Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs in second round of layoffs
Key Highlights Barely 2 months after it laid off 18,000, Amazon is set to let go another 9,000 of its employees. While the January layoffs affected most people in Amazon…
Here are the 17 companies licensed by CBN as mobile money operators in Nigeria
Key highlights The CBN licensed 17 companies to provide mobile money services in Nigeria Some of these service providers have been providing succor to Nigerians in recent times as banks’…
Researchers show how ChatGPT can be a cybersecurity tool
Key highlights Researchers have shown how ChatGPT can be a cybersecurity tool. Amid concerns that the AI tool could lead to a surge in cyber threats, researchers say the same…
86% of smartphone users in Nigeria are on Android — Report
Key highlights The Nigeria Smartphone Study by ORBIT shows that most Nigerians use Android phones It also reveals that WhatsApp and Facebook are the most-used apps by Nigerians Chinese brands,…
NCC explains why telecom subscribers are experiencing data depletion
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that issue of data depletion being experienced by telecommunications subscribers is attributable to several factors, which can be categorized as technical and non-technical. …
Microsoft is set to integrate ChatGPT-4 in Office apps
Software giant, Microsoft, is extending the power of AI to every user of its products as it is set to integrate the latest version of OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT-4 in its…
Elon Musk questions OpenAI’s profit target, says he donated $100 million to company
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has again questioned the rationality of OpenAI becoming a profit-oriented company. This came as the billionaire said he donated $100 million to the company as a…
TLG Capital, OnePipe seal N2.25 billion deal to finance small businesses in Nigeria
TLG Capital, a pan-African alternative investments firm, announced today that it has partnered with OnePipe to provide credit services to the informal sector in Nigeria. The firm is providing N2.25…
Stripe raises $6.5 billion in Series I funding to hit $50 billion valuation
Payment giant, Stripe, said it has raised over $6.5 billion in a Series I funding that brought the company’s valuation to $50 billion. According to Stripe, which acquired Nigeria’s Paystack in 2020,…
OpenAI says ChatGPT-4 is capable of passing exams better than previous version
OpenAI has released a higher version of its popular chatbot, ChatGPT-4, which comes with better capability to pass exams. According to the company, ChatGPT-4 passed a simulated bar exam with…