Technology

The Federal Government plans to launch a second satellite to boost the country’s satellite communication system in 2022. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this during a one-day working visit and interaction with the staff of ...

Ibadan Baker shocks Nigerians with cake baked for a civil engineer An Ibadan baker has shocked Nigerians on twitter when she shared her latest work — a cake — baked for a civil engineer. She shared the finished job with ...

Twitter has expressed its delight that the micro-blogging site is now available for use in Nigeria. This follows the Federal Government’s decision to lift the ban after seven months. In a tweet via its @Policy handle, Twitter wrote: “We are ...

Doctors in the US have transplanted a full, live pig heart into a human patient. In a landmark first-of-its kind surgery, doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine outside Washington DC have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig ...

The power of Gen Z appears to have put TikTok on top of the internet, with the social media app overtaking Google as the most popular website of 2021. Google.com, which includes all its services from Maps, Translate, Photos, Flights, ...

  Jack Dorsey has stepped down as head of the social media platform he co-founded a decade and a half ago. Board member and former Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal, 45, who joined Twitter in 2011 and has been serving ...

Three students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko are going places with their invention, a robotic guard dog. The students are of the Physics and Electronics Departments of the University. They are John Aiyegbeni John, Stephen Adeyi and Charles Loiki ...

Apple and Android users with older models will access to WhatsApp messages, photos and videos. The messaging platform is removing support for a number of old smartphone models, meaning that from November 1 many must do without the popular app ...

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 ...