A Turkish diplomat has been shot dead in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil, security sources tell the BBC. The victim was reportedly Turkey's deputy consul in the city. He was among several people dining at a restaurant when gunmen opened fire. No-one has yet claimed the attack. Turkey has regularly carried out offensives against… Continue reading TURKISH DIPLOMAT SHOT DEAD_Ada Nkong
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RESEARCHERS HIDE DATA IN MUSIC – AND HUMAN EARS CAN’T DETECT IT
Researchers have developed a way for data to be secretly transferred inside a music track at a usable rate without turning it into unlistenable mush. While using sound waves as a data carrier is not new, applying the principle to music has always been a challenge because even small distortions made when adding data will be… Continue reading RESEARCHERS HIDE DATA IN MUSIC – AND HUMAN EARS CAN’T DETECT IT
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PRIVACY VIOLATIONS: FACEBOOK FACES LIKELY SANCTIONS
Trouble may be looming for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who might be in serious financial difficulty if the U.S. government makes good its threat . The U.S government threatens to impose a fine of about five billion dollars against Facebook over privacy violations. According to reports, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted approving for the… Continue reading PRIVACY VIOLATIONS: FACEBOOK FACES LIKELY SANCTIONS
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GERMAN BANKS TO STOP USING SMS TO DELIVER SECOND AUTHENTICATION/ VERIFICATION FACTOR
German banks are moving away from SMS-based customer authentication and transaction verification (called mTAN or SMS-TAN), as the method is deemed to be too insecure. According to German business news outfit Handelsblatt, a number banks – whether private, co-operative or public – have either stopped offering the option or are planning to remove it by the… Continue reading GERMAN BANKS TO STOP USING SMS TO DELIVER SECOND AUTHENTICATION/ VERIFICATION FACTOR
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SOUTH AFRICAN BILLED FOR SPACE TRIP DIES_Ada Nkong
Just before he actualised the chance to be the first black African in space, a South African, Mandla Maseko has died in a motorbike accident. Maseko, 30,died in a bike accident on Saturday, a family statement says. In 2013, the South African Air Force member beat one million entrants to win one of 23 places… Continue reading SOUTH AFRICAN BILLED FOR SPACE TRIP DIES_Ada Nkong
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ARCHIE GOES TO CHURCH_Ada Nkong
Prince Harry and Meghan Merkel's son ,Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was christened today at Windsor Castle in an intimate ceremony with guests including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The two-month-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was baptised in an intimate ceremony with family and friends at the castle’s chapel. In common with other royal christenings, Archie's ceremony happened entirely behind closed… Continue reading ARCHIE GOES TO CHURCH_Ada Nkong
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UN CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO LIBYA DETENTION CAMP BOMBING
The United Nations has called for an independent inquiry into the bombing of a Libyan migrant detention centre that left at least 44 dead and more than 130 severely injured, describing the attack as “a war crime and odious bloody carnage”. The detention centre east of Tripoli was housing more than 610 people when it… Continue reading UN CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO LIBYA DETENTION CAMP BOMBING
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SOCIAL MEDIA OUTAGE: FACEBOOK, WHATSAPP & INSTAGRAM AFFECTED WORLDWIDE
Facebook acknowledged Wednesday an outage affecting users in various parts of the world and said it was working on a fix. Online monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the outage began around 1200 GMT and affected Facebook as well as its Instagram and WhatsApp services. #Facebookdown and #instagramdown were trending on Twitter as users around the… Continue reading SOCIAL MEDIA OUTAGE: FACEBOOK, WHATSAPP & INSTAGRAM AFFECTED WORLDWIDE
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BVN: 38 MILLION NIGERIANS LINKED ON DATABASE_CBN
Banks in the country have successfully linked 38 million accounts with the Bank Verification Numbers, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. As part of its financial inclusion drive, the CBN said it was targeting 100 million BVNs in the next five years. According to the CBN, “In order to ease the constraint poor identification… Continue reading BVN: 38 MILLION NIGERIANS LINKED ON DATABASE_CBN
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