Facebook has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its latest fiber network in Indiana. The firm said that new fiber routes will help it support its 3 billion users around the world as the connections between its data centers become faster. The network route, which spans 80 miles, runs along Interstate 70 between Indiana and Ohio. In partnership with the communications infrastructure provider Zayo, Facebook has now begun the second phase of the network. The second phase will connect from Indianapolis, along Highway 40, to the Indian/Illinois border. It’s expected that the second phase will be completed…
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Netflix will have a much larger anime collection to choose from by the end of this year. The streaming giant has announced at Tokyo’s AnimeJapan 2021 Expo that it’s launching around 40 anime shows and movies within the year; which is double the number of titles it released in 2020. As Bloomberg notes, it’s likely part of the company’s efforts to appeal to audiences in Asia; and in international markets as a whole now that most North American viewers already have subscriptions. During the event, Netflix has revealed that it’s involved in the anime adaptation of Japanese manga Record of…
Justice Emeka Isiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State has convicted and sentenced a fake Travel Agent: Iheanacho Chikwendu, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding her victims the sum of N9,000,000.00( Nine Million Naira only). He was jailed on March 19, 2021 after a four- year trial in a 10- count charge preferred against him by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charges bordered on obtaining money by false pretence. Count One of the charges reads: “That you Iheanacho Chikwendu on or about the 15th September, 2016 at…
Lenovo has announced bunch of new laptops for education, including the 14e Gen 2, 100e, 300e, and 500e on the Chrome OS side; and the 14w Gen 2, 100w, 300w, and 500w on the Windows 10 side. Being made for students and teachers, they can all handle drops and spills, meeting the MIL-STD-810H standard. “We applaud educators, students and institutions for their energy and dedication in the face of unprecedented challenges,” said Jerry Paradise, vice president of Global Commercial Portfolio and Product Management in Intelligent Devices Group, Lenovo. “As a leader in the global education market, we remain laser-focused in…
Google introduced earlier this month a new offering for frontline workers called Workspace Frontline that connects them to corporate teams via Gmail, Chat, Docs, and Drive, among other apps. The announcement was made along with other updates such as the general availability of Workspace services via Assistant. Now, the new service is available to purchase for all customers. The search giant announced today that Workspace Frontline can be had through Google’s sales division and resellers. For frontline workers, the new service allows them to access information they need to perform their duties. Of course, they can do so only on…
On Tuesday, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for the Web now support the ability to automatically turn a Word document into a PowerPoint presentation; with just a few clicks and a lot of artificial intelligence, the company announced. The company explained the new capability in a post on the Microsoft 365 blog, stating that users with a Microsoft 365 subscription; could avail of the feature that allows conversion of a properly formatted Word document into a PowerPoint presentation at the time of exporting. The feature relies on AI capabilities in order to save time, the company says. In order to make…
Bandits have attacked launched two separate attacks in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna state, killing nine people. According to the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the armed bandits barricaded the Dogon Dawa-Kuyello road, after Ungwan Gajere village of Birnin Gwari local government, and shot six people to death. Similarly, the bandits attacked Ungwan Maje village also in Birnin Gwari, and killed two persons, while one person was equally killed when they carried another attack at Kwama village in Giwa local government after he resisted their attempts to kidnap him.
