Google failed to kill a lawsuit alleging that it secretly scoops up troves of internet data even if users browse in “Incognito” mode to keep their search activity private. The consumers who filed the case as a class action alleged that even when they turn off data collection in Chrome; other Google tools used by websites end up amassing their personal information. A federal judge on Friday denied the Alphabet Inc. unit’s initial request to throw out the case. “The court concludes that Google did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user is…
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Google has always allowed users to copy or paste email addresses on its Gmail app for Android; which used to be quite a difficult task. This was never an easy task – because selecting the email properly was extremely difficult; and was only fixed in a recent update. Instead of long-pressing an email address and hoping it allows you to copy the text; you can now simply tap an email address which should pop up a new two-button popup menu; with the options Copy; and Remove which are also denoted by icons. We had reported about this feature appearing last…
Twitter started testing Spaces, its Clubhouse-like audio chat rooms back in December last year. It currently lets select iOS users start a Space while everyone else can join and listen to a Space. Twitter plans to let everyone on Android and iOS start a Space by April. This would be a big advantage for Twitter Spaces as it competes with Clubhouse which is currently available on iOS only. Twitter Spaces are public, and appear on top of the timeline along with Fleets. It will show up only when someone you follow has started a Space. Then you can join the…
Google has announced the alpha release of the Jetpack Tiles library which allows third-party developers to create custom Tiles on Wear OS smartwatches. Since 2019 when Tiles were brought to Wear OS, users have had to make do with just six tiles; but this will soon change. While developers can now get to work on their own custom Tiles; users will have to wait for a platform update to Wear OS which Google plans to release later in the spring. Once developers get to work on their own custom Tiles, they’ll enable users to interact with various apps on their…
We all have faced a situation where we need to open our laptops and finish a task without wasting time or have to shut down the PC when winding up the work. However, at that very moment the Windows device shows that automatic update, which we weren’t expecting. Unfortunately, we have to wait for the update to take place, which can span through several minutes at a time. What’s worse is that these updates don’t even let you perform any other action but to stare at the screen; hoping it will install soon. However, there is a way to disable…
Microsoft is investigating whether hackers who attacked its email system exploited the findings of Taiwanese researchers who were the first to alert the software company to the vulnerabilities, according to a person familiar with the investigation. DEVCORE, a small firm based in Taipei City that specializes in discovering computer security flawsp; in December said it found bugs affecting Microsoft’s widely used Exchange business email software. Then in late February, Microsoft notified DEVCORE that it was close to releasing security patches to fix the problem. In the days after Microsoft disclosed its still-secret patch to DEVCORE, attackers escalated their malicious activity…
Gunmen have attacked the Safer Highways base of the Nigerian Police in Nabordo, Toro Local Government Area, killing two persons. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident on Sunday. He said the attack was carried out on Saturday night on men of the safer highways who patrol Bauchi-Jos road. Following the attack, a policeman identified as Inspector Muktar Ibrahim was shot dead and a civilian also identified as the son of the Ward Head of Nabordo, Uba Sama’ila, who had gone to visit the inspector was also killed in the attack. The police spokesman confirmed that another…
Gunmen have shot at a commercial vehicle in transit between Ikere Ekiti and Iju (a border town in Ondo State), killing one passenger on Saturday. The incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer on Sunday Afternoon. Police Public Relations Officer Ekiti State, Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident to Channels Television via a statement issued on Sunday. He said that the driver of the commercial bus and the passengers ran to a police station in Ikere Ekiti and reported that while they were on their way from Ondo State, the gunmen came out of the bush and started shooting.…
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, March 12, 2021, convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology (Health Tech) Offa, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his involvement in love scam. Ademola was among the thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters arrested on September 14, 2020, in the Offa area of Kwara State. The defendant was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on one count bordering on a romance scam, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95…
A 43-year-old housewife and mother of five, Bisola Awodele has been arrested in Sango Ota area of Ogun State for pouring hot water on her husband thereby causing him first-degree burns. According to a press statement by the police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a report by the husband, Peter Phillips. “The victim reported that his wife, a mother of five accused him of getting drunk always as a result of which she picked a pot containing already boiled water, and poured it on his body,” the police spokesperson said. “Upon the strength of the…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have foiled another attempt by bandits to abduct students at Government Science Secondary school in the Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in the state, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Sunday during a press conference in Kaduna. He said the bandits invaded the school in the late hours of Saturday and attempted to abduct the students before the arrival of soldiers who engaged the criminals in a gun battle. Aruwan said that the students utilised the security warning system in place, and were able to alert…
