iPhone got a new button last month, and you may not have even noticed. No, Apple didn’t sneak into your house and secretly superglue a button onto your smartphone. But it did release iOS 14, the latest version of its iPhone software, which includes a feature called Back Tap. Back Tap adds a fascinating new “button” to your phone that blurs the line between hardware and software. Back Tap turns the entire back of your iPhone into a giant touch-sensitive button that you can double or triple tap to trigger specific functions on your phone. There’s a good chance that…
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A former Governor of Benue State and serving Senator, Gabriel Suswam has been re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N3.1 billion fraud. Suswam was on Monday re-arraigned alongside a former Commissioner for Finance in Benue State, Omadachi Oklobia on an amended 11-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC amended the earlier nine-count charge on which the defendants were first arraigned in 2015, raising the counts to 11. They were accused, among others, of diverting about N3.1 billion, which the EFCC claimed formed part of the proceeds of the sale of Benue…
At least 22 people were killed when attackers stormed one of Afghanistan’s main universities on Monday, detonating a suicide bomb and spraying classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group. The attack on Kabul University, which came as violence surges across Afghanistan, marked the second time in less than two weeks that an educational institution was targeted in the capital by IS extremists. Survivors described horrific scenes after a suicide bomber struck inside the campus around 11:00 am (0530 GMT). Two gunmen then opened fire, officials said, sending hundreds of students fleeing and scrambling over…
In the wake of helping in excess of 1,000,000 physical Chinese retailers modernize their activities; Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has now focused on another objective: the nation’s obsolete industrial facilities. China’s biggest company revealed in September its first keen plant; a mystery try that Alibaba’s been directing for a very long time on the edges of its old neighborhood of Hangzhou. The three-story office known as Xunxi – interpreted in a real sense as “quick rhino” – is the organization’s effort to use its shopper information and advancements to help the multi-trillion-dollar producing field improving productivity and meet rising customer…
WhatsApp has been quietly working on a new feature; that will let it automatically delete the messages after a set duration. Called ‘Disappearing Messages’ the feature is rumoured to be added to WhatsApp in the future. Now, the eagle-eyed folks at WABetaInfo have spotted a FAQ document that sheds light on the upcoming feature. According to the document, users can set a rule that will delete messages; from chat history of both the parties after seven days. Disappearing Messages will work for both individual and group chats; but only group admins can enable or disable the feature. Apart from that,…
A group of seven Nigerians who hijacked a UK-bound ship face further grilling from UK authorities. Detectives in the UK have been given a further 24 hours to question the seven Nigerians. The seven Nigerians, all stowaways, were detained after military forces stormed an oil tanker in the British Channel; off the Isle of Wight and arrested them after they hijacked the vessel. The incident has resulted in a 10-hour standoff which was ended by the Special Boat Service (SBS). Equally important, the standoff began when the stowaways on board the Nave Andromeda, reportedly became violent. The Southampton-bound ship left…
LG recently launched the LG Wing smartphone in India. For those who don’t have the foggiest idea; the LG Wing accompanies a presentation that turns to frame a T-shape. Presently, word is that the organization is intending to dispatch two new mixed cell phones in the principal half of 2021. According to a report by The Elec, LG is intending to dispatch a rollable cell phone one year from now. The telephone codenamed B Project will be dispatched in the March of 2021. It is a portion of the organization’s Explorer Project. LG Wing, which costs ₹69,990 in India, is…
Apple already promised at its WWDC 2020 conference that ‘Apple Silicon’ processor-based mac devices are coming later in the year. Now, it looks like the launch of Apple Silicon-based Macs are close as the company has reportedly invited macOS developers; to special labs to work on apps for the upcoming platform. It also gave an overview of how powerful and efficient these chipsets will be. Many even called it the most obvious move to part ways from Intel. The program is said to be for those devs who have purchased the Developer Transition Kit to work on apps for Apple…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and 261 concerned Nigerians, civil society organisations, and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] and Minister of Information and Culture Mr Lai Mohammed over the fines the commission imposed on Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV for their coverage of the EndSARS protests in the country. A fine of N3million slammed on each of the broadcasters by NBC last week sparked outrage and criticism with many calling for it to be withdrawn. SERAP and the 261 others concerned about it are now asking the court to “declare…
A 90-year-old widow has reportedly been gang-raped in her house in India. According to the report, two men came into the house of the 90-year-old widow at night on October 24 and sexually attacked her; the name of the victim is yet to be published. The elderly woman said they left her “almost half-dead” after the attack. After she regained her senses the next morning she told her neighbour. She went to the hospital and had medical tests after the attack in the Kanchanpur area in the country’s North Tripura district. The family of the 90-year-old woman took her to…