Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it had ordered 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz for its European delivery fleet, as part of the online retailer’s plans to run a carbon-neutral business by 2040. A majority of the electric vehicles from Daimler AG’s car and vans division will go into service this year, the company said, adding […]

South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk’s net worth topped US$100-billion on Friday, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the shares of electric-car maker Tesla see a more than fivefold surge in value this year. A large chunk of his wealth comes from the 21% stake in Tesla, according to Forbes. Tesla shares, which went […]

LG Electronics has unveiled a new face mask that includes built-in fans and filters to create what the company is calling a “wearable air purifier”. The battery-powered mask includes two H13 HEPA filters, similar to those used in home air purifying products, as well as dual fans and a patented respiratory sensor to adjust the […]

Walmart, known for selling large cereal boxes and cheap clothes, wants to own a fast-growing social-media app popular with lip-sync­ing teens. The world’s largest retailer, led by CEO Doug McMillon, on Thursday confirmed it’s in the running to buy video app TikTok — and that it has partnered with Microsoft to pull off the deal. […]

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app. US President Donald Trump this month announced a ban from mid-September on WeChat and another Chinese-owned app, TikTok, accusing them of threatening national […]

Managing Director of Essential Security against Evolving Threats, ESET, for Nigeria and Ghana, Mr. Olufemi Ake, has said the only way Nigeria will key into data governance that is trending across the world, is for both public and private organisations in the country to comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, NDPR.

The management of NTA-Star TV Network Ltd, on Thursday, dismissed a report from Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning that N200 billion gained from a joint venture between the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, and the StarTimes Group was missing.

Apple was spared from having to immediately reinstate Epic Games’ Fortnite on its App Store, an early court victory for the iPhone maker in an intensifying battle over the tolls charged to app makers. But US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s ruling late on Monday wasn’t a total loss for Epic, as she granted the […]

I am sure, as the coming of tomorrow, that whoever doubted the capacity and intention of the 6th edition of the National Broadcasting Code recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), is already convinced beyond all reasonable doubt, of the strength of that instrument.

Telecommunications operator 9mobile has thrown a whopping N195 million into customer relations management. This is by way of rewarding loyal customers who have kept faith throughout its ordeal and still repose confidence in the operator to maintain its claim of being the most innovative service provider in the telecom genre.