Facebook on Thursday 28th of October 2021 announced the rebranding of the company with the name Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta at the Connect 2021. He said that Meta brings together the apps and technologies under one new company brand. The apps names still remain the same, such as Facebook. “Meta’s focus will be […]
Continue ReadingApple launched the iPad Air today with an iPad Pro like-design priced at $599. The new tablet is the first device to feature Apple’s new 5nm A14 chip, beating the iPhone 12. The new iPad features a 10.9-inch liquid retina screen with a 2360×1640 resolution. The screen also supports P3 wide color gamut, offering more […]
Continue ReadingOracle overtook Microsoft as favorites to seal the deal to buy video app TikTok’s US operations. TNW in its website made this known on Monday. “According to a report from Axios, while Oracle is the likely firm to get the deal, there’s a possibility of no deal taking place as well. South China Morning Post […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Forbes, business leaders from a variety of industries have joined forces to face one unexpected enemy. That enemy? Log-ins and passwords. The group includes such giants as PayPal, Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, and Aetna. The unnamed members of the group are the millions of people who throw their “password” book across the room because […]
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit the world in a way that can described as a humbling shutdown of social and economy activities. The spread, its devastating effect and the challenge of control throughout the world. Tracking of citizens is key to combating the pandemic as governments around the world a facing huge task of […]
Continue ReadingKate Darling, a robotics researcher at the MIT Media Lab, conducted an experiment: she asked the participants to hang out with robots (which were dressed up as cute baby dinosaurs), give them names, stare at them, and talk to them. After a couple of hours of human-machine “quality time,” she then surprised the group with […]
Continue ReadingThe latest report to warn that surveillance capitalism is out of control — and ‘free’ digital services can in fact be very costly to people’s privacy and rights — comes courtesy of the Norwegian Consumer Council which has published an analysis of how popular apps are sharing user data with the behavioral ad industry. It […]
Continue ReadingXerox Holdings Corp is considering making a cash-and-stock offer for personal computer maker HP Inc at a premium to its market value of about $27 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Xerox’s board discussed the possibility on Tuesday, the newspaper said here, citing people familiar with the matter. There is no guarantee that Xerox […]
Continue ReadingDr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications, has commended the creativity of young innovators in Nigeria, saying that they require mentorship to flourish. Pantami said this on Sunday at the ongoing 39th Edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) holding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. GITEX is a global technology exhibition that brings together over […]
Continue ReadingIN AN ATRIUM designed to evoke ancient Greece—ringed by stone columns and six towering approximations of the Caryatids—it was fitting that Ren Zhengfei, chief executive of Huawei, should extend an olive branch to the West: a piece of his company. The palatial edifice on Huawei’s sprawling campus in Shenzhen houses an exhibition hall proudly displaying […]
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