The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine …

Three months of innovative pitch sessions, workshops, masterclasses and mentorship sessions aimed at helping participants develop skills and provide them with the resources needed to transform their ideas into market-ready products, climaxed with the emergence of Aremu as the winner of MarkHack 2.0. Aremu, a robo-marketing tool that helps businesses run experiments to improve their product metric and conversion rate, beat nine other …

Twitter is threatening to file a suit against Meta for launching Thread – a “copycat” social media platform launched by Instagram on Wednesday. In a cease and desist letter sent to Meta, Twitter alleges that the social media behemoth poached its employees to create Thread, which is a typical replica of Twitter. In the letter sent to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, …

Mark Zuckerberg launched his Instagram Threads on Thursday, an app that is set to rival Twitter. According to screenshots from the App Store listing, Threads will function like Twitter with text-based posts that can be liked, shared and commented on. The app is currently topping the chat as the most downloaded social networking app with over 100 million downloads within …

HP announced on Tuesday new global research conducted by Morning Consult revealing the serious actions many parents are taking due to climate change, from everyday decisions to long-term family planning. The study among parents in India, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States found that 91 per cent of parents are concerned about the climate crisis, leading to changes that …

Mercedes owners in the United States will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles, ChatGPT. According to TechCrunch, the automaker is adding OpenAI’s conversational AI agent to its MBUX infotainment system, though what it could possibly be needed for is hard to say. US owners of models that use MBUX will be able to opt into a …

The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has been conferred with an ‘Award of Excellence’ by Qausain TV. The award was presented to him by the National President of the television station, Malam Albanin Agege, in Abuja. Agege said that the former minister deserved the award for his numerous contribution to the development of the …

A former Executive Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Maiwalima Mohammed Sani Haruna, yesterday asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give prominence to home-grown technology and innovations He said Nigeria can achieve industrial development in Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda if the nation looks inward. Haruna spoke in Keffi at the grand reception in his …

In recognition of his remarkable contributions to the development of the ICT sector in Nigeria, inq. Digital Nigeria Limited’s Managing Director, Mr. Valentine Chime was named as the ICT Personality of the Year, 2023, at the 14th edition of the prestigious Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Award ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria recently. Established in 2009, Africa’s BoICT Merit and Leadership …

To unlock the full potential of the fifth generation (5G network), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerians to prioritise the privacy of the consumers’ data and maintain its ethical use always. NCC gave the charge yesterday at the 2023 Nigeria DigitalSense Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) organised by an online publication, ITRealms with a theme: ‘Data …