A Federal High sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced one Job Wilfred to three years imprisonment. Wilifred was sentenced on Thursday on one count bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products – a charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency following his arrested in 2019 by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder at Onne in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The accused was apprehended onboard a chartered service vessel marked MV Western Orient, carrying 64 metric tons…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Uzoma Izuchukwu to two years imprisonment. The spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to him, Justice Emmanuel Obile sentenced Izuchukwu on Wednesday for impersonating an American, Jefferson Stewart, to dupe his unsuspecting victims. Izuchukwu was jailed after he pleaded guilty to a count bordering on impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. Uwujaren noted that the crime was committed contrary to Section 22(3) (a) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015,…
When Tesla announced a redesigned Model S sedan and Model X SUV earlier this year; one of the biggest changes to how those cars work was quite literally hard to see: Tesla decided to remove the gear-selector stalk from the steering wheel and is going to try to automate shifting between park, reverse, neutral, and drive (PRND). The company said there would be an option on the touchscreen as a backup; but it wasn’t until today that we had a sense of exactly what that looks like. Instead of touchscreen “buttons” for each drive mode; drivers will have to tap-and-drag…
Gunmen have abducted three veterinary doctors at their commercial poultry farms in Pampo village of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi said the incident happened around the Eyenkonrin area. While noting that the police operatives were on the trail of the kidnappers, Okasanmi said one of the three kidnapped doctors who escaped alerted the police. On whether the kidnappers were dressed in military uniforms, the police spokesperson said that does not matter. He also assured that the remaining two victims will soon regain freedom. Okasanmi however could…
Verizon Media Group, the media division of Verizon, is going to rebrand most of its media franchises as Yahoo products; and sell them through a subscription offering called Yahoo Plus, reports Axios. “Yahoo is the future of our consumer-facing brand,” says Joanna Lambert, Head of Consumer at Verizon Media is quoted as saying. The media division offers a number of Yahoo-related services such as Yahoo Fantasy and Yahoo Finance. According to the report, Verizon has 3 million subscribers paying for these services. Verizon had acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion in 2017. Verizon plans to move all the non-Yahoo brands to…
Google announced on Wednesday it has signed licensing deals with numerous Italian media publishers to pay for news content, in the US tech giant’s latest move to tamp down media anger over lost advertising revenue. It follows an agreement struck with some French publishers earlier in the year over “neighbouring rights”, which were introduced by an EU directive two years ago and call for payment for showing snippets of news content as part of internet searches. Wednesday’s deal will give the Italian publishers access to the Google News Showcase programme, which sees it pay outlets for a selection of…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 feature update that’s slated for the second half of this year is set to bring some big visual changes to the OS; and it’s codenamed Sun Valley. So unsurprisingly, a lot of the Windows 10 Insider Preview builds that we’ve seen are showing up with visual changes; and that’s no different today. Today, the company released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 21343, and it has one big new feature: new icons in the File Explorer app. This isn’t the “new icon” story that you’re used to either; like when the Edge browser was promised new Fluent Design…
Google Chrome would previously load a domain via HTTP by default the moment you typed an incomplete URL (say, neowin.net) into the omnibox. This has been long in practice for those of us who didn’t have the luxury of time to type the entire URL with the proper protocol. That’s changing soon with a new update that Google is rolling out as part of Chrome 90. The Mountain View-based company announced today that Chrome will use the more secure HTTPS by default when you type a URL without specifying a protocol in the omnibox, assuming the site you’re visiting…
Samsung has announced a new partnership with Manna Drone Delivery. Under the new deal, Irish customers that purchase a selection of devices; including the Galaxy S21 Ultra; Galaxy Buds Pro; Galaxy Tab S7; as well as Galaxy Watch 3; and also devices in the Galaxy A Series will be able to get their order delivered by drone. According to Samsung, this is the first time anywhere in the world that it has begun offering an end-to-end contactless experience for customers. The companies will offer the service to customers based in Oranmore initially; but both Samsung and Manna say they’re keen…
To buy a brand-new electric vehicle from US-based Tesla, now you can use cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Elon Musk has come out to declare on Twitter that the option to pay in Bitcoin is live; also, that the company will not convert Bitcoin to fiat currency. In February 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion into Bitcoin. Now it has been revealed that the company will also commence accepting payments in Bitcoin. However, how and when this would be done, remained unknown. Tesla reported in its SEC filing that it had invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin; a sum, as the company claimed, that…
Instagram has announced a new feature for Stories. Users will soon be able to save their Instagram Stories as drafts; and post them later. Instagram already offers drafts for its other products such as posts and Reels but it lacked one for Stories. Instagram took to Twitter to announce the launch of story drafts. The feature is self explanatory wherein users will be able to save a draft of their story, and continue later to post it on IG. Considering how IG Stories is the platform’s most successful product; it could come quite handy for people to save their story…
Google on Wednesday rolled out a major update to Search. This update brings a host of new features that are aimed at helping students learn better. Firstly, the company has added quick access for over 2000 STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) to Search. The company says that when users search for underlying science and math concepts, such as “chemical bonds”; they will have easy access to educational overviews, useful examples, and helpful videos from across the web. Next, it has added support for practice problems to Search. This is an interactive feature that tests kids’ knowledge of high school…
LG – The commercial deployment of the 5G network began in 2019. It has been almost two years, yet there are a number of countries across the globe where 5G connectivity isn’t available yet. Under the circumstances, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to assume the next-generation network would take some time to arrive. Now, LG has shared a timeline as to when it would deploy its commercial 6G network. GizChina quoting a report by Yonhap news agency wrote that LG Electronics has announced that; it expects its commercial 6G network to be available at the earliest by 2029. The report says…