Tag: Microsoft
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Economic challenges: Netflix, Microsoft, other top ‘Multinationals’ that exited Nigeria in 2024
Internationally renowned streaming platform, Netflix whom in 2016 established a significant partnership with Nollywood to enhance its presence in Nigeria when it began to collaborate on distribution rights of popular films and production of original content, such as Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, the first Nigerian Netflix original had reportedly made known its intentions to leave the…
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UPDATE: Cyberattack ruled out as IT outage wreaks havoc worldwide
Computer issues were causing major disruption worldwide on Friday, affecting airlines and airports, media outlets, banks and telecommunication companies.
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BREAKING: Major airlines, TV stations grounded over global IT glitch
Dutch airline, KLM said that a global computer outage has made “flight handling impossible” and is largely suspending its operations.
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Microsoft to pay $20m to settle child privacy violations
U.S. tech giant Microsoft agreed to pay a 20 million U.S. dollars penalty to settle allegations it collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged Microsoft collected
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NCC-CSIRT proffers countermeasures against website scams on Microsoft Edge Browser
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has issued an advisory for users to install trusted, up-to-date anti-virus software with an Internet security component and to customize News Feed in Microsoft Edge Browser.
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Nigeria engaging Microsoft to preserve local languages – Presidency
The presidency says Nigeria is engaging with tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, in order to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to preserve local languages. Mr Ife Adebayo, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Innovations, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that democratising access to digital tools and digital skills was a…
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Melinda Gates earns billionaire status after ‘divorce alert’ from Bill Gates
Melinda Gates has earned herself billionaire status after receiving her ‘divorce alert’ from Bill Gates. Earlier this week, Melinda and Bill announced their divorce and on that same day, Melinda became a billionaire. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Cascade Investment, Bill’s investment vehicle has transferred nearly $2.4 billion in securities to Melinda. The next day, however, Bill’s…
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Divorce: What Nigerians said about Melinda, Bill Gates’ separation
Reactions have continue to trail the divorce announcement by Microsoft founder, Bill Gate and his wife Melinda by Nigerians on Twitter. Some Nigerians attributed the cause of the duo’s divorce on lack of love and trust, adding that money could not buy true love. An Ex Ultimate Love Guest, Onyekachi Ucheagwu tweeted that “the attraction…
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Microsoft initiatives will start in few months – VP Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the initiatives that the Nigerian government will be embarking on with Microsoft Corporation will start in the next few months. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Microsoft had on Monday made a big announcement for Nigeria, saying it has earmarked the six regions of the country for the development of cheaper high-speed…
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BREAKING: Microsoft makes big announcement for Nigeria
American multinational technology company, Microsoft on Monday made a big announcement for Nigeria, saying it has earmarked the six regions of the country for the development of cheaper high-speed internet infrastructure. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Brad Smith, Microsoft President, who made this known in a statement, revealed that the efforts were in support of the government…