Facebook with Latestnigeriannews  Twieet with latestnigeriannews  RSS Page Feed
Home  |  All Headlines  |  Punch  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Vanguard   |  Guardian  |  The Nation  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent
World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  More Channels...

Viewing Mode:

Archive:

  1.     Tool Tips    
  2.    Collapsible   
  3.    Collapsed     

Infotech Headlines Today
[Tue-24-Dec-2024]

Updated: 6 hours ago

9 Best crypto lending platforms: safest options for loans and interest - Techpoint

9 Last-Minute Deals on WIRED-Approved Gifts That Will Arrive In Time - Wired

A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report says data centers could account for 6.7%-12% of US total electricity consumption by 2028, up from ~4% currently (Laila Kearney/Reuters) - Techmeme

Affordable Digital Marketing Strategies for African Small Businesses - Innovation Village

AI startups attracted 25% of Europe's VC funding - Techcrunch

Alibaba launches its first African site in Morocco - Innovation Village

All American Airlines flights in the US are currently grounded - Engadget

An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank - Techcrunch

An investigator says he reported 26 OnlyFans accounts suspected of containing CSAM to NCMEC and that all of the accounts were removed within a day of his report (Reuters) - Techmeme

Analysis: SAP accounts for ~40% of Frankfurt DAX's 18.7% gains in 2024, with SAP up 70%+ as the software company transitions its business customers to the cloud (Financial Times) - Techmeme

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks - Hackers News

Apple Sends Spyware Victims To Nonprofit Security Lab 'Access Now - Slashdot

Arizona Races To Power Data Center Boom as Maricopa County Set For Number 2 Spot - Slashdot

Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - Techmeme

ASUS Christmas Campaign Sparks Malware Panic Among Windows Users - Slashdot

Balderton Capital and Dealroom: European AI startups attracted 25% of the region's VC funding, or ~$13.7B, in 2024, compared to 15% in 2020 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch) - Techmeme

Biggest Banks Sue the Federal Reserve Over Annual Stress Tests - Slashdot

Calls, SMS, data to cost more in January - Technext

CISA Adds Acclaim USAHERDS Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation - Hackers News

Clop ransomware gang takes credit for latest mass hack that breached dozens of companies - Techcrunch

Commercial Tea Bags Release Millions of Microplastics, Entering Human Intestinal Cells - Slashdot

Critics Decry Vietnam's 'Draconian' New Internet Law - Slashdot

Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive - Wired

Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - Techmeme

Drinking Tea and Coffee Linked To Lower Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in Study - Slashdot

Electric Aircraft Startup Lilium Ceases Operations, 1,000 Workers Laid Off - Slashdot

Elon Musk's xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions - Techcrunch

Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company - Slashdot

Engadget's Balatro of the year - Engadget

Engadget's Balatro of the year 2024 - Engadget

Engadget's Games of the Year 2024 - Engadget

Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables - Slashdot

Experts: Bitcoin has time to adopt newer encryption that's resistant to attacks via potentially upcoming quantum systems, but such an overhaul could take years (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme

Filing: Apple asks to participate in Google's upcoming US search antitrust trial, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements (Jody Godoy/Reuters) - Techmeme

Filing: Chinese video surveillance provider Dahua to terminate or exit five government projects in Xinjiang; Hikvision made a similar announcement this month (Reuters) - Techmeme

Flying taxi maker Lillium lays off 1,000 workers and ceases operations - Engadget

FOMO keeping you online' This new Instagram feature might fix that - Pocket Lint

Google is Using Anthropic's Claude To Improve Its Gemini AI - Slashdot

Google is using Anthropic's Claude to improve its Gemini AI - Techcrunch

Google's Counteroffer To the Government Trying To Break It Up is Unbundling Android Apps - Slashdot

Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld Editor and Renowned Hardware Journalist, Dies At 58 - Slashdot

Halide's next version will come with new film filters, HDR - Techcrunch

Hashed: $112M+ worth of USDC fled Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, on December 23, after concern over trading by North Korean hackers (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Health Care Giant Ascension Says 5.6 Million Patients Affected In Cyberattack - Slashdot

