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Why Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets are falling

It has been a season of sell-offs in the fast-evolving market. According to CoinMarketCap, the combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has fallen below a trillion dollars, indicating that the market is firmly immersed in “crypto winter.” Bitcoin was trading around $23,200 at press time, down 16% for the day. Ether (ETH), the Ethereum blockchain’s […]

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Nigeria will soon require social media platforms to set up offices in the country

Online platforms like Twitter (TWTR.N), Facebook (META.O) and Tiktok will be required to register and open offices in Nigeria and appoint contact persons with the government, draft regulations from the information technology development agency show. The code of practice for “interactive computer service platforms/internet intermediaries” was meant to curb online abuse, including disinformation and misinformation, […]

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WhatsApp will soon allow you to edit your messages

We sometimes become too busy conveying our messages that we don’t pay much attention to what we’ve written. You currently have no way to correct those mistakes in WhatsApp by editing your previous texts. Nevertheless, the Meta-owned company may soon add the capability to its chat messenger app across all platforms. As spotted by WABetainfo, […]

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Microsoft to drop some features of Excel due to low usage

Excel is one of the most widely used spreadsheet programs, both commercially and privately. Although Microsoft frequently adds new features to Excel, it also removes some. It has now announced that it will cease support for three features in June 2023. These capabilities are available to Microsoft 365 customers, so only service subscribers are affected. […]

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Beware: Hackers have found a new way to put malware on your device

Cybersecurity researchers from HP Wolf Security have spotted a new cybercrime campaign that leverages PDF files to try and distribute the Snake Keylogger onto vulnerable endpoints. According to the researchers, the threat actors would first send an email holding the subject line “Remittance Invoice”, to try and trick the victims into thinking they’ll be getting paid […]

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