Social Media Revolution Series
Young Nigerians turned to Twitter on the night of the Lekki shootings: what that tells us
Oct 31, 2021 23:26 pm UTC| Technology
Mobile messaging services have become influential in recent times in reshaping social movements. They make it cheaper and quicker for protesters to mobilise resources. They also circumvent conventional communication...
Roblox identifies outage cause, says its getting game 'back up and running'
Oct 30, 2021 23:22 pm UTC| Technology Economy Business
Roblox Corp. said it has identified the cause of the outage that has plagued it for at least a second straight day and is performing the necessary engineering and maintenance work to get Roblox back up and...
S. Korean watchdog proposes Facebook pay 300,000 won per victim over personal data breach
Oct 30, 2021 15:57 pm UTC| Law Economy Technology
The South Korean watchdog on personal information protection proposed that Facebook pay 300,000 won in compensation to each of 181 users over breach of their data. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)...
Oct 29, 2021 10:21 am UTC| Technology
Amazon Prime Gaming has unveiled its list of free games available for its subscribers throughout November. The company will offer nine free titles next month, which include widely popular games like Remedy Entertainments...
Oct 29, 2021 09:43 am UTC| Technology
Multiple sources have reported that Samsung appears to be delaying the announcement of the Galaxy S21 FE to early 2022. This is speculated to also affect the Galaxy S22 release date next year. Samsung Galaxy S22 release...
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ will reportedly use the disputed SBMM
Oct 29, 2021 09:08 am UTC| Technology
Sledgehammer Games has not even released this years Call of Duty game, but reports are already rife that next years iteration will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. New information has been leaked, though, it is something...
Google Fi will add end-to-end encryption for phone calls soon
Oct 29, 2021 08:01 am UTC| Technology
Google Fi subscribers are getting a new privacy-focused update on their subscriptions. Soon, their phone calls will be protected with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). The use of E2EE is one of the best privacy and security...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects