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The Mozilla Company  is ready to disable the rendering engine that underlies its Firefox Web browser, and it’s being developed under the name called Project Quantum. Quantum is Mozilla’s latest effort to tackle down Google master piece - Google Chrome browser   as the world’s most popular browser and fend off attacks from Microsoft Edge, UC Browser and Opera.   Quantum will take advantage of parallelism and harness the power of modern processors that power our numerous devices.   David Bryant, Head of Platform Engineering at Mozilla, explains that the earliest browsers were designed to run on single-core processors, and that most of today’s browser still only take advantage of a single thread. Quantum, on the other hand, will fully utilize the quad- and even octa-core processors that are found in our smartphones and PCs. And where appropriate, some tasks will be handed off to the GPU. Quantum is exp ected to be built on the...

It's been almost two and a half years since Samsung unveiled Galaxy S5 mini - but the device was just 15 months old when Google originally released Android 6.0 Marshmallow on October 2015. Now, a year later, Samsung has finally begun rolling out the Marshmallow update to the device. For owners of the Galaxy S5 mini, the update has been a long time coming. The last update the handset received was that of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop back in September 2015. As SamMobile reports, Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow has started its over-the-air rollout, although availability appears to be extremely limited for now. A user on the XDA Developers forums was first to report that the update arrived on their Galaxy S5 mini Duos (model number SM-G800H) in Russia. The update is over 800MB in size and bumps the software version number up to MMB29M.G800HXXU1CPI5. What's not yet clear is if Samsung is planning a full global rollout for all variants of the Galaxy S5 mini, or if it only intends to deli...

PayPal is deepening its relationship with Facebook, and will now become one of the payment options within Messenger, among other integrations. That means customers who shop via the growing number of chatbots from online merchants will be able to transact on Messenger using PayPal’s payment service. In addition, as part of this deal, PayPal says it will make it easier to link your PayPal account to Facebook and Messenger, and it will roll out support for receiving notifications about PayPal transactions to Messenger users in the U.S. PayPal’s integration with Messenger had been previously announced. Facebook had been beta testing payments in Messenger with select developers, and said that it would roll out this capability more broadly by the end of the year. In addition, Messenger payments are not being limited to PayPal – customers can transact using their payment info already stored in Facebook and Messenger within the bots, as another option. Plus, Facebook has said it’s work...

Google Alphabet unit has been given an extra week to formally respond to allegations by the European Commission that it was blocking rivals in online search advertising, a move likely to delay a regulatory decision on the case until next year. The deadline has been extended to Nov. 3 from Oct. 26. European Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso said, making it the second extension. "Although Google asked for additional time to review the documents in the case file. In line with normal practice, the commission analyzed the reasons for the request and granted an extension allowing Google to fully exercise its rights of defense," he said in an email. The charge was made against Google in July, the third antitrust case to be raised by the EU against the world's most popular internet search engine and accusing it of having abused its market power in the placement of search advertising on third-party websites. The case concerns Google's AdSense for Search product w...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said uniform cut-off marks doesn’t create a level playing field for Nigerian institutions. JAMB has called for a national debate to discuss the need for uniform cut-off marks or otherwise, when admitting candidates that took the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, noted this in a statement issued on behalf of Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar. He noted that it was far from ideal for universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to be subjected to the same cut-off marks. Benjamin said institutions should be given the liberty to choose their own cut-off marks. “The uniformity of cut-off marks doesn’t make any sense when colleges (of education) and polytechnics admit for national certificate of education and diplomas, while universities admit for degrees. “Yet, we subject them to the same cut-off marks, thereby starving these tiers of institutions from admitting...