Home Is Where the Couch Is: Photos by Natcha Wongchanglaw - Wired

HomeKit doorbells suck, so Apple is reportedly making its own - Pocket Lint

Honda and Nissan Announce Historic Merger Plans to Tackle Rising EV Competition - Innovation Village

How AI hallucinations are transforming scientific discovery, with some scientists calling the term "hallucination" misleading and likening it to exploration (William J. Broad/New York Times) - Techmeme

How Apple Developed an Nvidia Allergy - Slashdot

How Instagram Reels Can Bring Your Nigerian Christmas to Life - Innovation Village

How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump - Wired

How Nigerian Gen Z Creatives Are Going Mainstream - Innovation Village

How tech-enabled transportation service Zidallie is revolutionizing school transport in Kenya - TechMoran

Hyundai is giving away free Tesla NACs adapters to its EV customers - Techcrunch

Hyundai will offer its EV customers free NACS adapters starting next year - Engadget

Infinix Introduces Vibrant New Colours for the HOT 50 Series: A Bold Lifestyle Statement for the New Year - Technext

Internet freedom advocates criticize Vietnam's Decree 147, which goes into effect on Dec. 25 and requires social media users to verify their identities and more (Agence France-Presse) - Techmeme

Iran claims it will lift its ban on "certain widely used foreign platforms", naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps to be unblocked (Bloomberg) - Techmeme

It Was a Record Year for Dating Apps. They Still Don't Have It Figured Out - Wired



Infotech Headlines Yesterday
[Mon-23-Dec-2024]

THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips - Hackers News

5 surprising Gemini 2.0 upgrades that actually improve Google's AI - Pocket Lint

A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities (Michael Peel/Financial Times) - Techmeme

A popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks - Techcrunch

A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor (The Linux Foundation) - Techmeme

A viral YouTube video from MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension often doesn't show users the best coupon codes and steals creators' affiliate revenue (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac) - Techmeme

After playing Balatro on the Apple TV, it's clear why it lost GOTY - Pocket Lint

AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines - Wired

AI Could Generate 10,000 Malware Variants, Evading Detection in 88% of Case - Hackers News

AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost (Om Malik/On my Om) - Techmeme

Airtel launches 2nd buyback phase as stakeholders set to get $100 million in payback deal - Technext

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition review: best e-reader screen, fast page turns, and color options, but mostly small upgrades and lacks stylus support (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge) - Techmeme

Apple Reportedly Plans a Doorbell That Unlocks Your Door With Face ID - Slashdot

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says AI spending frenzy will continue until the decade's end, and downplays an Intel bid, saying he had his "hands very full" in AI chips (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) - Techmeme

CES 2025 is coming: TechCrunch wants to meet your hardware startup - Techcrunch

ChatGPT Mocks a Human Author. Who Owns That Paragraph - Slashdot

Coralogix acquires AI observability platform Aporia - Techcrunch

Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme

Donald Trump appoints Bo Hines into 'Crypto Council' as his new crypto world creation continues - Technext

Drones Collide, Fall From Sky in Florida Light Show, Seriously Injuring 7-Year-Old Boy - Slashdot

Dutch tech investor Prosus plans to acquire online travel agency Despegar.com for $1.7B, or $19.50 per share, to expand in Latin American, closing in Q2 2025 (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Eero's Outdoor 7 long-distance mesh unit solved our yearslong Wi-Fi quandary in 10 minutes - Techcrunch

Electric aircraft startup Lilium ceases operations, 1,000 workers laid off - Techcrunch

Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political - Wired

Elon Musk's X hikes premium+ subscription as Nigerian users now face 51% increase - Technext

Elon Musk, the bully billionaire - Technext

Energy Prices Drop Below Zero In UK Thanks To Record Wind-Generated Electricity - Slashdot

Equity for the first 10 employees: How to structure it - Techpoint

Facebooks comeback in Uganda after a 4-year ban - Techpoint

Fans made a native Star Fox 64 PC port with some modern flourishes - Engadget

Femi Adebayo's Netflix series, Seven Doors tops chart in Nigeria since release - Technext

France Adds First New Nuclear Reactor to Its Grid Since 1999 - Slashdot

Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI and show the breadth and pace of change (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing) - Techmeme

