Children who spend too much time in front of screens, whether phones or TVs, have an increased risk of heart and metabolic disease, according to a Danish study published yesterday. The study tracked the screen consumption and sleep habits of more than 1,000 10-year and 18-year-olds, with researchers examining the relationship between screen ti...
Meta today said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes. “Our team identified the accounts and disabled them before the criminal organisations that created them could use them,” WhatsApp external affairs director Clair Deevy said. Often r...
Between January 2024 and last month, telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria suffered over 13,700 fibre cuts which negatively impacted network operations. This was disclosed by the telco’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Yahaya Ibrahim, during a study tour by participants of the fourth Media Innovation Programme (MIP-4), at the School of Media and...
Online privacy campaigners filed fresh complaints against social media giant TikTok and two other Chinese-owned companies today, saying they had failed to comply with data access requests. Prominent Austria-based privacy campaign group Noyb (None of Your Business) already filed complaints against the three and another three Chinese-owned compa...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has intensified its efforts to fight fake engagement and content impersonation by deleting over 10 million fake profiles and taking action against about 500,000 spam accounts in the first half of 2025. In a blog post on Monday, Meta explained that this is part of a broader campaign to […]
•Kemi Bamro and some of the participants Students and youths have been charged to reshape their destinies in the Artificial Intelligence era by learning technology skills that can improve their lives and make them compete with their peers globally. Kemi Bamro, a product manager and website designer, gave the charge during the 2025 World Youth ...
•Voters waiting for accreditation and voting Nigeria’s internet scene has undergone significant changes in the past few years. Digital platforms play a significant role in how Nigerians access their news and engage in civic life. As of 2023, more than 122 million people utilise the internet, and social media is becoming the most essential loca...
In today’s hyper-connected world, technology is not just a convenience, it’s a lifeline. From the smartphones in peoples ‘pockets and laptops on desks to the Wi-Fi routers humming quietly in the background and smart watches tracking our every move, digital tools have woven themselves into the fabric of daily life. But as our reliance on [&hell...
WhatsApp said yesterday that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service. Advertisements will be shown only in the app’s Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion […]
Spotting a fake phone in Nigeria can be tricky, especially since counterfeiters have become very good at mimicking original devices. Here are several reliable methods to help you identify a fake phone. 1. Check the IMEI Number How to check: *Dial *#06# to view the IMEI number. *Compare it with the number on the phone […]
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