MTN has set a target of 9-million new subscribers by the end of the year, up from the previous 8.07-million, as early signs indicate a turnaround in the mobile network operator’s key markets. The greater number of new customers are expected to come from Ghana, Iran, Uganda and SA. In Nigeria, however, the group has lowered its forecast to 120,000 new subscribers by the end of December, from 800,000, largely as a result of changes in the way it accounts for active subscribers. MTN Nigeria has also faced a difficult operating environment in recent years as a result of economic conditions and changes to subscriber registration rules that have forced it to disconnect millions of subscribers. During the quarter to September, MTN Nigeria’s customer numbers grew 2.5% to 60.4-million, lifted by the reconnection of customers. However, subscriber growth was negatively affected by the exclusion from its base of 3.1-million active subscribers, owing to a change in subscriber accounting rule...

The Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha, on Monday admitted that the All Progressives Congress is responsible for Nigeria’s woes. He said although some of the problems predated the present administration, the party must take responsibility without shifting blame. Okorocha spoke with State House correspondents shortly after leading the APC governors to a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor said, “As APC, we are responsible for everything happening in Nigeria. We are responsible for the good, the bad, the ugly but we are promising Nigerians that we shall fix it. ”While admitting that Nigerians were passing throughdifficult times, Okorocha said there was no surgery that is not painful. He said Nigerians were experiencing pains because the country was going through what he called “a very serious economic surgery.” The governor asked Nigerians to be more patie...

The Tor browser’s primary function is to provide users with high level of protection and anonymity when they browse the internet. Lately, lawenforcement authorities were carrying out attacks on individuals instead of the network itself by hacking their computers or the end points. This lead to the authorities learning the users’ IP addresses. Now, Tor Project’s and Mozilla’s teamis working onimprovements, which they say would make the job of attackers more difficult. Unmasker malware will have a hard time if the Tor browser’s connection to the network is tweaked successfully. “We’re at the stage right now wherewe have created the basic tools and we’re working on putting them together to realize the security benefits,” Richard Barnes, Firefox Security Lead, wrote in an email. According to Barnes, the Tor Browser is basically made up of two parts: a modified version of Firefox, and the Tor proxy, which routes the browser’s traffic into the Tor network. The Firefox part has int...

The Tor browser’s primary function is to provide users with high level of protection and anonymity when they browse the internet. Lately, law enforcement authorities were carrying out attacks on individuals instead of the network itself by hacking their computers or the end points. This lead to the authorities learning the users’ IP addresses. Now, Tor Project’s and Mozilla’s team is working on improvements, which they say would make the job of attackers more difficult. Unmasker malware will have a hard time if the Tor browser’s connection to the network is tweaked successfully. “We’re at the stage right now where we have created the basic tools and we’re working on putting them together to realize the security benefits,” Richard Barnes, Firefox Security Lead, wrote in an email. According to Barnes, the Tor Browser is basically made up of two parts: a modified version of Firefox, and the Tor proxy, which routes the browser’s...

Shareholders got yesterday a chunk of bad information from cell massive mtn. The enterprise has suspended dividends payouts from Nigeria, its 0.33 largest marketplace. Third-quarter user numbers have fallen barely – no way to a weaker showing in south africa, in which mtn vies for market proportion with vodacom and cellular agencies. The telecoms employer introduced this in johannesburg, as the company faces allegations it illegally moved $14 billion out of Nigeria. Mtn institution’s next chief government will take over three months ahead of plan. Rob shuter, vodafone european boss, become due to begin in july 2017. But, mtn stated in a statement accompanying its quarterly updates that the new officer might now start on march thirteen, 2017. South africa-born shuter, a banker with risk control heritage, will inherit a enterprise that is the concern of a parliamentary research in nigeria. It's far purported to have unlawfully repatriated 13.Ninety seven billion dollars ...

The atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki killed approximately 250.000 humans and have become the maximum dreadful slaughter of civilians in current history. However, for many years there has been a curious hole in the photographic information. Despite the fact that the names of hiroshima and nagasaki have been incised into our memories, there had been few pictures to accompany them. Even today, the photo in our minds is a mixture of devastated landscapes and shattered homes. Shocking pictures of the ruins, but where had been the victims? The American career forces imposed strict censorship on japan, prohibiting anything "that could, without delay or with the aid of inference, disturb public tranquility" and used it to restrict all photos of the bombed towns. The photographs remained categorized 'pinnacle secret' for many years. A number of the photos were published later by means of different approach, however it is not typical to loo...

