own AI reasoning models to compete with OpenAI, according to a report by The Information. This move is aimed at diversifying Microsoft’s AI offerings and reducing its reliance on OpenAI’s technology. As part of this initiative, Microsoft has begun testing models...
•Tesla CEO, Elon Musk Elon Musk said X was hit yesterday by a major cyberattack, raising questions as to whether the politically divisive billionaire is being targeted or his decision to cut staff at what was once Twitter is haunting the social network. Reports of problems with X started early yesterday, with users in Asia, […]
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