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Google sorts mail by relevance with AI-powered update
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Google unveils new scheduling-related features for Gmail

Google on Tuesday added new scheduling-related tools for Gmail, including speedy event setup and simple availability sharing. A calendar icon with the choices “Create an event” and “Offer times you’re free” has been added to Gmail’s chat interface. The “Create an event” button creates a Google Calendar event with the email topic as the event […]

Huawei revisits 5G phones to overcome US ban - Report
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Huawei revisits 5G phones to overcome US ban – Report

China’s Huawei Technologies is planning to enter the 5G smartphone market by the end of this year, marking a comeback after a U.S. ban on equipment sales destroyed its consumer electronics sector, according to research firms. According to three independent technological research organisations covering China’s smartphone market, Huawei should be able to obtain 5G chips […]

EU invests €3bn, generates 160,000 jobs in Nigeria yearly - Ambassador
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EU watchdog calls for early adoption of stablecoin guidelines

The banking watchdog for the European Union asked stablecoin issuers on Wednesday to voluntarily follow certain “guiding principles” on risk management and consumer protection. The world’s first comprehensive set of regulations for trading cryptoassets like bitcoin and ether as well as issuing stablecoins, a type of cryptoasset backed by a currency or asset, were authorised […]

Investors hit N2trn as stock market records highest since 2008
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Investors hit N2trn as stock market records highest since 2008

Due to favourable reactions to the policy measures of the new administration headed by the president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, investors made N1.93 trillion in two consecutive trading days, bringing the stock market to its highest level since 2008. According to Vanguard, the outstanding stock market performance began on Monday when investors realized gains of N1.35 trillion as the […]

NNPC, First E&P provide free healthcare in host communities
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NNPCL reiterates intention to sell stocks

NNPC Ltd., the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, has reiterated plans to offer its Initial Public Offer to investors very soon. This was stated by the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd., Mele Kyari, on Tuesday in Abuja at the 22nd Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Conference and Exhibition. The topic of the conference is “Powering Nigeria’s […]

Nigeria to become W'Africa's energy hub - Vertex
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Nigeria to become W’Africa’s energy hub – Vertex

The Chief Commercial Officer of the Vertex group, Shitij Taneja, has revealed that Nigeria would rank among the top West African technological centers in five years. Taneja recently made this assertion in a speech at the Lagos, Nigeria, 2023 IoT West Africa conference & exhibition as he stated that other businesses have already begun investing in […]

Nigeria to save N1.84tn from autogas adoption - FG
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Nigeria to save N1.84tn from autogas adoption – FG

    The Federal Government of Nigeria estimates that commercial vehicle operators in Nigeria can save N1.84tn per month by switching from using Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to autogas. The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology published a study showing that an average commercial Uber car could save N274,176 a month by switching […]

Flutterwave’s non-code platform Disha temporarily shuts down
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Flutterwave unveils school fees payment platform for international students

Alex Omenye Flutterwave has introduced a new payment product called Tuition, to enable African customers to conveniently pay various fees to educational institutions within Africa and abroad using their local currencies. With aspirations to expand to other countries in Africa and beyond, tuition enables students, parents, guardians, and sponsors to pay tuition at more than […]

Exchange platform AbokiFx resumes operation
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Exchange platform AbokiFx resumes operation

Popular Nigerian foreign exchange firm AbokiFX has now started operating again after former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele was suspended. The site showed one dollar at N790 and N795 for buying and selling, respectively, on Monday, July 10, 2023. On the same day, quotes for purchasing and selling pounds were N1,005 and N1,015 respectively, while quotes […]

Meta’s Threads closes in on X with 400m monthly users
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Meta to add branded content tools to Threads

Meta’s Instagram intends to integrate its branded content tools with Threads, according to Reuters. While advertising is not available, these technologies will assist advertisers in collaborating with influencers on paid partnerships on the social media site. The announcement follows Threads, largely regarded as Elon Musk’s Twitter’s rival, reaching 100 million users in a record-breaking five […]

Anthropic upgrades AI chatbot Claude
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Anthropic upgrades AI chatbot Claude

Anthropic, a Google-backed artificial intelligence startup, on Tuesday, expanded customer access to its chatbot Claude and updated the underlying technology that makes “Claude 2” more adept at things like coding and maths. The Silicon Valley-based corporation, with headquarters in San Francisco, claimed that its new AI model was also less likely than its previous technology […]

Salesforce acquires Informatica in $8bn deal
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Salesforce to increase prices of some cloud products August

The maker of software for customer relationship management, Salesforce, said that costs for certain of its cloud-based and marketing products will increase by an average of 9% starting in August. Its first price increase in seven years coincides with an increase in spending on generative artificial intelligence by Salesforce and a number of other technology […]