The attacks on six villages by bandits have left scores of villagers killed in Zamfara State, the government said on Friday. Mr Jamilu Magaji, who is the press secretary to the state governor, confirmed in a statement that the attacks were carried out in two Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Villages, where scores of people were killed by the bandits, included Damaga, Jihiya, Shandame, Gidan Runji and Daki Hudu all in Maradun LGA, while the sixth village that came under attack was Kizara in Tsafe LGA. Magaji explained that the state governor, Bello Matawalle, had to cancel his…
Facebook has announced that it’s opening up new ways to let content creators monetise their content on its platform. The main changes are to short-form videos, which content creators will now be able to monetise, and the testing of sticker ads in Stories. It’s also going to increase the number of creators that are allowed to monetise their content after the successes it saw last year. According to the social media firm, from 2019 to 2020, those earning $10,000 per month grew by 88% and those earning $1,000 per month grew by 94%. With the pandemic hitting people’s finances and…
In early 2019, Google was spotted working on a nifty feature for Chrome on desktop that would let you preview a tab; by hovering your cursor over it. That capability was later released through an update to Chrome’s desktop version; and now it has come to its Android version as well. The mobile page preview allows you to take a look at what a page looks like without actually opening it by long pressing a link. It shows up in the context menu right below the “Open in incognito tab” option. When you tap on that option, a preview of…
Spotify disclosed late last month its plan to expand to 80 new markets with a major focus on Africa and the Middle East. The expansion would provide access to the music streaming platform’s Free and Premium tiers for all consumers in those territories. As a part of that announcement, Spotify also promised to bring support for 36 additional languages. Today, the company made good on that promise with the rollout of that language expansion on mobile. Spotify can now be accessed in Afrikaans, Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Filipino, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian,…
Netflix has always known that some of its account holders share their passwords; but up to now it’s refrained from tackling the issue head-on. That could be about to change, however, as the video-streaming giant is currently experimenting with a message that tells people to create their own Netflix account if they’re not living in the same household as the owner of the account they’re trying to sign into. Spotted this week by GammaWire, the test currently appears to be targeting a small number of people; though it could be rolled out more widely in the future and eventually become…
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging platforms in the world. Off lately, reports have detailed a bunch of new features that are likely to arrive in the Facebook-owned messaging app soon. The list includes support for Instagram Reels and Support Chat Threads among others. Now, a new report talks about another feature that is likely to arrive on WhatsApp soon. As per a report by WABetaInfo, the blog that tracks development in the messaging app; WhatsApp is working on a feature that will enable users to change the playback speed of the voice messages in the app. The…
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped students and a staff of an Institute of Technology in Edo State. The incident occurred on Wednesday night. Further, the Edo State Police Command has confirmed the incident. Equally important, it revealed that the abducted persons are students and staff of the National Institute of Construction Technology; located in Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The Command also revealed that the yet-to-be identified gunmen stormed the institute on Wednesday night; abducting an unknown number of persons which include students and staff to an unknown location. Speaking to newsmen in Benin City, the…
iPhone 13: Until Apple’s marquee event in the fall, the guessing game over the name of the upcoming iPhone family will continue. We’ve been referring to the next-gen iPhone family as the iPhone 13 for the sake of continuity; but a recent wave of reports suggest that we may never get an iPhone 13. Out of the possible names, iPhone 12S is rumored to be the front-runner for this year’s series. A January Bloomberg article citing Apple engineers says only minor upgrades are planned for the upcoming lineup; which will likely be an “S” version of the iPhone 12. Frequent…
You should always factory reset any gadget before you sell it online or donate it to a charity, friend or family member. This not only wipes any potentially sensitive data, it puts it back into the state you’d find when first unpacking the thing. Below you’ll find a primer on how to factory reset almost all kinds of tech, from phones to wearables and games consoles. If we have not specifically covered the gadget you need to get rid of, have a dig around in its Settings menu. Reset controls are almost always found there. Before you begin, it’s…