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By Chinua Albert Okafor @TheRoboRai(<<Subscribe)
Considering Samsung and LG have announced new foldable phones, you may have forgotten about Motorola's - but someone seemingly cares - a new OS update for the 2019 Razr has gone live, bringing it from Android 10 to Android 11. Exactly. The same OS that Pixels started getting in September of 2020 is the one now available for Razr.
A contest is being held by Twitter to see if hackers and researchers can find flaws in its image cropping algorithms, and prizes are to be given out to winning teams (see Engadget). Teams will have access to Twitter's image cropping code and model, which will allow them to find out if the algorithm is harmful (for instance, if it removes the image's subject).
By Chinua Okafor @The_Robo_Rai
Sony PlayStation 5's first major media update was released in beta form today, and it lets you expand the console's 667GB of available storage by using a PCIe Gen 4 SSD, as well as test new interface options and expand 3D Audio support.
*. The Rollout Of The New Product Is Already an Underway
By Chinua Okafor (ICT Reporter) @the_robo_rai
Nokia's new industry-leading 5G portfolio covers baseband, radio, and massive MIMO antennas offering huge 5G capacity, coverage, and easy deployment; Introduces industry’s lightest massive MIMO units at 17kg enabling simplified deployments and faster time to market; Nokia’s new comprehensive range of products are powered by Nokia’s latest generation of ReefShark chipsets; Nokia’s extended Single RAN accelerates 5G rollouts and cuts overall RAN Total Cost of Ownership.
By Chinua Okafor (ICT Reporter) @The_robo_rai
What do adversaries and threat actors think as they dive deep into your organization’s
Cybercriminals come in many different flavors, but the majority of them are in it for one thing: financial pay-off.
They want the money that comes with offering their tools or services, selling stolen data, extortion like ransomware or plain fraud. And they all have one thing in common – your organization is on their radar. This is why, says Anna Collard, SVP Content Strategy and Evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa it is critical to understand how cyber criminals operate, the tools they use, and the approaches they take to embed robust security within the organization.
* Course Focuses On Digital News Gathering, Verification, Reporting And Publishing On Social Media
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Reporter)
The Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with Reuters to launch a free online training program for Journalists, called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course.
MTN clients in Nigeria will be not able to purchase buy on their telephones from 12 PM till 6 am on Sunday, the media transmission organization has said.
By Chinua Albert Okafor @The_RoboRai
A Turkish digital currency trading platform has mysteriously gone offline and its CEO has purportedly disappeared, leaving a large number of financial backers stressed that their assets have been taken.
By JVINN Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor/Head, Business & Economy)
Amidst anxiety and public apprehension over the inability to enroll for NIN-SIM Data registration ahead of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, earlier deadline, the Federal Government has extended the deadline given for mobile phone subscribers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM registration records till May 6, 2021.
By Micheal Garang (NewsLeader East Africa Bureau Chief, in Nairobi, Kenya)
Something new happened in East Africa's Republic of Kenya, as Nokia and Safaricom launched East Africa's first commercial 5G services.
By JVIN Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
A KnowBe4 Poll of mobile users across Africa has revealed that awareness of Cyber risk is on the increase, but that convenience overrides risk when it comes to WhatsApp data privacy concerns.
Due to the inauguration day preparations, Facebook updated its Inauguration Day measures to consist of a momentary prohibition on advertisements endorsing weapon accessories and defensive gear “out of an abundance of caution,” the ban is expected to stay through January 22nd and this was revealed via a new blog post by the company on Saturday.
