Technology

Square, a payment platform founded by Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has acquired a majority stake in Tidal, audio and video streaming service led by rapper, Jay-Z. The financial company announced on Thursday that it is paying $297…

Google.org has joined hands with a consortium of COVID-19 researchers to announce the launch of Global.health, an open-access epidemiological data platform that enables experts to track disease spread in real-time and to forecast future…

Twitter has announced plans for a new feature called "super follows", which will enable users to charge and get paid for exclusive content. The move comes as Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money —…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology in Nigeria, clarifying that there is no known scientific evidence till…

United Arab Emirates has made history as the first Arab country to reach Mars, after a successful Emirates Mars mission named Hope probe. The Emirates Mars mission reached the red planet at 7:42 p.m. Tuesday UAE time, and sent its…

Electric car manufacturer, Tesla has disclosed that it has acquired $1.5 billion in bitcoin cryptocurrency, adding it could in the near future accept the coin as payment for its luxury cars. Tesla filed its annual financial report with…

Facebook-owned chat app, WhatsApp has on Wednesday launched an official account on its status platform on every of its users’ devices, a move that caught many by surprise with some expressing concerns over the invasion of their privacy.…

Access to the website of Nigerian online newspaper, Peoples Gazette has allegedly been restricted by mobile telecommunications companies including MTN, Glo, and 9mobile. Visiting the website using Airtel network was intermittent, as at…

Third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has increased from 30,000 to 53,460 while Fibre Optic Transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in the last five years,…

WhatsApp on Friday said it has suspended the enforcement of its data-sharing policy until May 15, after it triggered worldwide outcry and drove tens of millions of its loyal fans to explore alternative messaging apps like Telegram and…

US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform. Trump’s deplatorming follows riots last week at the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob incited by the President himself. Read…

Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. The president’s YouTube account has amassed 2.77 million subscribers. Read…

German chancellor Angela Merkel believes the decision by social media giants to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s accounts is ‘problematic’ saying freedom of opinion should not be determined by such online platform bosses, her…

Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter and Facebook, has been forced offline in the wake of the violent invasion of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The app is a Twitter-like social media…

An update to WhatsApp’s terms of service has sparked uneasiness and concern among over 200 billion users worldwide, causing a large efflux out of the app similar instant messaging platforms like Signal and Telegram. Last week, WhatsApp…