Category: Technology
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Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students’ computers sparks privacy fears
A Singapore government scheme to ensure children have access to computers for home learning has raised privacy concerns over monitoring software installed on the devices. The scheme, accelerated by the closure of schools last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, offers subsidies to ensure all secondary school students will have access to computers by the end…
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Facebook faces a reckoning in Myanmar
The Myanmar military’s shutdown of Facebook access following the ouster of the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi caps years of tension between the social media company and the most powerful institution in a nation where Facebook is used by half the population. The junta on Wednesday banned Facebook Inc until at least Sunday after…
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Your phone is the biggest agent of COVID-19 – FCT epidemiologist
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT epidemiologist, Dr Doris John has warned that mobile phones are the biggest agent of COVID-19. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this development was observed by the FCT epidemiologist at a one-day FCT Media Sensitisation Management Training Agenda in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr John explained at the on-going training…
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Diversity: Two Google engineers resign
An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire…
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Zuckerberg blocks Nnamdi Kanu from Facebook
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been blocked from the social media platform by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. The media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Kanu’s Facebook account was blocked after his…
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NCC activates short code for verified COVID-19 info from NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have activated a short code – “6232” for verified information. The number is being introduced as a means for the public to contact NCDC’s Connect Centre and access verified information on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the…
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Billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos announces plans to step down as CEO
Jeff Bezos said Tuesday he would give up his role as Chief Executive of Amazon later this year as the tech and e-commerce giant reported a surge in profit and revenue in the holiday quarter. The company said Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services, would take over as CEO in the third quarter. The…
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Why we extended deadline for NIN-SIM linkage again – Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has said the federal government again extended the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage to give Nigerians and legal residents more time to integrate their NIN with the SIM. Pantami made this known in a statement jointly signed and released by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director Public…
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BREAKING: FG again extends deadline for NIN-SIM linkage
The federal government has again extended the deadline for the ongoing exercise of linking national identification number (NIN) to SIM cards. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the deadline extension followed a virtual meeting of the ministerial task force on NIN-SIM linkage. The meeting, the 2nd high-level meeting of the ministerial task force, was held on Monday, and…
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EXCLUSIVE: FG to extend deadline for NIN linkage to SIM cards
The federal government may extend the deadline for the linkage of National Identification Number (NIN) to SIM cards, a source close to the matter has said. The meeting to extend the deadline is ongoing, according to a government official in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr…