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Jun
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2024

How to Fix - This device is not present Code 24 - in Windows

This device is not present (Code 24) in Windows The Device Manager is a built-in tool in the Windows operating system, provided by Microsoft that allows users to manage all of their hardware devices and their driver installations. If you experience any type of hardware failure, you should check your Device Manager to see if that particular piece of hardware is still operational or not. It will assist you in resolving hardware issues where you receive the message "This device is not present (cod.

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Jun
24
2024

How to fix the DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error message on a Windows PC

How do I fix the DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error message on a Windows PC? In the event that you are experiencing DirectX issues while playing games, then this article is exactly what you've been searching for. Developed by Microsoft, DirectX is a collection of system files that allows users to play video games and create and design with high-end graphics programs on their computers. Call of Duty Warzone is one of the most popular battle royale games, and players have frequently compl.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Disable Gmail Smart Features and Prevent Tracking

How to Disable Gmail’s Smart Features and Prevent Tracking? You've probably noticed that when you try to compose an email in Google's Gmail, the program appears to predict what you're going to type. Several people have described this as an Astonishing feature, while others have described it as a Scary feature. Following the steps in this guide, you can regain control of your emails and ensure that they are not tracked by Google's smart features. It has now been confirmed that Google coll.

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Jun
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2024

Koo wants to be Nigeria’s Twitter but its perceived strength could become its biggest challenge

Koo wants to be Nigeria’s Twitter but its perceived strength could become its biggest challenge The microblogging platform Koo, which is based in India, entered the Nigerian market in June and immediately became a hot topic of conversation. This was due to the fact that the Nigerian government had recently banned Twitter, a microblogging platform that had become popular among many Nigerians, particularly among the country's young population. Aprameya Radhakrishna, the company's founder a.

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Jun
24
2024

WhatsApp and Telegram are the most frequently used social media platforms by phishing scammers

WhatsApp and Telegram are the most frequently used social media platforms by phishing scammers Phishing has grown in popularity as a tool for scammers. So prevalent that Google detected 2.1 million phishing sites in 2020, a staggering 25 percent increase from the approximately 1.5 million detected in 2019. This is the highest rate of increase in phishing sites ever recorded. With the Covid-19 requiring people to continue working remotely, it's unsurprising that experts anticipate an increase i.

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Jun
24
2024

Twitter is discontinuing Fleets after nine months of inactivity

Twitter is discontinuing Fleets after nine months of inactivity On social media platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, the action is in disappearing stories. However, when it comes to Twitter, it appears as though the product will be discontinued in a matter of days. Twitter has confirmed that Fleets — its own take on ephemeral Stories that launched nine months ago — will shut down on August 3. The company cited a lack of activity as the reason for the move .

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Jun
24
2024

Spazio Ideale creates iconic workspaces for technology companies such as Paystack and uLesson

Spazio Ideale creates iconic workspaces for technology companies such as Paystack and uLesson Numerous studies have established a link between how a space appears and how a person lives or works. With changes in our perception of our environment, there is now a growing demand for thoughtful space design. However, this was not always the case. In Africa, for example, pitching space designs is more prevalent today than it was a decade ago, as more people are concerned with the aesthetics of thei.

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Jun
24
2024

Tinvo raises $12 million in a Series A round

Tinvo, based in Singapore, raises $12 million in a Series A round to develop financial services for supply chain merchants Tinvio was founded to provide a streamlined method for supply chain merchants to communicate with buyers. The company is now preparing to launch financial services, including financing and credit card issuing. The Singapore-based startup announced today the close of a $12 million Series A round to further develop its business-to-business transactions platform. The round was.

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Jun
24
2024

Reasons why Nigerian Government is creating its own digital currency

Reasons why Nigerian Government is creating its own digital currency — what are the benefits? The emergence of digital currencies has transformed the global financial ecosystem over the last decade. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have exploded in popularity as a substitute for fiat currencies, resulting in unprecedented global adoption. The meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies elicited hostile responses and responses from regulatory authorities worldwide. Numerous governments.

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Jun
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2024

Netflix is considering adding video games to its streaming library in the coming year

Netflix is considering adding video games to its streaming library in the coming year Netflix may expand beyond the best movies and television shows in the next year to include video games in its catalog, according to a new Bloomberg report. The company has hired a former EA and Facebook executive to execute the plan. Netflix will treat games as a distinct genre of content, similar to how it treated documentaries and other genres. It is unknown whether the streaming company will offer existing.

