The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday to begin its exploration of the lunar surface and conduct experiments to help future probes, as the media hailed the historic landing as the country’s biggest scientific feat.The spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole of the moon on …
Read More »New Boeing 737 MAX supplier defect to delay aircraft deliveries
Boeing (BA.N) has recently identified a new 737 MAX quality problem involving supplier Spirit AeroSystems (SPR.N) that has resulted in improperly drilled holes on the aft pressure bulkhead, the planemaker said on Wednesday.Boeing said the defect will delay near-term deliveries and the company is evaluating whether it could cause it …
Read More »India Becomes Fourth Nation To Land a Spacecraft On The Moon
India landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon to accomplish such a feat.This mission could cement India’s status as a global superpower in space.Only the United States, China and the former Soviet Union have ever completed soft landings on the lunar surface in the past.Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for …
Read More »Google sued for information over rights to NFL’s ‘Sunday Ticket’ package
Alphabet’s Google has been hit with a lawsuit in U.S. federal court seeking information about its multibillion-dollar deal with the National Football League to exclusively hold the broadcast rights for the “Sunday Ticket” package of televised professional games. Lawyers representing classes of residential and commercial business subscribers of Sunday Ticket filed the lawsuit on Monday …
Read More »Tinubu Approves CNG Initiative, Targets Nationwide Adoption
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI).According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the approval is in furtherance of the President’s commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians …
Read More »Shettima commends Google’s N1.2b grant initiative
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has commended Google’s N1.2 billion grant initiative for the President Tinubu administration’s one million jobs initiative. Shettima made the commendation when he received in the audience some executives of Google, a leading global technology company, at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday in Abuj According to him, …
Read More »Musk’s X social media platform shuts down promoted accounts ad business – Axios
Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform’s timeline to attract new followers, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an email to advertising clients.Promoted accounts, or “Follower Objective” ads, generate more than $100 million annually in global revenue for …
Read More »Nvidia launches new AI chip configuration
Nvidia (NVDA.O) announced a new configuration on Tuesday for its advanced artificial intelligence chips that is designed to speed generative AI applications.The new version of the Grace Hopper Superchip boosts the amount of high-bandwidth memory, which will give the design the capacity to power larger AI models, according to Nvidia’s …
Read More »FG to establish tech hubs in 7 states to empower 1m youths, 500,000 MSMEs
The federal government said yesterday it has partnered Wema Bank to establish micro, small and medium enterprise, MSME, digital hubs in seven states. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who disclosed this in a statement, signed by the Director of Information in his office, Olusola Abiola, said the hub would empower one …
Read More »Chipmakers signal supply glut easing but demand recovery still slow
From Intel to Samsung , global chipmakers are celebrating the beginning of the end of a semiconductor supply glut, but the outlook for demand from customers outside the artificial intelligence (AI) industry remains gloomy. All the major markets for chips – smartphones, PCs and data centres – have shrunk this year, as …
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