The Federal Government, Wednesday, approved a national blockchain policy. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Pantami said the new policy was a product of consultationsContinue Reading
Apple and Google have joined forces to prevent unwanted tracking through devices like AirTags and other Bluetooth trackers. Apple and Google have unveiled a new collaborative proposal for an industry-standard protocol that would help prevent unwanted monitoring via devices. According to the official announcement, “the first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to beContinue Reading
When you use Google’s Chrome web browser, you are also likely familiar with the “lock” icon that appears next to a website’s URL. Many people believe that icon means that a site is safe to check out on Chrome. In fact, that is not the case, and that’s the reasonContinue Reading
BMW’s Digital Key Plus is finally available for Android Last year BMW debuted Digital Key Plus for the iPhone, a feature that gives BMW drivers the ability to lock and unlock their car and remotely start it from their iPhone or Apple Watch. When it launched, there was a promise of bringingContinue Reading
Now, if you lose your phone, you won’t need to figure out alternative ways to log into your apps Setting up two-step verification (commonly referred to as 2FA, or “two-factor authentication”) is incredibly important if you value privacy and security. Passwords are easy to hack (and you should still striveContinue Reading
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to destroy civilization, citing the need for a new “pro-human” AI option that seeks the truth. In a recent wide-ranging interview on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that aired Monday night, Musk cautioned thatContinue Reading
The most popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp, is on a spree of adding new features to enhance the user experience. The latest report suggests that you will soon be able to add a description to forwarded files on Android smartphones. This feature helps users by negating the need to explain things over andContinue Reading
If you think your password is strong? Think again. Now might be a good time to update your password to something longer and more complex, as experts have found AI systems are able to crack almost all passwords easily. Cybersecurity researchers from Home Security Heroes recently fed millions of passwords from RockYouContinue Reading
Many of us are so accustomed to having a sizable amount of storage space on our phones that we frequently overlook things like backing up data to an external hard drive to free up space. And is that really shocking considering that today’s top Android smartphones have hundreds of gigabytesContinue Reading
Baffling bug stops some AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU owners from installing Windows 11 Windows 11 has a baffling bug that means it’s not detecting TPM with some processors – and therefore not recognizing the host PC as supporting the OS – with one CPU hit badly in particular, the popular RyzenContinue Reading