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The California Attorney General has filed a major lawsuit against the successor company of 23andMe, alleging gross negligence during a massive 2023 data breach. The state’s top prosecutor claims the genetic testing firm failed to protect the sensitive biological and personal information of millions of customers. The cyberattack exposed the ancestry profiles, health data, and…
The planet is on track to burn past its hottest year on record before 2031. A grim update from the World Meteorological Organisation states that global temperatures will hover near peak thresholds for the next five years. Humanity has already clocked the eleven warmest years on record since 2015, and the trend shows no sign…
Four astronauts are bracing for a violent re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on Friday following a historic mission around the moon. The crew of Artemis II, the first humans to visit the lunar vicinity in over five decades, will conclude their journey with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Victor Glover, the mission pilot, described…
Effective today, President Buhari has lifted the 222-day-old ban on Twitter in Nigeria, maintaining that the lift was a result of Twitter’s willingness to run its activities in cooperation with the Federal Government. The President’s approval was given, following a memo written to him by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa…
The latest data from the national bureau of statistics show that Nigeria’s active internet subscribers dropped by a whopping 6% to 111.9 million in Q1 2021, from the 154.3 million in Q4, 2020. Pooling data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Intelligence by Techpoint also reveals that Nigeria lost 15.5 million subscribers between December 2020…
Recently, it was widely reported that Nigeria may launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) by the end of 2021, according to a Central Bank official. Speaking at an online news briefing, Rakiya Mohammed, an information technology specialist at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said that the regulator has been exploring the possibility of…
The new fad in Europe and America presently are cars that do not need the involvement of a driver before they can navigate in traffic. Although this technology has been there for some years, its current pace of development has drawn a huge crowd of new admirers. Indeed the latest Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” option has…
Nigeria is presently gathering momentum to pick up the pace to join Kenya and South Africa as one of the few countries pioneering 5G deployment in Africa. The country’s latest move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and communications satellite firm, NigcomSat, to allow 5G services ride…
The new privacy policy of popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has continued to generate debate among competitors, users, and governments. While WhatsApp owners have made it clear that the policy has nothing to do with breaching any contractual or privacy agreement between WhatsApp and its users, the Nigerian government is really doubting its sincerity of purpose….
Dissecting the damages mobile phones and social media addiction have caused young people in society and the entire world at large, can lead to serious apprehension. As at the time Lai Mohammed described social media as the next endemic that will hit Nigeria and the rest of the world, many thought the Minister of Information…
