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photo credit https://techpoint.africa/ TechPoint.AfricaOn Wednesday, October 21, 2020, several content containing images related to the unfortunate incident that occurred at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday were flagged as misinformation on Facebook and Instagram. The shocking incident which involved the killing of an unconfirmed number of protesters …

Anonymous Some organizations use the power of the Internet for good; others, for evil. Some leverage their digital power in full view of the world, legally (or just shamelessly) staking claims to online territories. Others are Anonymous. Anonymous is an amorphous group of computer-savvy people who sometimes work toward a …

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning development that came hours after he confirmed one of his longest-serving aides with whom he had recently traveled also received a positive test result. The revelation had implications for the president’s health, the administration’s response to the …

The police in Lagos said they have arrested two suspected online fraudsters who had been advertising expensive mobile phones at cheaper prices on jiji.com to defraud ignorant buyers. The police said the suspects, Chukwu Emeka Ogbonna, 45, and Olabode Kehinde, 34, are both mobile phone technicians at the popular Computer …

The Nigerian teens were left shell-shocked when thousands of pounds’ worth of high-tech production equipment arrived at the door Netflix has sent a group of Nigerian teenagers filming equipment after they made a re-make of the film Extraction. The group, known as the Ikorodu Bois, went viral with their latest …

Microsoft announced on Friday that Bill Gates is leaving the board, effective Friday. Gates is also stepping down from his position on the board of Berkshire Hathaway.

Premium Times Headquarters Premium Times On the night of February 28, a hacker operating from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), connected a computer to the university’s network and began a cyberattack on the website of PREMIUM TIMES. With a mobile phone as his backup, the attacker continued the operation for …

ecurity camera systems can be beneficial to small businesses by acting as a visual deterrent for shoplifters and thieves, serving as extra eyes over employees, and by keeping a record of the activities going on inside and around the perimeter of the business. Camera systems may even reduce insurance premiums …

The University of Oxford’s Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group found that far more people in the UK could have contracted coronavirus than previously thought Coronavirus may have already infected more than half the UK population, researchers say. University of Oxford Professor Sunetra Gupta said it could mean less than …

Laptops keep getting smaller, and Asus has been at the forefront of that trend. Dell started things off with its XPS 13, which leveraged smaller bezels, but Asus has doubled down. Nearly every member of its premium ZenBook line is focused on packing as much computer into as small a frame …