The majority of sellers came from France, Germany, the UK, and the USA, and the prices per dose ranged from $250 to $1,200, with an average cost of about $500 The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager …
Read More »Perisscope, a new African social media platform launched, takes on Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin.
Perisscope is a social network built to connect African professionals at home and in the diaspora. It highlights and emphasizes the African professional community around the world and aims to create meaningful connections that result in new enterprises and career opportunities for members. The founder Hawkins Orjai is a member of the African diaspora in the United States, and the platform has …
Read More »70% of the Top 10 Billionaires Generated Wealth from the Tech Industry
Data researched by Trading platforms UK indicates that 70% of the top ten richest people amassed their wealth from the technology industry as of March 1, 2021.The top ten wealthy individuals control a fortune of $1.14 trillion in total, with tech players accounting for $855.9 billion.
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JOHANNESBURG: MTN Group remains committed to negotiating a $65 million sale of its 75 percent stake in its Syrian unit, the South African mobile operator said on Sunday, despite the business being placed under judicial guardianship last week.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A US Federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users.
Read More »Osinbajo tells CBN, SEC to regulate and not ban cryptocurrencies
Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo Friday called for the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the country, as against the prohibition of digital currencies.
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Nigeria rank 13th, as there are 6,850 online searches a month by Nigerians concerning the possible negative implications of 5G technology The United States is the most skeptical country in the world about 5G, with an average 374,700 tentative online searches about 5G per month United Kingdom (93,400) and Australia (32,970) are among the other countries where there are over …
Read More »NASA releases new video, pictures captured by the Perseverance rover landing on Mars
NASA has released new pictures captured by the Perseverance rover after its dramatic touchdown on Mars.
Read More »REVEALED: China copied spyware code from America’s NSA
Israeli researchers said on Monday that Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.
Read More »EFCC uncovers ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered another ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters.
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