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Jun
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2024

Flymachine raises $21 million to develop a platform for virtual concerts in a post-pandemic world

Flymachine raises $21 million to develop a platform for virtual concerts in a post-pandemic world As concerts and live events return to the physical world on a national scale, many in the technology industry have wondered whether some of the pandemic-era opportunities for virtualizing these events have been lost for the foreseeable future. Flymachine, based in San Francisco, is on a mission to discover the digital music industry's holy grail: a way to capture some of the magic of live concerts.

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Jun
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2024

Amazon reportedly worked on an Alexa wearable for kids

Amazon reportedly worked on an Alexa wearable for kids The company has experimented with an Alexa-enabled wearable for children, according to Bloomberg, as a new way of ingratiating itself into your life and the lives of your loved ones. According to documents obtained by Bloomberg, the device was considered for inclusion in Amazon's 2020 product roadmap, and it would have added to the company's growing lineup of technology products geared toward children. The $99 wearable, codenamed "Seeker,".

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Jun
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2024

5 ways to attract the right customers for your online business

5 ways to attract the right customers for your online business Have you ever wondered why ants gravitate toward honey or why magnets gravitate toward metal? Or, in less figurative terms, a business's paying customers? If so, you are not alone. Pricing, aesthetics, and occasionally certain nuances all contribute to a person reaching for their wallet to pay for a good(s) or service (s). However, just as ants congregate around honey rather than gall, and magnets gravitate toward metal rather tha.

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Jun
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2024

3 years after raising $7m in Initial Coin Offering, where is SureRemit today

3 years after raising $7m in Initial Coin Offering, where is SureRemit today? By the end of 2017, blockchain and cryptocurrency had established themselves as significant technology fields in Africa. The years that followed saw a massive increase in the number of players and an increase in investment. SureRemit was one of the pioneers in figuring out how to use technology for good. The company began utilizing blockchain technology in order to lower the cost of sending money to Africa. SureRemi.

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Jun
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2024

Africa is set to welcome another major cryptocurrency platform and here is all we know

Africa is set to welcome another major cryptocurrency platform and here is all we know We are constantly on the lookout for significant advancements in Africa's technology ecosystem. Recently, we've begun to hear rumblings about a possible disruption in Africa's project financing. According to information filtering out, a major African brand operating in the mobility and logistics sectors may be nearing completion of a collaboration with a group of international partners to develop and launch .

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Jun
24
2024

Cadoo receives $1.5 million to gamify fitness through wagering challenges

Cadoo receives $1.5 million to gamify fitness through wagering challenges Cadoo, a US-based startup that gamifies fitness by transforming it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) real money to motivate people to get off the couch, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Sam & Max Altman's Apollo Ventures and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. Although the app has been around since 2018, it launched a "challenge model" in March 2020 that allows users to.

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Jun
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2024

Masten Space Systems is developing a moon-based GPS-like network

Masten Space Systems is developing a moon-based GPS-like network Masten Space Systems, a startup aiming to send a lander to the moon in 2023, is developing a lunar navigation and positioning system similar to that used on Earth. Masten is developing the prototype as part of a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory's AFWERX program. Once deployed, it will be the first off-world navigation system of its kind. Until now, spacecraft bound for the moon have been required to carry equipmen.

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Jun
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2024

NewView Capital leads a $22.3 million Series B round of funding for Australian telehealth platform Eucalyptus

NewView Capital leads a $22.3 million Series B round of funding for Australian telehealth platform Eucalyptus Telehealth platform Eucalyptus raised a $22.3 million Series B round of funding to expand its digital health portfolio for primary care in Australia. The round was led by NewView Capital, with participation from existing investors Blackbird Ventures and W23, as well as newcomer AirTree Ventures. Ravi Viswanathan, founder and managing partner of NewView, will join the Eucalyptus board a.

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Jun
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2024

Growing mobile adoption in Nigeria drove digital transactions to record N23tn in June

Growing mobile adoption in Nigeria drove digital transactions to record N23tn in June Nigerians are gradually shifting away from cash-based transactions and toward digital ones. The Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) reports that adoption of digital payment options, particularly mobile, has been growing at an exponential rate. In June, the total volume of transactions processed through NIBSS instant payment (NIP) reached a record 287 million. This is a 2.7 percent increase over the .

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Jun
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2024

South Africa records highest in-app spending in Africa but Nigeria recorded the highest installs

South Africa records highest in-app spending in Africa but Nigeria recorded the highest installs Nigeria is the market leader in Africa's burgeoning mobile app market. In the last year, the country contributed a sizable portion of the continent's overall 41 percent increase in installs. This is according to a new report from AppsFlyer and Google, which examined mobile app activity in three of Africa's largest app markets (Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa) between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021. Accordin.

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