Buhari Launches National Broadband Plan, Emergency Call Centre

The plan, essentially, is intended to deepen internet penetration in the country, according to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami. The President also commissioned the National Emergency Call Centre, which is expected to link Abuja residents with the Police, fire service, federal road safety officials, during an emergency. The emergency number,…

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Art Meets Artificial Intelligence: Computer-Generated Works On Display

The art world was stunned last year when an AI painting sold for $432,500, and auctioneers are keen to further test demand for computer-generated works. “Art is a true reflection of what our society, what our environment responds to,” said Max Moore of Sotheby’s. “And so it’s just a natural continuation of the progression of art,”…

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Five Things To Know About Saudi Arabia And Its Mammoth IPO

Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia is undergoing a major transformation under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who intends to end the kingdom’s addiction to oil revenues. As the country opens up on the economic front, there have also been some social reforms including more freedoms for women, but progress has been erratic and critics pushing for faster…

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Why Wells Fargo plans to pilot its own cryptocurrency

Wells Fargo & Company this week announced plans to pilot an internal settlement service using a homegrown cryptocurrency backed by fiat money, starting with the U.S. dollar. Wells Fargo Digital Cash, which will run on the bank’s first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform based on the R3 Corda Enterprise blockchain specification, will enable internal book transfers of…

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Change these 4 new security settings in iOS 13 now

If you’ve (successfully) upgraded to iOS 13 or just got hold of a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro, there are new security settings in Apple’s latest operating system you need to learn and use. Here’s what’s important to understand. Fight back against robocalls There were 26.3 billion robocalls in the U.S. in 2018. It’s…

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Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the Insider Preview builds

Microsoft never sleeps. Even before the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) started to roll out, the company began working on upcoming feature updates to Windows 10. As it did with version 1903, Microsoft has been releasing a series of public preview builds to members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program. After years of using “Redstone” in its…

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