Technology

The stream of awards has not ceased to flow towards the Corporate Affairs Commission as it has won the 2023 Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) Innovation Award. The Award was presented to the Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer (RG/CEO) of the Commission, Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN at the Gala Night during the 20th …

 META O is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Employees were informed of the layoffs in a post on Meta’s internal discussion forum Workplace on …

Volkswagen was hit by a major IT outage on Wednesday, Europe’s top carmaker said, adding that production at the carmaker’s namesake brand in Germany had come to a halt as a result.Volkswagen said that the whole group, which includes the Porsche AG (P911_p.DE) and Audi brands, was affected.A spokesperson for …

More than 25 years ago, two students at Stanford University brainstormed in their dormitory and came up with an idea – to create an internet search engine that would organize web pages and also rank them. Initially called BackRub, the startup grew into one of the world’s most valuable and …

The CEO of internet search engine company DuckDuckGo testified on Thursday that his company struggled to grow its market share because Google was paying key companies billions of dollars to keep its search engine as the default on computers or mobile devices. THE TAKE: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, who was …

The new chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, said yesterday the nation is in a revenue crisis and requires urgent steps to change the narrative. Adedeji, who stated this while taking over the mantle of leadership of the agency from his predecessor, Muhammad Nami, noted …

Apple launched a new series of iPhones that included a new titanium shell, a faster chip and improved video game playing abilities.The biggest surprise with the iPhone 15 that will come out Sept. 22: It did not raise prices, reflecting the global smartphone slump.The event at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters …

The Federal Government has given two weeks to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS to clear over 200,000 pending applications for international passport. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the order on Thursday during a meeting with top government officials, the Acting Comptroller General, Adepoju Carol, and the Managing Director …

Sanjay Pradhan, Chief Executive Officer of Open Government Partnership (OGP) International has commended Nigeria for the successful launch of the Public Register Of Beneficial Owners of Entities saying it is ” the first to be deployed in line with the open data standard in Africa and also for sustaining citizens …

Google, a global technology company, has appointed a Nigerian-born Alex Okosi as its African region’s Managing Director. Meir Brand, Vice President of EMEA Emerging Markets at Google, disclosed this recently. Until his new appointment, Okosi was the Managing Director for YouTube in EMEA Emerging Markets. Okosi will be responsible for …