IPhone 14 Series To Ditch Physical SIM Card Slot In Favour Of ESIM – Report
Apple is preparing to bring its new iPhone models without a physical SIM card slot starting September 2022, according to…
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The World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Binance Is Trying To Woo France
Crypto giant Binance is bolstering its presence in France after a choppy year of regulatory scrutiny. The world’s largest cryptocurrency…
Riot Games Agrees To Pay $100 Mln To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Tencent Holdings’ Riot Games on Monday said it has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination…
Elon Musk Sells Another $1bn Worth Of Shares In Tesla To Clear Tax Bill
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has sold another 934,090 shares in the electric vehicle manufacturer for $1.2…
Iran Halts Authorized Crypto Mining To Save Energy For Winter
Iran previously put a temporary blanket ban on crypto mining amid historically peak periods for power demand in summer. Amid…
Rivian Delays Deliveries Of Pickup, SUV With Big Battery Packs To 2023
Rivian Automotive will delay deliveries of its electric pickup truck and sports utility vehicle with big battery packs to 2023,…
Christmas Week Trades Add $77.89bn To Bitcoin Market Cap
The market capitalisation of Bitcoin increased by $77.89bn during the week leading up to Christmas. On December 19, BTC had…
1.3 Million Bitcoin Left Circulating On Crypto Exchanges
In glad tidings for an orange Christmas, Bitcoin (BTC) supply is drying up to lows not seen for years. In…
Japan’s Shionogi Starts Phase III Clinical Trial In Vietnam For Covid-19 Vaccine
Japan’s Shionogi & Co. Ltd announced on Monday that phase III of its clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine…
MTN Nigeria Launches RCS Business Messaging With Google, Dotgo
MTN Nigeria is all set to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo. Dotgo is…
TikTok Surpasses Google To Become The Most Visited Site In 2021
According to Cloudflare’s 2021 Year in Review internet traffic statistics, popular video-sharing app TikTok has surpassed Google to become the…
Mobile Gaming Company, i3 Interactive Inc, Records Growth Of 45,000% In A Trading Day
Canadian mobile gaming company, i3 Interactive Inc, recorded over 45,000% growth in share price after yesterday’s trading session. This comes…
Nigeria To Replace Identity-Slips With Digital Tokens
The Nigerian Government has announced that it would replace its National Identification Number (NIN) with a suite of digital Tokens.…
Chinese Province Summons Five E-Commerce Firms Over Livestreaming
A consumer protection organisation in China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday summoned five online platforms. The platforms are Alibaba Group’s Taobao,…
Russia Fines Twitter For Not Deleting Banned Content, Says Court
A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Twitter 3million roubles for failing to delete content Russia deems illegal.…
Intel Apologises In China Over Xinjiang Supplier Statement
U.S. chip maker Intel apologised on Thursday to Chinese customers, partners and the public after a letter telling its suppliers…
US Treasury Official Beckons New Stablecoin Regulations
The United States Treasury made further hints at new laws for stablecoins on Dec. 17. Nellie Liang, the Under Secretary…
Chinese Companies Embark On A Metaverse Trademark Race
In spite of the metaverse and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) warning issued by People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) in November, more than…
Nigeria Loses N499.32bn As Twitter Ban Hits 200 Days
Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. The…
Online Learning Platform Raises $3.5m Pre-Seed Funding
Edukoya, an online learning platform, says it has raised $3.5m in pre-seed round to enable its live launch in 2022.…
Google Announces Investment In Tech Startup
Google has announced its first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in SafeBoda, a tech firm that operates in Nigeria…
Social Media App Parler Plans To Expand Into NFTs
Social media platform Parler said on Monday it will expand its business into non-fungible tokens (NFT), in a move that…
Oracle To Enter Into It’s Biggest Acquisition Ever
Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal for $95 per share, or…
Tesla’s Musk Says He Will Pay Over $11 Bln In Taxes This Year
Electric-car maker Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday on Twitter that he will pay more than $11…
Facebook Pays Fines To Russia Over Banned Content
Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal.…
Paxful Launch Gift Card Hub
Paxful has launched a gift card hub as a one-stop shop for trading gift cards on its platform. According to…
Jack Dorsey Appoints Three Nigerians And A South African To Head Bitcoin Trust Fund Board
Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, has appointed three Nigerians and one South African to act as the board of his Bitcoin…
Lack Of Seamless Access To Forex May Delay 5G Rollout
The Chairman, ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, had disclosed at the NCC’s 2021 board and management retreat in November that one of…
Netflix Slash Prices Of It’s Streaming Services In India
Netflix slashed on Tuesday the prices of its streaming services in India, for the first time since launching five years…
Unvaccinated Google Employees May Lose Their Jobs In 2022
Employees at Google have been threatened with pay loss – and even termination of employment – if they fail to…