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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it would be developing a policy for the deployment of the 5th Generation (5G) Technology in the country. NCC, in a tweet on Thursday, stressed that "5G wireless technology is meant to deliver higher data speeds, ultra-low latency, more reliability, massive network capacity, increased…

Twitter Inc on Thursday took down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. The background picture was taken by a New York Times photographer, to accompany a feature article on then presidential candidate Trump in September 2015. Twitter now displays…

WhatsApp has made life easier for its users in Brazil as they would now be able to send and receive money securely on the messaging platform. WhatsApp disclosed this in a tweet on Monday. According to WhatsApp, users can send money to friends, family, and businesses adding that the payment is secure and a six-digit PIN or fingerprint would…

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has tackled U.S. President Donald Trump for allegedly making a false claim that his campaign tribute to George Floyd was illegally pulled down from the social media platform. Floyd, a 47-year-old African-American, was alleged to have been killed by a white American police officer, Derek Chauvin, through suffocation. …

Mixed reactions have trailed a tweet on Tuesday by the co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, seeking immediate reform of police policy in the United States. Dorsey had made the call against the backdrop of continued unrest and violence across the United States following the death of a black Minneapolis man, George…

Internet entrepreneur and the CEO of Twitter, Jack Patrick Dorsey, has announced the donation of 28% of his wealth ($1 billion) towards the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe. Dorsey announced the donation via his Twitter account (@Jack) on Tuesday. The 42-year-old American computer programmer said the donation would be…

Tech giant Apple Inc has agreed to pay $500 million as settlement in a lawsuit against it for allegedly slowing down iPhones to compel users to buy newer models. Edward Davila, who is the U.S. District Judge, is required to approve the lawsuit in San Jose The lawsuit followed claims by iPhone users that Apple deliberately slowed down…

Technology has made it possible for a mother and her daughter who died four years to reunite in South Korea. Jang Ji-sung reunited with her 7-year-old daughter, Na-yeon, who died of leukaemia in 2016. Ji-sung’s reunion with her daughter was made possible via advanced Virtual Reality (VR). Oxford defines VR as “the computer-generated…

Chinese electronics group TCL will stop producing BlackBerry-branded smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday, leaving it unclear whether that will be the end of the line for the once-dominant handsets. At the end of August, TCL will no longer have rights to design, make or sell BlackBerry smartphones, the Canadian company said in a…

A Samsung lab on Tuesday unveiled a digital avatar it described as an AI-powered “artificial human,” claiming it is able to “converse and sympathise” like real people. The announcement at the opening of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas touted a new kind of artificial intelligence called NEON, produced by the independent Samsung…