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PayPal faces a new wave of fake invoice scams just days after announcing its partnership with OpenAI. Cybercriminals are using real PayPal email accounts in a sophisticated TOAD attack to steal user credentials and payment details.Fake Invoice Alert: PayPal Hit by TOAD Cyberattack Days After OpenAI Partnership
MTN partners with Microsoft to launch EVA 3.0, a next-generation cloud analytics platform built on Microsoft Azure. The upgrade enhances customer experience, boosts operational efficiency, and supports responsible AI in South Africa and beyond.MTN Completes Major Cloud Modernisation with Microsoft, Launches EVA 3.0 in South Africa
The SEC has revealed that Nigerians lost ₦300.2 billion to Ponzi schemes like MMM, MBA Forex, and Famzhi Interbiz Ltd. The commission warns that actual losses may be higher due to unreported cases and online scams.Nigerians Lost Over ₦300 Billion to Ponzi Schemes in Recent Years – SEC Reveals
PayPal is integrating with ChatGPT through the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to enable seamless in-chat payments by 2026. Here’s how Nigerians can benefit — and the major limitations they still face.PayPal Adopts Agentic Commerce Protocol to Power Payments in ChatGPT by 2026 — What It Means for Nigerians
The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback
PayPal faces a new wave of fake invoice scams just days after announcing its partnership with OpenAI. Cybercriminals are using real PayPal email accounts in a sophisticated TOAD attack to steal user credentials and payment details.Fake Invoice Alert: PayPal Hit by TOAD Cyberattack Days After OpenAI Partnership
MTN partners with Microsoft to launch EVA 3.0, a next-generation cloud analytics platform built on Microsoft Azure. The upgrade enhances customer experience, boosts operational efficiency, and supports responsible AI in South Africa and beyond.MTN Completes Major Cloud Modernisation with Microsoft, Launches EVA 3.0 in South Africa
The SEC has revealed that Nigerians lost ₦300.2 billion to Ponzi schemes like MMM, MBA Forex, and Famzhi Interbiz Ltd. The commission warns that actual losses may be higher due to unreported cases and online scams.Nigerians Lost Over ₦300 Billion to Ponzi Schemes in Recent Years – SEC Reveals
PayPal is integrating with ChatGPT through the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to enable seamless in-chat payments by 2026. Here’s how Nigerians can benefit — and the major limitations they still face.PayPal Adopts Agentic Commerce Protocol to Power Payments in ChatGPT by 2026 — What It Means for Nigerians
The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback

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Mazerance, the psychological game development company under Australian studio 5Blooded, has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Nigerian storyteller Christopher Joseph Bassey, widely known as Topher. This partnership is designed to showcase global creativity while ensuring the immersive story world of Mazerance is told with clarity and authenticity.

Mazerance Deepens Collaboration With Nigerian Storyteller to Showcase Global Creativity

Mazerance partners with Nigerian storyteller Christopher Joseph Bassey (Topher) to enhance narrative design and player engagement in its upcoming psychological puzzle game….

By: Cynthia Okafor

TikTok, X, others could create 200,000 jobs for Nigerians with physical offices – Ned Nwoko

A Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has said that social media platforms like TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter), among others could create…

By: Cynthia Okafor

Elon Musk’s X ranked as the most harmful social media platform in Nigeria 

A new report has identified Elon Musk’s X as the primary platform for online harm in Nigeria, with 34% of users reporting negative experiences such…

By: Cynthia Okafor

Google issues security warning for 2.5 billion Gmail users amid scam surge 

Google has issued a critical security warning to its 2.5 billion Gmail users, cautioning against a surge in holiday season scams….

By: Cynthia Okafor

Billionaire Zhang’s ByteDance valuation climbs to $300B amid share buyback efforts 

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has set its valuation at approximately $300 billion….

By: Cynthia Okafor

Man bags 18 years in jail for using AI to create child sexual abuse images and selling them online

The man also made about £5,000 selling the child sexual abuse images online…

By: Cynthia Okafor

500 Nigerian languages will be dead in 50 years if they are not AI compliant- linguistics prof

Languages that are not digitized are well on their way to becoming irrelevant…

By: Cynthia Okafor

Spotify names South African R&B star, Elaine, Equal Artist for October 2024

Spotify has announced that multi-award-winning R&B sensation Elaine is the EQUAL Artist for October 2024….

By: Cynthia Okafor

Netflix crashes during Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight as 85,000+ viewers suffered outage

Boxing fans experienced a system outage on Netflix while streaming the match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul on Saturday morning. The streaming giant’s debut…

By: Cynthia Okafor

Final Details Await Trump-Xi Meeting Bessent noted that while the framework is in place, the final details of the deal will be determined during a scheduled meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping on Friday. The outcome of the discussions could mark a turning point in both U.S.-China trade relations and the future of TikTok’s global operations, which have been closely watched by regulators, investors, and millions of users worldwide.

TikTok removed 2.1 million videos in Nigeria in Q2 2024- safety report

TikTok has released its Q2 2024 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, which provides an account of the platform’s proactive approach to content moderation in Nigeria….

By: Cynthia Okafor

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The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.

Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback

If your iPhone shows a “Slow Charger” warning after the iOS 26 update, don’t panic. Here are 8 key things to know about what it means, why it happens, and how to fix slow charging on your iPhone.

8 Things to Know About iPhone’s “Slow Charger” Warning — and How to Fix It

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