Technology

The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has expressed fear at the deployment of the 5th Generation (5G) network technology, saying that if wrongly deployed, the technology could pose serious national security problems for the country.It equally said that the improved telecom technology could allow for eavesdropping, cyber attacks and…

A team of Nigerian students have designed a robot they said can be used to care for Covid-19 patients in hospitals when completed.The robot, MAIROBOT, is designed to deliver medicines to patients and allows health workers to communicate with patients remotely via a webcam.In a video seen by THE WHISTLER, the team from Glisten International…

Following the mixed reactions that trailed President Donald Trump’s recent ban from Twitter, the company’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, has said users who do not agree with the platform’s decision were free to leave to other social media services.Jack, in a series of tweets on Thursday, said anyone aversed to Twitter’s policy against promotion of…

Following the backlash that trailed its announcement of a new privacy policy which users are being forced to accept before February 8, WhatsApp has issued a clarification to “address some rumours” on the new policy.WhatsApp had been trending on Twitter for the last few days, with users threatening to switch to alternative messaging platforms…

The total number of internet users in Nigeria reached an all-time high of 151.51 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2020, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed.According to the NBS report on Monday, the figure represents a 5.48 percent increase from 143.63 million recorded in the previous quarter.The report…

The Federal Government has reversed the suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module Cards.In a statement on Thursday, signed by the Director, Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the government said the lifting of the ban was on the condition that those…

Washington based Facebook Inc. flagged 167 million user posts between March to November for using covid-19 related information debunked by its fact-checkers, the company said.The company disclosed this in its Quarterly Community Standards report.The report shows the amount of content the company removes for rule violations.…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, on Tuesday, testified before a United States Senate Judiciary Hearing about their company’s position regarding censorship, suppression and the 2020 election.The hearing is chaired by Senator Lindsey Graham.Graham queried the CEOs on why they had restricted a New York post's…

As part of efforts to curb misinformation on its platform, Facebook has announced the crack down on purveyors of ‘QAnon content’ on its platform.At least 790 groups, 100 pages and 1,500 QAnon-related ads were said to have been recently removed from Facebook.The social media company was said to have also restricted activities of 1,950…

Some persons leverage on the multi-faceted possibilities in technology to create videos of people saying things they never said.Computer Scientist, Supasorn Suwajanakorn, explained this on TED Talk (Technology, Entertainment, Design) in a tweet on Friday.He started off by playing before the audience, a video of former United States…