Nigerian users will experience a price hike on Netflix’s streaming plans for the second time in three months. American video-streaming giant Netflix has increased its subscription prices in Nigeria by at least 40%. This is the second time in three months that the streaming platform will increase its subscription plans. The mobile plan, which only…
Tech giant, Google has reportedly laid off at least 200 employees from its ‘Core’ teams, and will be moving some roles to India and Mexico in a bid to cut costs. Asim Husain, vice president of Google Developer Ecosystem, informed employees about the layoffs in an email last week, saying that this was the biggest planned reduction for his team this…
Elon Musk has warned users on his micro-blogging platform X (formerly Twitter) that they will be penalised for engaging in engagement farming. The billionaire businessman made this known today via his X account. He wrote: “Any accounts doing engagement farming will be suspended and traced to source.” Ever since X users started getting paid by…
AI robots are now set to enter the beauty pageant world as a new artificial intelligence pageant is set to dole out thousands of dollars to the best chatbot babes. “‘Miss AI’ is the world’s first beauty pageant for AI-generated models,” announced Fanvue, a subscription-based social media platform, of its forthcoming event slated for May….
The new National ID is to contain personal details and perform multiple functions like identity verification, payments, and even government services. In collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the Federal Government annouced the introduction of a new innovative national card. The NIMC said in its statement, that the new card is designed to…
On Thursday, social media giant, Meta, revealed that Nigerian creators can now monetize their content starting in June 2024. Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Sir Nick Clegg, said this when he led a delegation of Meta Platforms Incorporated to visit President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja. “Sir Clegg also said Meta will…
The network providing company stated that it was a glitch and work is in progress to eliminate the glitch. The Mobile Telecommunication Corporation, MTN, has stressed that the recent debt cancelation status on his subscribers’ network is a system error. MTN stated this on their official X page after many subscribers came out to express…
The new feature would available for smart phones and IOS devices and would not require phone numbers. Elon Musk has announced that the micro blogging platform X, which was formally known as Twitter would soon allow users to make audio and video calls. The billionaire disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday, adding that the…
The billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk and its new CEO have said that the popular social media company will dissert the present bird logo to take up a new logo with the name X. Before now, the company launched a website with the name x.com which redirects to the Twitter page when clicked. Also, the popular owner has made…
Afe Babalola University student has changed his dorm room into a spectacular smart room. On Saturday, June 24, a video was uploaded on GistREEL’s page showcasing the astonishing breakthrough. The video soon gained popularity, with the dedicated and ambitious kid boldly declaring that he would never face poverty in his life. He encouraged everyone to…
A striking change in content consumption habits has been seen recently in the digital environment. There is one media that has completely taken over the internet world: podcasting. Written articles, movies, and photographs continue to keep their ground. Millions of listeners worldwide have been enthralled by podcasting due to its immersive and captivating character, solidifying…
The European Union has introduced stricter regulations against tech giants. The regulations were released on Tuesday with a list of 19 companies that will be placed under stricter regulatory control through its Digital Service Act (DSA). The companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and 17 others, are classified as very large online platforms (VLOPs) or very large…
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter has launched a new application called ‘Bluesky’ on Android. Bluesky is to rival Twitter. It was launched on Android a few hours after Elon Musk removed Dorsey’s verification badge on the microblogging platform. The “social internet” of the future will give users more options and…
Nigerian crypto-based fintech, Lazerpay has announced it is shutting down operations. It said the decision to shut down comes after unsuccessful fundraising attempts. In a statement issued via its official Twitter handle on Thursday, the CEO, Njoku Emmanuel, said Lazerpay ceased operation after multiple fruitless efforts to raise funds for the business’s survival. “We were…
One of the biggest Bitcoin platforms in Nigeria, Peer-too-peer Bitcoin platform, Paxful, with 1.5m users in Nigeria has closed down. The piece of news about the shutting down of the Bitcoin platform was shared by the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ray Youssef. While speaking on the issue on a Twitter space, Youssef said that…
Social media company, Twitter, could carry out massive layoffs especially if billionaire Elon Musk completes his $44 billion purchase of the company. While pitching his deal to buy Twitter to investors, Musk said he planned to get rid of nearly three-quarters of the firm’s workers, lopping its ranks to just over 2,000 employees, according to a Thursday…
Google has been fined more than $160 million by India’s anti-trust watchdog after a probe found the tech company abused its top position in the local smartphone market. Google’s Android mobile operating system is by far the biggest in India and is run on 95 percent of all the country’s smartphones, according to research agency…
Elon Musk has accused the social media platform, Twitter, of fraudulently holding back information about the company as part of a countersuit. The countersuit by the billionaire and Tesla CEO alleges that Twitter committed fraud, breach of contract, and violation of a securities law in Texas, where Musk lives. Musk’s counterclaims were filed confidentially last…
The United States has jailed two top executives of a United States-based fintech company, Ping Express. The executives who are Nigerians have been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for breaching money laundering rules. The fintech executives who are Nigerians with the names Anslem Oshionebo and Opeyemi Odeyale pleaded guilty to contravening money laundering rules after…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has threatened to pull out of his deal to purchase Twitter as he accuses the social media giant of ‘resisting and thwarting’ his right to information about spam and fake accounts on the platform. Musk threatened to walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc if the social media…
