American tech giant Microsoft will be changing its famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to a black one in its upcoming Windows 11 operating system. According to The Verge, the software giant started testing its new design changes in a Windows 11 preview earlier this week; but the Black Screen of Death isn’t fully enabled yet. This new switch for Windows 11, is in pace with the new black logon and shutdown screens. It’s the first major change to the BSOD since Microsoft added a sad face to the screen in Windows 8 in 2012, and QR codes in 2016.…
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A factory-fresh Tesla Model S Plaid flared up, with its driver barely escaping; before turning into a giant fireball and lighting up skies in a Philadelphia neighborhood for about three hours. The electric car burst into flames on Wednesday in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It ignited around 9pm local time, according to the Gladwyne Volunteer Fire Company; who said in a now-deleted post that the crew battled the raging fire for about three hours. Fortunately for the neighborhood and the firefighters; the two fire engines that responded had undergone Tesla-specific training and were able to “deploy hand lines to extinguish the fire;…
The Department of State Services (DSS) claims men suspected to be guards of Sunday Igboho engaged operatives of the agency in a gun battle during a raid on the home of the Yoruba Nation agitator in Ibadan on Thursday morning. This is according to the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who stated this during a press conference on Thursday following the arrest of 13 of Igboho’s armed men by a team of joint security operatives. The raid, according to Afunanya, followed intelligence that Igboho was stockpiling arms to cause chaos within the southwest region. “On approach to his residence, the…
TikTok, the short-video social-media platform popular among teens; said it removed more than 7 million accounts belonging to children under 13 during the first quarter; taking a significant step in enforcing the required age of users on the app. Of more than 11.1 million accounts that were removed for violating the app’s guidelines, 7.26 million of them were from users suspected of being under the age guidelines; the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. It was the first time TikTok published the number of underage accounts it expunged. In the US, internet sites are required to obtain parental…
In yet another setback for Twitter in India, the messaging platform has come under attack for its actions here. Twitter had blocked accounts of Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor without any warning. Now, according to PTI sources, a Parliamentary panel has given the micro-blogging app just 48 hours to explain why it had taken such an extreme step. This newest development has further added to the already simmering row in which Twitter is involved with the government over its acts of omission and commission; including interpretation of new IT rules and for not following local…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has challenged the Federal Government to also arrest members of armed Fulani groups for carrying out attacks on farming communities in parts of the country. Ortom said such a move is imperative even as the country’s food sufficiency policy is currently being threatened by the willful killings across the nation. Governor Ortom who made the call in Makurdi, during the flag-off of the 2021 subsidized fertilizer sale at 50% per NPK 50kg bag from the initial twelve thousand Naira to Six thousand Naira, said he has no problem with the arrest of the leader…
Dozens of satellites launched to space on Tuesday in SpaceX’s second in-house “ride-share” mission from Florida; bringing the total number of orbital objects carried by Elon Musk’s space company this year to nearly 900. A reused Falcon 9 rocket launched 88 satellites total for the “Transporter-2” mission; including the first five for a new Pentagon agency and dozens more for various companies, countries, and schools. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 3:31PM ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida; marking the company’s 20th launch this year and the eighth flight for the rocket’s first stage booster. That booster returned to Earth…
India’s central bank warned about the growing presence of technology giants in the country’s digital financial services as well as payment systems which could pose a financial stability risk. In its semi-annual financial stability report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) flagged concerns over what it called ‘Big Techs;’ saying they have the potential to become dominant players in financial services that risks them becoming “too-big-to-fail.” “Specifically, concerns have intensified around a level playing field with banks, operational risk; too-big-to-fail issues, challenges for antitrust rules, cyber security as well as data privacy,” the RBI said in the report Thursday. While…
Apple Inc. plans to test a hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for retail employees; acknowledging that consumers may continue to prefer online shopping even as the pandemic eases, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant will begin a pilot program later this year dubbed “Retail Flex” with a small number of store employees. The arrangement will allow employees to work some weeks at their retail store location and other weeks remotely. From home, workers will handle online sales, customer service and technical support; said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing company…
In what will horrify users, a massive LinkedIn data breach has been reported and almost everybody on it has been impacted. A new report suggests that the networking site for professionals has been hit by another breach. This time, over 700 million users appear to have been affected; accounting for over 92 percent of users on the platform. Amazingly, the first anyone heard about this data breach; was when the hacker himself announced it! The users need to be very worried indeed as email addresses; full names, phone numbers, physical addresses are being offered on sale and perhaps, passwords too.…