Musk

Musk’s DOGE Cult: Genius Move or Wild Gamble?

Musk spent almost his entire life establishing a universe of companies that have stood as a nursery for aspiring engineers and a testing ground for his innermost circle. That universe-an ecosystem built around Silicon Valley tech titans, veterans from his…

AI

DeepSeek AI: The Revolutionary Chatbot Changing the Game

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek went substantially mainstream this week after its chatbot app climbed to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play as well). The compute-efficiently trained AI models raised doubts among Wall Street analysts-and technologists-about…

Eyes

Coinbase Eyes India Return Amid Crypto Boom

Coinbase is reluctantly resuming operations in India more than a year after it permanently ceased operations within the world’s most populous country. The American crypto exchange is interacting with multiple authorities in India, including the FIU, an India-based agency of…

public servants

Reps Order NCC to Suspend Proposed Telecom Tariff Increase

On the authority of the House of Representatives, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have been asked to suspend the impending increase in telecommunications tariffs until improvement is achieved.…

Breaking: Kaduna Electric Company Sacks 900 Workers

Over 900 workers have been sacked by the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (Kaduna Electric). The company stated that the sacked workers will receive their benefits in due course. Their sack letter, dated “31st January 2025,” was from Kaduna Electric to…

Deepseek

DeepSeek: The AI Revolution Challenging OpenAI

There’s a new contender in the Artificial Intelligence market, Deepseek. This AI model from China has garnered significant attention in the tech community, outperforming ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude AI. The DeepSeek application, which was launched last week, has outpaced competitors…

Altman

Sam Altman Admits OpenAI Got Open Source All Wrong

To conclude a day filled with product announcements, researchers, engineers, and executives from OpenAI, including CEO Sam Altman, participated in a comprehensive Reddit AMA on Friday. OpenAI is currently in a somewhat difficult position. It is contending with the belief…

NCC

Massive Tariff Hike: NCC Approves 50% for MTN, Airtel

The Nigerian Communications Commission has granted network operators permission for tariff modifications due to increased operational expenses, marking the first rate change since 2013. The announcement, made in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, on Monday,…

Coin

Trump Coin Crashes $6B After Melania Coin Debuts

The cryptocurrency market was jolted this week after the official Trump-branded meme coin, widely referred to as TRUMP, suffered a sharp selloff following the surprise launch of a competing token associated with Melania Trump, known as MELANIA. The sudden appearance…