Group Launches Fact-checking Platform To Prevent Fake News
A group concerned with socioeconomic development in Africa has launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fact-checking platform to counter spread of misinformation and disinformation on the continent. Speaking at the unveiling of…
CITAD Commences Third Annual Nigerian School of Community Networks
Centre For Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has launched the third annual school of community networks in Kano. The annual event, which is the third of its kind, attracted thirty…
ABU Zaria Commissions First Distance Learning Center
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria ABU has flagged off it’s first Distance Learning with seventeen undergraduate and postgraduate programmes..The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Kabiru Bala while flagging off the…
Twitter Replaces Bluebird Logo With X
Twitter’s boss has unveiled the social media site’s new logo, featuring a white X on a black background, which will replace its bluebird. In a tweet on Monday morning, Linda…
Elon Musk Announces Re-branding Of Twitter Logo
Elon Musk says he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds”. The social media platforms…
Twitter Threatens Lawsuit Against Mark Zuckerberg’s New App Threads
Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the Facebook parent’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter’s lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta who…
Threads: 10M Users Sign up For Meta’s Newly Launch App
Ten million users signed up for Meta’s newly launched Threads app in its first seven hours, the company’s chief Mark Zuckerberg says. He pitched the app as a “friendly” rival…
Netherlands Bans Mobile Phones In Classrooms
Devices including mobile phones are set to be banned from classrooms to stop them from disrupting learning, the Dutch government has announced. The initiative is being introduced in collaboration with…
Meta Launches New App To Rival Twitter
Facebook owner Meta is launching its new app to rival Twitter It explained that it will go live later this week. The app, which is called Threads and is available…
Musk Limits Unverified Twitter Users To 600 Daily Posts
Twitter owner, Elon Musk on Saturday 1st July, announced ‘temporary’ limits on the social media platform to address “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”. Verified accounts are temporarily…