Microsoft to continue talks to acquire TikTokÂ
Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance, and that it was aiming to conclude the negotiations…
Bill Gates denies ‘inventing’ COVID-19, says our foundation has given more money for vaccines than any group
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and…
Coronavirus: Facebook, Google ask San Francisco staff to work from homeÂ
Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday recommended their San Francisco Bay area employees work from home to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus. Facebook said it is “strongly…
AfDB, Microsoft launch online tool to provide digital skills for African youths
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Microsoft have inaugurated the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African youths across the continent. A…
How social media sites handle political ads
Online platforms including Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the U.S. presidential election. In the…
UK lawmakers call for action on banks, Big Tech companies to avoid IT failures
British regulators should impose higher levies on banks if they need more resources to stop big IT glitches and should consider regulating cloud service providers such as Google, UK lawmakers…
Oracle to hire 2,000 workers to expand cloud business to more countries
Oracle Corp plans to hire nearly 2,000 additional workers as part of an aggressive plan to roll out its cloud computing services to more locations around the world, its cloud…
Facebook, other tech firms meet with U.S intelligence on 2020 election security
U.S. technology companies including Facebook Inc, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc met with U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to discuss security strategies ahead of the November 2020 election. The…
Fortune Magazine names Dangote 11th greatest leader on Earth
Aliko Dangote Foremost philanthropist and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has been rated 11th of the 50 World’ Greatest leaders for 2019. The rating carried out by the Fortune Magazine,…
Leo Stan Ekeh: Only disruptive entrepreneurs can save Nigerian economy
Africa’s foremost serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has declared that the only way the Nigerian economy can realize the desired impetus to survive is for…