The former chairman, House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has withdrawn his suit challenging his suspensionfrom the House. Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano state, was suspended by the House for 180 legislative days following the recommendations by its ethics committee. The embattled legislator’s suit seeking stop the House from taking action against him was still pending in court at the time of his suspension. But the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, October 21 struck out Jibrin’s suit, after his counsel, Mr Chukuma Nwachukwu, told the court that his client had filed a notice of discontinuance. Nwachukwu, told the court that there was a notice of discontinuance filed on October 11, urging the court to discontinue the matter, NAN reports. The judge, Justice John Tsoho, also declined a request of the defendants for a N200,000 cost, holding that the defendants were “strong institution and personality”. The counsel to the defendants, Mr Kal...

– The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is the  reason the country is not at peace. – The secessionists want the president out of office before the country breaks into three. – The National Assembly has been put on their toes to ensure President Buhari is booted out of office soon If suggestions made by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the National Assembly are to be strictly followed, President Muhammadu Buhari may soon be booted out of office. The group, according to a press statement issued by their spokespersons Emman Nmezu and Clifford Iroanya, Nigeria’s disintegration into three different nations is almost as good as confirmed but if President Buhari is not removed from power before this happens, there might be violence in the country. The group believes that the president has violated their human rights and has breached the constitution before and after taking his oath of office in 2015. “Recall that on the 29th of ...

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A social media user, Teebiggs, based in Ibadan, Oyo state has recounted how a woman physically abused a man she accused of stealing her highly-priced mobile phones. According to Teebiggs, he is sharing the story just so one or two people can learn from it. Read below: ”I usually mind my business on a norm but feel people can learn one or two from this, so thought of sharing. ”So it happened that I was in the banking hall this morning in Ibadan and suddenly heard this thunderous sound… Looking back I saw this fair skinned lady slapping and head booting this young man that looked very innocent. “What did I do, what did I do?”, the young man kept asking, maintaining his innocence. ”The lady who was already crying and screaming gave him a hot slap again, he staggered and lost his innocence saying “is it because I helped you, is it because I helped you to charge your phones and didn’t see you again”. The bank management intervened, trying to separate them, but the lady won’t let g...

– President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to his wife’s statement that she may not support him if he runs again – Buhari who is on a state visit to Germany reacted to the interview aying, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room” – In an interview with the BBC Hausa service Aisha Buhari said her husband does not know many of his top government appointees President Muhammadu Buhari has laughed off his wife’s statement that she may not support him if he runs again, saying, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room,” The Associated press reports. Buhari who is on a state visit to Germany reacted to the interview during a joint press briefing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mrs Aisha Buhari warned her husband that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. Speaking...

A man has made a startling claim about how he was drugged and sexually assaulted by two strange women. The Dailysun SA reports that the South African man whose name is withheld reported to the police how his weekend turned awry after being raped and robbed. The man said he ­arrived at his home in East Park, in Kagiso, Mogale City from an entertainment centre when two women who he thought were in distress approached him as he parked his Mercedes-Benz. “They asked for help and protection, claiming they had nearly been raped by a gang of men a few minutes before,” he told police. He allegedly invited them to stay in his house while he continued to enjoy a few drinks. According to him, all he remembered was inviting them in and having a drink with them. When he woke up at 3pm that afternoon, he was naked and discovered he had been drugged and raped. His Benz was missing, as well as his bank cards, cellphone, driver’s licence, travelling bag, Samsung...

– Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has dismissed insinuations that he wants to buy Nigeria’s assets – Dangote made the clarification following rumours that he is interested in the assets – He had earlier called for the federal government to sell some national assets Alhaji Aliko Dangote has dismissed insinuations that his advocacy for the sale of Nigeria’s assets was because he is interested in buying them. Dangote, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Thisday, stated that if the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company or any other national asset was offered to him, even on credit, he would not buy them. He said his advise to the government to sell some of its interest in the national assets was to help boost the economy as well as to stabilise the naira exchange rate. He said he gave the advice because he is a true Nigerian who really wants the issues about the economy to be sorted out. These are what he said: “You know the issue, once you...

