Google will clamp down on financial fraud on its platform in Britain; saying on Wednesday that all financial services will need to be verified by the regulator before they can advertise. Britain’s financial watchdog issued 1,200 consumer warnings last year about scams advertised via social media platforms by fake companies; double the number in 2019. Google, which is part of US tech giant Alphabet Inc, said in a blog post it will begin enforcing the new policy; which follows calls from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to vet paid promotions, from September 6. “While this is an important step from…
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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), has stated that in order to deal decisively with the complex nature of terrorism and other transnational organized crimes, the international community must see the threat of terrorism to a particular country as a threat to global peace and security. The NSA made this statement earlier in the week, at the ongoing Second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of members states, convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. General Monguno said terrorism has continued to manifest…
It was another bad day for some criminal elements operating in Kogi State as two kidnappers were gunned down in the early hours of Tuesday while collecting ransom from the families of their victims from one of the neighboring states. Following an actionable intelligence report, professional hunters in the Okehi Local Government Area of the Kogi ambushed the kidnappers who came out in the Abobo area behind the Nigerian Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, to collect the ransom demanded before the release of their victims. Two of the three kidnappers were killed in the process while one escaped into the…
Zoom has announced that it’s acquiring a company known as Kites (short for Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions); which has worked on creating real-time translation and transcription software. Zoom says the acquisition is a move; to help it make communicating with people who speak different languages easier, and that it’s looking to add translation capabilities to its video conferencing app. According to its site, Kites began at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and its technology was originally developed to act as in-classroom translation for students; who needed help understanding the English or German their professors were lecturing in. Zoom already has…
Many WhatsApp users on Android have been reporting that they’ve been losing their media content on the app. This issue seems to have affected some users and has been seen post the latest WhatsApp update. Users with WhatsApp version 2.21.9.2 and 2.21.9.3 on Android have been impacted and also those with the latest update. While WhatsApp is yet to acknowledge the issue and provide a fix, there is a way to work around this and bring back your media content. As WABetaInfo pointed out on Twitter, some users have noticed that they have been unable to find their media content,…
Microsoft announced last week that Windows 11 would start rolling out to Windows 10 users this holiday season; with the company also working on PC OEMs to start shipping new Windows 11 PCs at the same period. While the software giant is planning to release the first Windows 11 preview build to Windows Insiders later this week; many signs are currently pointing at an October release for the new OS. First of all, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have told The Verge that “the company is aiming to release Windows 11 in October; ready for new devices from OEMs.” Microsoft…
The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has been rearrested and brought back to Nigeria. He was intercepted on June 27. Kanu is expected to be re-arraigned before the Federal High Court for the continuation of his trial. This was made known at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. According to Mr Malami, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Federal Government’s application to detain the IPOB leader in a DSS facility ahead of the continuation of his trial. Justice Nyako also granted…
Qualcomm announced its next generation Snapdragon 888 Plus smartphone chipset; set to bring a “Premium Tier” upgrade to phones from Asus, Motorola, Xiaomi, and more arriving in the second half of 2021. Revealed during the MWC Barcelona 2021 conference; the Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G model offers up an increased Qualcomm Kryo 680 CPU Prime core clock speed; with an “exact” CPU clock frequency at 2.995 GHz — a bump up from the Snapdragon 888’s 2.84 GHz. According to Qualcomm, the new smartphone chip’s 6th generation Qualcomm AI Engine will offer a 20% improvement over the last chip; with up to…
In this day and age, even if a small company’s app crashes, it becomes kind of unacceptable. When that happens to a mega corporation, it really goes beyond that. We are talking about the Snapchat app which was crashing every time you clicked on it. While those carrying an Android smartphones were safe and could go on their merry ways and share snaps at will; but those who have Apple iPhones, iOS to be precise, were facing a tough time. The issue stemmed from the fact that every time a user wanted to boot up Snapchat by clicking on it;…
Amazon has announced a new feature for its Kids Plus service on Fire tablets and Echo smart speakers called Reading Sidekick. Designed to help kids improve their reading skills and ability; the Reading Sidekick allows kids to read either physical or digital books along with Alexa by taking turns at reading the books aloud with the digital assistant. The Reading Assistant is included in the Kids Plus service that comes with the Kids edition Fire tablets and Echo speakers or as a $2.99 per month ($4.99 without Amazon Prime); or $69 per year ($99 without Prime) subscription plan and is…