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Missing man since 1997 discovered in pond on Google Maps

The body of William Moldt, a 40-year-old Florida man who was reported missing in November of 1997, has been found. And it’s all thanks to Google Maps, strangely enough. According to Gizmodo, Barry Fay, a 50-year-old resident of Wellington, Florida, called the police after a neighbour told him there was a car in the pond […]

Why we ordered immediate disconnection of 9.2m SIM cards – Pantami

The Minister of Communications Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim has explained that he ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to ensure all mobile network operators block all SIM cards that do not meet proper registration standards until users comply with proper reregistration procedures because of their security risk.

Three North Korean-sponsored hacking groups sanctioned by US

By Rasheed Sobowale The United States Treasury on Friday announced sanctions on three hacking groups it said were sponsored by North Korea that were allegedly involved in the “WannaCry” ransomware attacks and had perpetrated cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, Reuters reported. According to Wikipedia, “The WannaCry ransomware attack was a May 2017 worldwide cyberattack by […]

Scientists accidentally create the blackest material ever

The United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers (scientists) have cooked up a material that is 10 times blacker than anything else previously reported. Capturing more than 99.96 per cent of any incoming light, the material is made of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on chlorine-etched aluminium foil. And it was discovered by […]

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