Sci & Tech

About ₦13.4 billion lost to media advertising: report

More than 40 per cent of media advertising expenditure by companies in the country last year were unaccounted for, according to a report by a marketing and advertising publication. An estimated ₦13.4bn of media advertising that would have been paid for, according to Marketing Edge, was either misplaced (i.e. advert not carried as planned and […]

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Uber sacks self-driving car boss for failing to comply with court order

Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it fired the technology whiz it had hired to lead its self-driving unit, Anthony Levandowski, after he failed to comply with a court order to hand over documents at the center of a legal dispute between Uber and Alphabet Inc’s Waymo unit. Uber had hoped Levandowski, one the most […]

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Zuckerberg speaks at Harvard grads, urge students to build a world of ‘purpose’

Mark Zuckerberg returned Thursday to Harvard, where he launched Facebook and then dropped out, telling graduates it’s up to them to bring purpose to the world, fight inequality and strengthen the global community. “Change starts local. Even global changes start small – with people like us,” the Facebook CEO said. He shared stories about graduates […]

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G7 calls on web companies to boost efforts to remove extremist content

The world’s seven major industrialised nations on Friday called on internet service providers and social media to increase their efforts to remove extremist content, four days after an Islamist suicide bomber killed 22 in Manchester. “We will combat the misuse of the Internet by terrorists. While being one of the most important technological achievements in […]

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Apple opens first official store in Singapore

Apple opened its first Southeast Asia store in Singapore on Saturday, drawing hundreds of excited fans to the swanky two-storey site in the city’s upmarket shopping district. Located on the affluent Orchard Road, the new shop — easily distinguished by its iconic glass facade — is expected to be one of the most popular Apple […]

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Samsung investigating Galaxy S8 ‘iris hack’

Samsung Electronics is investigating claims by a German hacking group that it fooled the iris recognition system of the new flagship Galaxy S8 device, the firm said Wednesday. The launch of the Galaxy S8 was a key step for the world’s largest smartphone maker as it sought to move on from last year’s humiliating withdrawal […]

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The Zuckerberg visits wife high school

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has visited the Massachusetts high school where his wife attended. The 33-year-old billionaire and his wife, Priscilla Chan, stopped by Quincy High School on Tuesday and made a donation to the school. The amount has not been disclosed. Chan graduated from Quincy High as valedictorian in 2003. Zuckerberg says in a […]

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UBA launches world class mobile app, puts customers first

In demonstration of its commitment to deliver superior and innovative banking solutions to its customers, pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile banking application with many user friendly features.       The new mobile app which comes with the biometric log-in feature for […]

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Japan’s Softbank, Saudi to invests $93 billion in tech

The world’s largest private equity fund, backed by Japan’s Softbank Group and Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over $93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics. “The next stage of the Information Revolution is under way, and building the businesses that will make […]

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Facebook faces fine over misleading WhatsApp data: source

Social media giant; Facebook Inc. is set to be penalised by EU antitrust regulators for allegedly providing misleading data related to its WhatsApp acquisition three years ago, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The move by the European Commission will come after a six-month investigation and is expected to be a stiff […]

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Google extends voice Assistant Service to Apple’s iOS

Google’s artificial intelligence-based voice Assistant is on more than 100 million devices now, and the company is leveraging a longtime competitor to expand the technology to even more people. According to Bloomberg, developers’ announce at conference held on Wednesday, Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it’s launching the Assistant as an application for Apple Inc.’s iPhone. The […]

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Yahoo to buy back $3 billion shares

Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it would buy back $3 billion of its common shares, ahead of the company’s pending deal with Verizon Communications Inc. Shares in Yahoo, which has a 15 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, were up 0.6 percent at $50.15 in premarket trading. Verizon agreed to buy […]

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