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Taiwanese media to get Google’s $9.8m fund

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said on Wednesday that Taiwanese media would get a $9.8 million fund over the next three years to boost its media operations and digital competitiveness. According to Reuters, although not in Taiwan, Google has come under pressure in some countries to pay news publishers for their content on its platform. The […]

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Alphabet’s Waymo lays off additional 137 workers

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has laid off 137 workers in its self-driving technology unit, Waymo, making this the second round of job cuts in 2023. The firm told Reuters this on Wednesday. The layoff has affected about eight percent of Waymo’s  workforce or 209 employees from January till date. Reuters reported that concerns have been […]

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Gmail service now restored worldwide after hour-long outage

Google’s email service, which crashed for some minutes worldwide, has been restored. It is now back up and running after the short outage. DailyMail reported earlier in the afternoon on Monday that Down Detector, a website’s real-time information provider, showed that the down time began at 2:08 PM. This affected some of its 1.5 billion […]

Microsoft proposes relocation of Chinese staff over US-China tensions
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AI gets attention of top tech execs – Report

The chief executives of tech giants, Google and Microsoft have since Monday continually mentioned the trending  hyped technology, AI, which has just recently gained more attention than before. According to the transcript from the conference reviewed by Reuters, the tech executives repeated phrases like “AI,” “generative AI,” or “machine learning” for about two to six […]

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E-commerce offers growth opportunity for SMEs -Google rep

The Google Country Director for West Africa, Juliet Ehimuan, has said e-commerce presents an opportunity for small businesses in Nigeria and other African countries to attract new customers and grow. She disclosed this as google announced its plan to support small retail businesses on the continent as part of a month-long celebration of International Micro, […]

Banking Policy and Regulations

Commission freezes over 30 accounts of loan sharks

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it has frozen no fewer than 30 bank accounts operated by illegal loan organisations. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera, made this disclosure at a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Irukera also said that the commission had engaged Google and Apple Stores […]