Technology

Minimalists rejoice; Nokia has rolled out a new version of its classic 6310 phone to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The old-school phone seen in every other person’s hands in the 90s is back, featuring a few new specs and all ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed it is 97% ready for the implementation of 5G deployment in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Professor Umar Danbatta, confirmed the readiness at the annual African ...

Prince William has slammed billionaire space tourists such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for pursuing space travel instead of helping to solve the climate crisis. In an impassioned plea to two of the world’s richest men, both worth around ...

A Russian actress and director blasted off to the International Space Station on Tuesday in a historic bid to beat the United States to film the first movie in orbit. The Russian crew is set to beat a Hollywood project ...

Windows 11, the latest version of Microsoft’s computer operating system, launches worldwide on Tuesday as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Windows chief product officer Panos Panay, told the BBC the latest version was built to be “clean and ...

  Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in many parts of the world today. The company said it was “aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app” and it was working on restoring access. The ...

TikTok, a leading destination for short-form mobile video, has marked one billion monthly active users milestone since its launch in 2017. The video sharing App achieved this new feat despite some political roadblocks in some countries including the US and ...

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino is in Nigeria. He stormed the country for Aisha Buhari tournament holding in Lagos. Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu were among dignitaries who watched the opening match of the ...

The world’s richest man Jeff Bezos is reportedly investing in anti-aging technology that could extend the average human lifespan by up to 50 years. Since quitting his job as Amazon CEO, Bezos has flown to space with his company, Blue ...

Facebook on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets could hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves. The beta test of Facebook’s Horizon Workroom app comes as ...

Rebecca Enonchong, a Cameroonian tech entrepreneur, has been arrested and brought before a court in Douala, in Cameroon’s Littoral Region, according to her lawyer and another close associate. Enonchong has been in government custody since her arrest on Tuesday, social ...

A global survey of downloads in 2020 shows TikTok, a video-sharing app developed in China, on top of the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was first conducted in 2018.   As concern for ...

In one of the most fascinating technologies in history, the famous city of Dubai is continuing its creation of fake rain to tackle heatwave. Drones are used for heavy downpours, partly caused by cloud-seeding projects. Dubai deals with extremely hot ...

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, on Wednesday, displayed the first pair of sandals he made as a student of the Aba Footwear Academy. Ikpeazu displayed the footwear to journalists in his office while briefing them of his administration’s efforts ...

  Jeff Bezos and three other passengers are set to fly to space aboard Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin today, July 20. The space jet by New Shepard is expected to take flight at around 9 a.m. ET carrying Bezos, ...

An Israeli group Candiru sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday. The revelation sheds light on the growing business of finding and selling tools to hack widely used ...

The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has established a centre for artificial intelligence and robotics to deploy the use of robots and artificial intelligence in combating crime and criminality in Nigeria. The revelation ...

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc (FB.O) that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was “legally insufficient.” Facebook shares rose more than ...

  A Philippines web designer has in respect for his profession, named his son HTML. In a Facebook post, the newborn was introduced as Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo Pascual – or HTML for short. The child’s father Mac Pascual, a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken delivery of the first ever Nigeria-made cellphone called ITF Mobile.   The product was presented to him by Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, just before commencement of the week’s Federal Executive ...

A proud father has taken to social media to celebrate his young son who he claimed built a personal computer all by himself. The dad with Twitter handle @ImJustErnest took to the micro-blogging platform to reveal that he is proud ...

  Nigerian lady, Intissar Bashir Kurfi used sachet water commonly known as pure water nylons to make interlocking tiles, and accolades are streaming in for her on social media. The 29-year-old founder of Ifrique Design, said she engages students in ...

The lander carrying China’s first Mars rover has touched down on the red planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning. It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth ...

South Korea on Friday unveiled a prototype of its first fighter jet, a highly symbolic moment in its decades-long quest for a combat plane of its own. The gray jet, named KF-21 Boramae, was showcased at a rollout ceremony held ...

                A man identified as Engineer Kabir, has been hailed for building motorcycles from scratch. The different motorcycles, manufactured by Kabir, were shared online, eliciting praises from social media users. In one of ...