By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent WEAK SIGNAL zones across Nigeria are silently forcing phones to work harder, draining batteries faster and cutting performance, according to a new industry study that warns consumers are paying a hidden cost for unstable connectivity. Fresh data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH CAPITAL has been secured by Japanese technology firm SORA Technology as it moves to scale its drone and artificial intelligence driven operations targeting infectious diseases and climate related challenges across Africa. The company announced that it raised JPY400, valued at $2.5m, in the second close of its lat...
By Jesupemi Are, https://www.thecable.ng/ ADAMU LAKA, director-general of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), says the body is collaborating with social media companies to remove accounts of terrorist and criminal groups. Laka spoke at an end-of-year briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He said platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Sn...
By Lydia Spencer-Elliott DURING THE festive season, our diaries – much like our stomachs – are fit to burst. Every night, there’s a Christmas party, pub booking, carol concert, dinner, or drinks, up until the moment we eventually arrive at the closing New Year’s Eve champagne bender. It’s exhausting to type out, let alone attend. […]...
By Joke Kujenya IN A decisive move to safeguard young people’s wellbeing, the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has approved a nationwide ban preventing children under 16 from using social media platforms. The measure, one of the first of its kind globally, follows the passage of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum A...
By Joke Kujenya WIDESSPREAD RELIANCE on artificial intelligence tools is eroding key human cognitive abilities, new research findings have warned, revealing that overreliance on Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Gemini Deep Think and GPT-5 is leading to reduced focus, weakened memory, and diminished reasoning capacity among users worldwide...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THREE YEARS after its commercial introduction, Nigeria’s fifth-generation (5G) network remains inaccessible to most citizens, restricted largely to affluent users in major urban centres despite its promise of faster connectivity and digital transformation. Latest data from the Nigerian Communic...
By Joke Kujenya SUPPORT FOR Windows 10 has officially ended on Tuesday 14 October 2025, bringing to a close all updates, security patches, and technical assistance for the widely used operating system. The change is expected to affect millions of computer users worldwide, with cybersecurity experts warning of increased risks for those who con...
By JKNewsMedia FACEBOOK AND Instagram users in the United Kingdom (UK) will soon be able to access advert-free versions of the social networks for a monthly subscription fee of up to £3.99. Meta, the parent company of the platforms, confirmed the rollout in response to regulatory concerns about personalised advertising, where users’ personal ...
By JKNewsMedia RESEARCH INTO precognition known as the persistent sensation that a future event is imminent has attracted scientific attention for decades. The idea that some people experience an unwavering “gut feeling” that a specific event will occur before it happens has long divided opinion, yet experimental findings collected since the ...