Google could be accused of antitrust practices in Japan - Engadget

Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC sent a cease-and-desist order to Google (Bloomberg) - Techmeme

Government To Name 'Key Witness' Who Provided FBI With Backdoored Encrypted Chat App Anom - Slashdot

Honda and Nissan plan major merger focused on 'intelligence and electrification - Techcrunch

How Can You Make the Most of Your Festive Season Savings - Itnewsafrica

How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank - Wired

How Nigerians Can Utilize TikTok to Enhance Tourism - Innovation Village

How to Spoof in Pokemon GO without Getting Banned 2025 (No PC) - Itnewsafrica

Human Vs. Autonomous Car' Race Ends Before It Begins - Slashdot

I just turned my iPhone into an iPod Classic, and now I'm drowning in nostalgia - Pocket Lint

In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and $500M in cash, as it grapples with billions in debt (New York Times) - Techmeme

In Infinity Nikki, photo mode achieves its ultimate form - Engadget

Inappropriate apps rated as safe for young children are prevalent in the App Store, report warns - Engadget

Instagram tests a way to show you Story Highlights you didn't get a chance to see - Techcrunch

Italy Fines OpenAI '15 Million for ChatGPT GDPR Data Privacy Violations - Hackers News

Juniper Ventures spins out of Climate Capital to invest in synthetic biology for the climate - Techcrunch

Kash Patel Is the Hero QAnon Has Been Waiting For - Wired

Kuo: Apple's M5 chip to use TSMC's advanced N3P node; M5 Pro, Max, and Ultra will use a new server-grade SoIC packaging featuring separate CPU and GPU designs (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac) - Techmeme

Meta is reportedly adding displays to its Ray-Ban smart glasses - Engadget

Meta To Add Display To Ray-Bans as Zuckerberg Bets Computing Shift - Slashdot

Microsoft Copilot vs Meta.AI: Which is the Better AI for Enterprises - Innovation Village

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the sun than ever on Christmas Eve - Engadget

Nissan and Honda Agree To Merge - Slashdot

Nissan and Honda officially announce plans to merge - Engadget

OpenAI details "deliberative alignment", a new method it used to make o1 and o3 "think" about its safety policy before responding, to improve overall alignment (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch) - Techmeme

Palantir and Anduril reportedly building a tech consortium to bid on defense contracts - Techcrunch

All Channels Nigerian Dailies: Punch  |  Vanguard   |  The Nation  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Guardian  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent  |   The Herald  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  New Telegraph  |  Peoples Daily  |  Blueprint  |  Nigerian Pilot  |  Sahara Reporters  |  Premium Times  |  The Cable  |  PM News  |  APO Africa Newsroom

Categories Today: World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Columns  |  All Headlines Today

Entertainment (Local): Linda Ikeji  |  Bella Naija  |  Tori  |  Daily News 24  |  Pulse  |  The NET  |  DailyPost  |  Information Nigeria  |  Gistlover  |  Lailas Blog  |  Miss Petite  |  Olufamous  |  Stella Dimoko Korkus Blog  |  Ynaija  |  All Entertainment News Today

Entertainment (World): TMZ  |  Daily Mail  |  Huffington Post

Sports: Goal  |  African Football  |  Bleacher Report  |  FTBpro  |  Kickoff  |  All Sports Headlines Today

Business & Finance: Nairametrics  |  Nigerian Tenders  |  Business Insider  |  Forbes  |  Entrepreneur  |  The Economist  |  BusinessTech  |  Financial Watch  |  BusinessDay  |  All Business News Headlines Today

Technology (Local): Techpoint  |  TechMoran  |  TechCity  |  Innovation Village  |  IT News Africa  |  Technology Times  |  Technext  |  Techcabal  |  All Technology News Headlines Today

Technology (World): Techcrunch  |  Techmeme  |  Slashdot  |  Wired  |  Hackers News  |  Engadget  |  Pocket Lint  |  The Verge

International Networks:   |  CNN  |  BBC  |  Al Jazeera  |  Yahoo

Forum:   |  Nairaland  |  Naij

Other Links: Home   |  Nigerian Jobs