Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat ink Cloud deal

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Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat, have announced a collaboration to deploy cloud technology to speed up digital transformation across the oil and gas industry.

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Telecoms: I Squared Capital closes $800m infrastructure deal

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I Squared Capital says it has signed a partnership with institutional investors to deploy up to $800 million in credit investments that will fund telecoms and other infrastructure across multiple regions.

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Watchdog: ‘Rising e-frauds’ target Nigeria’s 199m phones

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The telecoms regulator has warned of rising cases of e-frauds targeting over 199 million phones in Nigeria.

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Cashed-up Sarcos exoskeleton powers toward commercial production

Last year, we got our first look at an ambitious take on high-tech exoskeletons in the Guardian XO from Sarcos Robotics, which has just gathered US$40 million in new funding to bring its full-bodied suit to market in 2021.

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COVID-19 pandemic ‘to lift notebook sales’

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The COVID-19 pandemic will boost notebook sales as buyers shift from desktop computers, in one of the positive fallout of the deadly virus.

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NCC cancels Data Centre bids ‘due to COVID-19’

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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has canceled an imminent bid for Tier III Data Centre for local hosting of its website and online apps, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Facebook is working on AR glasses with a focus on audio clarity

Facebook's Reality Labs Research wing is currently working on a number of projects designed to help us cut through noisy environments and zero in on folks we're trying to hold a conversation with, or enhance our daily lives when used with AR glasses.

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COVID-19: To take Nigerian businesses online, NiRA cuts domain name prices

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Nigeria’s internet domain name manager says it has cut prices to encourage businesses go online following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Muhammed Rudman, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the official registry for the .ng internet domain name of the country, says the price cuts offer Covid-19 palliative to support businesses to go online. The […]

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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator plugs in new Digital Economy Unit

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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has linked the recently created Digital Economy unit into the organisation’s internal structure. Technology Times checks on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has now been integrated into the internal organogram of the telecoms regulatory agency.  NCC’s Digital Economy Department was created to be “principally responsible for implementing programmes and policies […]

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