French officials have slapped Google with a hefty fine for unfairly suspending companies from its digital advertising platform. The French Competition Authority issued the penalty of...
Sheldon Hand, head of security software and services at IBM Southern Africa, has, in a recent interview, established that more cyber crimes are perpetrated during the...
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket (CZ-4B) today blasted off into space carrying onboard Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite, ETRSS-1, at 03:21 GMT from the Taiyuan...
Asian giants, China could be set to turn on its HL-2M tokamak – a device designed to replicate nuclear fusion, the same reaction that powers the...
Social networking platform, Facebook, has revealed that its system can identify users’ locations without users’ knowledge. Facebook made this revelation in a letter to the US...
A data breach at Canadian clinical laboratory services provider, LifeLabs, has exposed the records of at least 15 million patients. However, the company had in an...
Online shopping store, Konga, has announced its launch of new features to include USSD and cashless withdrawal. The e-commerce platform made the announcement via its twitter...
Giant mobile phone manufacturer, Apple and Elon Musk’s car company, Tesla, have been accused among five global leading tech companies aiding child labour in Africa. International...
Two Nigerian artificial intelligence engineers identified as Orevaoghene Ahia, 21, and Kelechi Ogueji, 23, have both succeeded in developing the world’s first pidgin-to-English translation model. According...
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is advocating the use of nuclear technology to effectively eradicate mosquitoes from the continent of Africa. Onu...
Norwegian-owned startup, OPay is reportedly set to compete with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger with an instant messaging feature — Friends — which allows real-time conversations between...
Independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles, Bavarian Motor Works (BMW), has announced a proposed launch that will serve its Android customers. This is to replicate...
Social messaging application, WhatsApp will stop working on millions of phones in the next couple of months as the company withdraws support for some older mobile...
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has launched a mobile app to enable Lagos State residents track waste disposal operations across the state, a public notice...
The Asset and Resource Management (ARM) and Ventures Platform have agreed to invest $20,000 in financial technology– focused startups to boost the nation’s financial sector. The...
A study from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) indicated that climate change and the ensuing hot water reduced the amount of oxygen dissolved...
A group of scientists based in Australia have joined forces to create a new jelly-like material which they claim has the strength and durability of actual...
Sony has been prompted by the FBI to hand over information on a PlayStation 4 user that allegedly used the system’s online services to distribute thousands...
Internet and broadband service company, Spectranet, on Friday launched a car Mifi device: Car-Fi to meet the increasing demand of Nigerians for internet connectivity on the...
A new study reported this week claims that of the thousands of ingredients that go into hair products used to dye and straighten our hair, some...
It appears former senate president, Bukola Saraki may be gearing up for a new chapter as his recent activities suggested he was in talks with venture...
A sum of N250 million has been commissioned by the Lagos State Government to fund the state’s tech industry. The financial commitment was made on Tuesday,...
A new report by caller ID app, Truecaller has revealed that telecom operators are the top phone spammers in Nigeria with the increase of mobile phone...
The enforcement of guidelines for Nigerian content development in ICT and Guidelines for clearance of IT projects by MDAs and the Federal Government owned companies has...
The challenge of making Lagos State a 21st-century economy through the technology ecosystem may just become a thing of the past following the Art of Technology...
A Japanese company is gearing up for the world’s first artificial meteor shower as it will send a satellite into space to produce a galaxy of...
An indigenous technology company, Softcom has joined forces with Data Science Nigeria to enable easy access to artificial intelligence (AI) learning. Softcom facilitated an AI masterclass...
A mobile application designed to help people living with breast cancer prepare for the start of radiotherapy has been developed by an innovative patient identified as...
Nigerian-based medical logistic start up, LifeBank has announced the commencement of drone delivery to its methods of transportation. The development was first revealed by founder and...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) contributed 11.34 percent to Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product in the...
Social media giants, Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram are both set to block under-18s from viewing sexually explicit content with plans to begin restrictions as early...
A total number of 17 finalists have emerged in the ongoing MTN Nigeria ‘Telco Hack Day’, an event aimed at supporting and showcasing local tech talents....
A Nigerian web-hosting company, GigaLayer, run by Ahmad Mukoshy has reportedly acquired HUB8, a subsidiary of a Czech Republic-based, Russian-owned web hosting company that is Africa-focused....
Astronomers from around the world just confirmed the existence of an entirely new planet. It was first spotted by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and...
Amnesty International joined the ranks of Facebook and Google critics on Wednesday, saying the two companies have “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and undermine...
An investigation by the ZDNet has revealed that hackers commandeered Disney Plus user accounts: locking out owners, changing login credentials and, in many cases, selling them...
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and their partners at Bar Ilan University have developed new technology to inhibit the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The...
Naver Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal, said Monday that its Japanese messaging app provider Line Corp. has reached a basic merger deal with internet...
A group of researchers from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have looked to nature to develop a new material that could capture more solar energy...
Microsoft and SRL Diagnostics have developed an AI tool that helps detect cervical cancer, freeing doctors in India and other countries where the sheer volume of...
A recent study has revealed that the decline of ice in the Arctic sea can lead to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten...
The American space agency, NASA showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “Maxwell,” on Friday at its lesser-known aeronautics lab in...
Microsoft’s security team believes that more destructive BlueKeep attacks are on the horizon and urged users and companies alike to apply patches if they’ve been lagging....
Doctors in Toronto, Canada, have performed the world’s first operation that uses a robotic arm to treat a potentially deadly brain aneurysm, opening the door to...
Social media giants, Facebook, said late Tuesday that roughly 100 developers may have improperly accessed user data, which includes the names and profile pictures of individuals...
A technique combining a blood test with artificial intelligence (AI), developed by the UK Company ClinSpec Diagnostics, could help to prioritize which patients need to be...
A new research claiming that modern humans originated in northern Botswana some 200,000 years ago has been criticised by experts who said the researchers relied on...
Dartmouth engineering researchers have developed a new approach for detecting a speaker’s intent to mislead. The approach’s framework, which could be developed to extract opinion from...
Twitter’s announcement that it will ban all political advertising has reportedly prompted a wave of calls for Facebook to do the same. In the hours since...
Ministries, departments and agencies have been directed by the Federal Government to protect their information systems and networks against potential cyberattacks. The directive was issued on...