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 Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter META CHIEF executive Mark Zuckerberg has outlined plans to develop artificial intelligence systems that he says will give individuals unprecedented personal empowerment, calling the next decade a “decisive period” for superintelligence. In a post on his official WhatsApp channel titled Personal Superint...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PARENT COMPANY, Meta, has announced that its messaging platform, WhatsApp, has banned more than 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam activities targeting users worldwide in the first half of 2025. The action follows investigations into scam centres run by organised groups in South-East ...
By JKNewsMedia PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN global tech firm Meta and the federal government has unveiled the Llama Impact Accelerator, an eight-month artificial intelligence initiative aimed at empowering Nigerian startups tackling national development challenges. The programme, formally announced on Monday, is a joint execution with the Ministry of ...
By Joke Kujenya A MAJOR messaging platform in Nigeria, WhatsApp, might soon suspend its services in the country. This comes after the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) fined Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, $220 million for alleged data privacy breaches. TechCabal reports that Meta is contemplating withdrawing cert...
