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UK travellers stranded as airports eGates shut down nationwide
There are a total of 264 eGates situated at 15 air and rail terminals across the UK. These gates utilize facial recognition technology to compare the passenger's facial features with the photos stored in their passports
Study reveals NFT market has collapsed with majority of tokens now worth less than JPEGs
The Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market has collapsed. This is according to a study by Insider titled “Remember when…
X/Twitter is removing its Circles feature by October 31
By October 31, 2023, Twitter/X users will no longer have the option to restrict their posts to a personally curated circle of "friends"
Microsoft unveils AI-powered CoPilot for Windows 11, new Surface laptops, other updates
Aside from an all-new revealing an all-new AI-driven assistant, Microsoft also launched new Surface laptops and a handful of features
FINEXPO hosts the South Africa Traders Fair & Awards 2023 after 3 Years of Pandemic
The South Africa Traders Fair Event 2023, held on September 16, 2023, at the prestigious Protea Hotel Johannesburg…
Slumdog Millionaire actor Anil Kapoor scores major legal victory against AI in India
The court issued an order on Wednesday that recognized Kapoor's personality rights and prohibited the unauthorized utilization of his attributes
Wally Adeyemo, US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury meets with Nigeria’s tech ecosystem
Wally Adeyemo didn't make any promises at the event. But he assured the Nigerian public that he was going to take the barriers that they face while interacting with the United States and its institutions seriously
Employee claims TikTok is not equipped to be more than “an app for dance crazes”
According to the TikTok employee, the app doesn't want to stand in the way of entertainment growing quickly on their platform
X/Twitter receives the lowest rating for climate misinformation policies
According to the report, Twitter failed to meet most of the criteria set by the organization regarding climate misinformation policies.
South Africa and Kenya have better digital quality of life than Nigeria- Surfshark study
A new study from Surfshark provided some interesting insights into Nigeria’s current digital quality of life. According to…