The Naira continued its appreciation at the parallel market today, October 15, as it climbed to N460 to the dollar from N468 to the dollar the previous day. The local currency also strengthened to N570 from N590 against the British Pound Sterling, but crashed to N517 against the Euro from the N510 rate it was yesterday. The recent growth of the Naira comes on the heels of the intervention of Travelex in the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment of the market. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Travelex on Friday, October 7, started implementing a new arrangement whereby the global forex dealer now sell the greenback to BDCs. The policy has seen an increase in level of liquidity in the market. According to Aminu Gwadabe, president of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), each of the 3,000 BDCs now get $15,000 each, as a total of $45 million now flow into the system weekly. He lauded the CBN for authorizing Travelex to take responsibility of disbursing...

A story written by Chekwube Emmanuel… (0703440 1770, Emmanuelchekwube887@yahoo.com.) The consistent ringing of my phone woke me from my sleep. Stretching my hand to my reading table, I picked the phone. “Hello” I crooked into the phone not checking who the caller is. “Hey what happened to you? I have been calling you.” Cindy said sounding a bit worried. “Sorry dear, I slept off as soon as I got home. I have not even removed my cloths” I apologized. “Lazy boy, have you had dinner” she asked. “No, am not hungry sha. I think I took more than enough of that meat pie” I answered yawning. “You took only one and half of the meat pie Mr man” she teased. “Yea I know and moreover am watching my weight” I replied her. That got her from her end as she laughed out. We continued with the small talks, cracked jokes and teased each other. I checked my phone and what seemed like a minute call have extended to 17minutes. “You didn’t tell me you now work for MTN” I said laughing. “Na you fin...

A story written by Chekwube Emmanuel… (0703440 1770, Emmanuelchekwube887@yahoo.com.) It was really a day well spent as I walked out of Chitis with Cindy. It wasn’t just like a normal first date. There was no awkward silence, and a question and answer kind of session. The connection was there. We flowed like we have known each other for ages. Within me, I knew that whenever I decide to pop the question, the answer is going to come out in positive. We talked school politics, state politics, religion, culture and every other thing that was left to be talked about. Her view were so articulate. She seemed to know a lot about everything. I was impressed by her views and I also made sure to leave an impression with her. I hailed a cab as we got outside the café. About to hop into the waiting car, an “excuse me sir” caught me in my track. I turned to see a waiter walking towards me. I did a quick mental check. I know I paid my bills because I still have the receipt. We didn’t leave our p...

Turkey Blocks Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive Turkey has recently moved to block access to Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive and put partial restrictions on Google Drive cloud. These restrictions come as a reaction to leaked emails from Beratt Albayrak , the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, by the hacking group  Redhack . Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been on a warpath against the internet and personal freedoms since a failed coup against his government in July 2016. In that great push for greater authority, and by extension, fewer citizens’ rights, Erdoğan has used the failed coup for one reason or another. This may prove to be just another move to gain greater control of people’s ability to share information without his government’s approval. Drobox, OneDrive and Google Drive are popular cloud file sharing services used on desktop and mobile platforms in many different fields: education, legal and...

SANTI CAZORLA insists not only Arsenal’s senior players speak up when the team is struggling. Arsene Wenger’s side have been in decent form so far this season, losing only once in all competitions. The one Premier League game Cazorla hasn’t started was when Arsenal  suffered defeat against Liverpool, but on the whole they’ve flourished. However, since the Spaniard’s arrival in 2012, he’s experienced many poor spells with the team. And the 31-year-old claims all contributors are listened to when opinions are made in the dressing room. "As a senior player you always try to set an example to the younger ones to help develop the next generation of footballers and that’s what I try to do in the dressing room,” Cazorla told the club’s official website. “People often think that it is just the senior players or those who have been in the team longer who speak up in the dressing room when things are not going well. “Generally it is like that and the older pla...

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