Adebayo Alonge is the Nigeran pharmacist who beat Tech startups from 119 countries to win the grand prize of €100,000. Adebayo Alonge won the grand prize in the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge for creating a handheld nano scanner that authenticates drugs. (twitter/Yale) The CEO and co-founder of RxAll competed against 4,500 contenders from 119 nations […]
A New York student sued Apple Inc for US$1bil (RM4.12bil), claiming the company’s facial-recognition software falsely linked him to a series of thefts from Apple stores. Ousmane Bah, 18, said he was arrested at his home in New York in November and charged with stealing from an Apple store. The arrest warrant included a photo
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My team member,looking very upset, came to tell me that he had just found three mobile connections registered in his name, whereas, he actually owned only one. Both of his disowned number was activated on same date in two cities over 100 Km apart and away from his native city. Smiling, I asked did he
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Facebook Facebook on Thursday confirmed that it uploaded the contact details of 1.5 million new users without their permission in the last three years. “The error was discovered amid a change to the sign-up process made in March,’’ Facebook stated in a publication by the US news website Business Insider. The California-based social media giant
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A customs officer displays some of the drugs found in the suspect. Photo: Felix Wong Custom officers at Hong Kong International Airport recovered more than half of a kilogram of cocaine from an African traveller who had allegedly hidden the drug in her body. The 37-year old Nigerian arrived in the city on a flight
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Businessmen and individuals those who are making innumerable financial transactions regularly through banking portals are compelled to punch-in their user id and passwords. Though these transactions are happening perfectly and properly everyday there are incidences where scammers steal these important data by gaining entry into the computer through fraudulent means and swindle their money in
By-pass fraud in mobile telecom sector is a major challenge and wide spread all around the world, particularly in countries having higher interconnect rates. The motives behind this fraud are; earning money, money laundering and fund generation for terrorist activities. By-pass fraud is committed using various methods such as SIM box, transit service, domestic interconnect
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By Elliott Greenblott With many scams today involving phone calls or the internet, we often forget to consider how our own everyday behavior opens us up to becoming victims of fraud. Today’s self-defense tips come from recent news headlines from around the country reflecting how criminals often rely on our own predictable behaviors and reactions.
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The death toll of Nigerians killed in South Africa has continued to rise with another two being the latest victims in ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country. Concise News reports that the latest victims were stabbed to death during xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Cape Town on April 5 and April 6, 2019,
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Do you know anyone that is being impacted by fake news? Do you know any organization that is being impacted by fake news Do you know any institution that is being impacted by fake new? https://africanarguments.org/2019/01/31/nigeria-fake-news-2019-election/ https://www.thecable.ng/osinbajo-how-fake-news-about-strippers-almost-put-me-in-trouble-with-my-wife We finally have a solution that can curb this menace near real time
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