As of Tuesday midafternoon (Nigerian time) Meta-owned social media platforms Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger were down. More than 500,000 users reported Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger outages starting around 10:08 a.m. EST to Down Detector. Reports spiked at 10:30 a.m. EST. (Down Detector is owned by ZiffDavis, Mashable’s parent company.) There were over 72,000Continue Reading
Meta Platforms Inc. experienced an outage this afternoon that made Facebook, Instagram and Threads inaccessible worldwide for about two hours. The first user reports of downtime started emerging around 10 a.m. EST. Meta confirmed the outage shortly thereafter, stating in a note on its status page that “we are aware of anContinue Reading
A Nigerian financial crimes committee has summoned Binance CEO Richard Teng on suspicions of money laundering and terrorism financing, local newspaper Punch reported. Ginger Onwusibe, chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, issued an ultimatum for Teng to appear before the committee on or before March 5, Punch said. AContinue Reading
Nigerian authorities have reportedly detained two senior executives at Binance in a bid to clamp down on naira speculation. As reported by the Financial Times (FT), Binance’s two senior executives have been arrested upon arrival to Nigeria by the Office of the National Security Adviser after the country imposed a ban onContinue Reading
The last time Bitcoin traded at similar levels was in November 2021, before correcting from its all-time high of $68,789. Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency, rose 3.79% in the 24 hours leading up to 8:20 am UTC, to trade at $58,504, for the first time in two years and threeContinue Reading
There’s a little of Google’s AI sprinkled in here and there, too. What you need to know Google is detailing several new updates starting to arrive today (Feb. 26) for apps across Android as MWC 2024 gets underway. As detailed by Google, a few of these new Android features are arrivingContinue Reading
Google announced its plans to integrate its advanced large language models (LLMs), known as Gemini, into Android smartphones starting in 2025. This follows the earlier introduction of Gemini Nano, a smaller version of the LLM, on Pixel and other compatible Android devices. Unlike Nano, which requires an internet connection, these advancedContinue Reading
WhatsApp, the ubiquitous messaging platform, announced today a suite of new text formatting features for enhanced communication across its iOS, Android, web, and Mac platforms. These features, including bulleted and numbered lists, block quotes, and inline code, empower users to present information with greater clarity and organization. Previously limited toContinue Reading
Details are light, but the AI OS will run on Lenovo’s AI PCs Lenovo is reportedly developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) operating system that could potentially rival Windows 11. At CES 2024, Liu Jun, executive vice president of Lenovo Group and president of China, hinted at plans to release an AI OS this yearContinue Reading
Google and Yahoo are tackling spam with new rules for bulk emails From keeping in touch with friends to sealing important business deals, email has long been a cornerstone of communication in the digital age. However, spam and shady emails have been a thorn in our side for too long,Continue Reading