Lenovo’s ThinkPad X390 is an ultralight laptop that combines a strong build quality, excellent performance, and a great keyboard into a winning recipe for a productive travel laptop. PROS Healthy battery life. Strong build quality and performance. Excellent input devices. Plenty of ports, including Thunderbolt 3. CONS Standard warranty is only one year. Battery isn’t […]
Sigh. A new day, a new data breach. Facebook and LinkedIn (which says the latest incident was a “scrape,” not a “breach”) are just two of dozens of recent examples of our precious passwords falling into the wrong hands. Whether it’s an email service, an online store account or even a service designed to keep our passwords safe, […]
In what appears as a move to avert a diplomatic row, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday conceded seven slots to Air Peace. It has also granted the Nigerian carrier the permit to fly directly to Dubai instead of Sharjah Airport, a source said. But, the government said it was unaware of the alleged stoppage of […]
MTN and Mafab Communications Limited have won the bid for the 5G spectrum auctioned by the Nigerian government Monday. The Nigerian Communications Commission conducted the auction at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja for the available two slots for the 3.5 GHz spectrum. MTN Nigeria, Mafab Communications Ltd, and Airtel Networks Ltd participated in the bid using the […]
The ThinkPad T490 proves that ThinkPads still dance to their own groove Pros Excellent build quality Superior keyboard and great touchpad Very long battery life Option for discrete graphics Cons Not the thinnest or lightest around Substandard display for the price The Lenovo ThinkPad T490 is a boring laptop. But sometimes boring is good — like economy […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.8 billion for the deployment of regulatory systems in the Nigerian Telecommunications industry to tackle criminal activities. This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, in a press briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting […]
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to extinguish smoking were taking too long. People aged 14 and under in 2027 will never be allowed to purchase cigarettes in the Pacific country of […]
Your Android phone‘s web browser may have built up quite the collection of data while browsing the internet. This data, which typically fills your web browser’s cache and cookies, can help improve how quickly your browser loads by saving assets from websites you frequently visit as well as saving preferences, such as letting you stay […]
Equinix agreed to acquire MainOne, a leading West African data center, and connectivity solutions provider, with a presence in Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, for $320 million. MainOne’s assets include: Three operational data centers, with an additional facility under construction expected to open in Q1 2022. These facilities will add more than 64,000 gross square […]
Three students accused of having a hand in the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki Lagos were on Monday invited by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Maroko Police Station and later taken to the SCID for questioning over the 12-year-old’s death. The students, who were interrogated at the SCID, it […]