NDPC, SMEDAN to promote data protection among SMEs

The Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) said they are collaborating to promote data protection among small businesses.

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Video: Long, lanky humanoid robots get to work at Amazon facility

Tall, capable, and vaguely insectoid looking, a series of Digit robots are now moving around empty bins at an Amazon research and development facility. The trial run is the first step towards using the bots to automate repetitive warehouse processes.

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Post-labor economics: Will capitalism work when the robots take over?

There's a non-zero chance that human labor and intelligence could be surplus to requirements in the mid-to-near future. That would entail a seismic shift in the balance of power and the way societies and economies function. Let's discuss some ideas.

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Facebook, Instagram services restored after global outage

ervices have been restored to Facebook and Instagram after the two social media giants were hit by an outage that affected users across the world, including Nigeria.

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Binance exits Nigeria amid allegations of illegal operations

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the discontinuation of services on its platform in Nigeria.

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Hip exoskeleton could help stroke patients put a spring in their step

Researchers are developing a robotic exoskeleton platform that could overcome the limitations of treadmills used during the rehabilitation of the many stroke survivors who have problems walking.

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Rack Centre CEO: Data centres to play key role in Nigeria’s digital journey

The growing number of data centres across Nigeria will support the nation’s digital economy journey, Lars Christer Johannisson, Rack Centre Limited CEO, has said.

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Smarter than GPT-4: Claude 3 AI catches researchers testing it

Working on these next-gen intelligent AIs must be a freaky experience. As Anthropic announces the smartest model ever tested across a range of benchmarks, researchers recall a chilling moment when Claude 3 realized that it was being evaluated.

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NCC chief ‘excited’ over telecoms waiver in Zamfara

Nigeria’s telecoms regulatory chief is “excited” by Zamfara State Government's decision to waive charges on Right of Way (RoW) for telecoms infrastructure deployment across the state.

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