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A third-party website that hosts Wordle Archive has been removed due to legal pressure from The New York Times, which owns the Wordle trademark. Released in early January this year, Wordle Archive allowed users to play…
On Monday, March 14, 2022, a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia delivered a judgment in favour of an Abia journalist, Norah Okafor, and awarded her N3.5 million damages over the invasion of her residence in the wee…
In honour of the international community of the beauty of Nigerian art, Google doodle celebrates Ladi Dosei Kwali, the life of Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter. On this day in 2017, an exhibition…
There are reports that Russian forces have taken patients and medical staff of a hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol as hostages. According to the BBC, Mariupol’s deputy mayor Sergei Orlov said: We…
Instagram is finally letting Live creators appoint moderators during their streams. Mods will have the ability to report comments, remove viewers from the stream, as well as turn off comments for a specific viewer.…
The popular Vanced YouTube app is being discontinued, after a legal threat from Google. The creators of Vanced have revealed the project will be shut down in the coming days, with download links set to be removed. While…
In a move similar to that of Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment has also announced that it will suspend all of its business operations in Russia, following the country's military operation in Ukraine. According to…
The cyber hacking group Anonymous has published a message specifically designed to reach Russian citizens, allegedly urging Russians to rise up against Putin and remove him from power. According to a translation offered…
Barely a week after ban on Facebook in Russia, the country’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too. While the Facebook ban cited “discrimination against Russian media,” this time, the…
Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, announces the search engine will ‘down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation following the invasion of Ukraine. In his series of tweets, he made it clear that the…
Technology giant, Google, has said Nigerians using its platform to do business will start paying 7.5 per cent as value-added tax, VAT, from April 1, 2022. Google said in a statement that the new rate was in a bid to…
Apple recently sent out invites for its “Peek Performance” event, scheduled for Tuesday, March 8th at 1 PM ET / 18:00 GMT (7:00 PM Nigerian Time). While internet sleuths have tried to discern any hidden meanings baked…
MTN has said it will offer free international calls and short message service (SMS) to prepaid and postpaid customers affected by the Ukraine crisis. Its CEO, Karl Toriola, in a statement, said the offer is aimed at…
Alphabet's Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms are among Internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law.…
MTN has become the first African company to enter the metaverse by purchasing land in Africarare. MTN made this known in a statement on its website titled, ‘MTN Group becomes the first African company to enter the…
TikTok is gradually becoming a full-blown video platform as it just expanded its maximum length to 10 minutes. TikTok has been testing ever-longer uploads for years, recently introducing three-minute videos last July,…
In an age where the media is awash with gossip and frivolous banters, a new, wholesome lifestyle and empowerment channel, Lovelife TV is fast-changing lives by making happy love lives common, in line with its mission.…
Ukraine has asked Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, to cut Russia off from the App Store and Apple products. Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s Vice Prime Minister and the minister of digital transformation, has published…
Rinu Oduala, a Nigerian activist quite renowned for her involvement during the EndSARS protest is currently trending on Twitter Nigeria. The 23-year-old made some tweets about the ongoing Ukraine invasion and the one…
Google is no longer requiring its US-based workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CNBC. However, a policy that requires staffers to be vaccinated to return to the office is still in place, according to…
