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   “However, in another 5 million to 10 million years, changes in the EARS could result in a drastically different-looking world. Around this timeframe, we are likely to see a new ocean form between the Somalian plate and the Nubian plate. The great continent of Africa will lose its eastern shoulder and a vast sea will cut off East Africa.“ ...

  “We advise phone and computer users not open files from people they do not know, not to click ‘OK’ and immediately exit the application if they receive a warning that opening an attachment or link can damage their computer or files and to promptly share an unknown email they believe to be genuine with a security or Windows administrator ...

  “We find that these devices come bundled with a number of third-party applications, some of which are granted dangerous runtime permissions by default without user consent, and transmit traffic containing a broad range of geolocation, user-profile and social relationships [personally identifiable information] to both phone vendors and third-party domains, without notifying the user or offering the choice to opt-out” ...

  “On December 31, the app will stop supporting 49 different models of smartphones as the developers note that these devices may not latest security updates needed to run the service” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 28, 2022 WhatsApp, the popular messaging service with over two million users, is about to stop working on older smartphone models from a number ...

  “While commending the SON, FCCPC and LASCOPA for rising up to their task, it bemoaned the fact that some of these agencies are not only understaffed, but most of them are also poorly financed leaving them to source for funds to carry out their responsibilities” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 28, 2022 The SON/GIZ Inverter Stakeholders Forum was held ...

  “The befuddled bovines also yawned more, produced more saliva and snot, and exhibited overactive tongues; the researchers report today in Nature Food. Some even exhibited reddening in their eye membranes and unsteady movements” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 14, 2022 They were displaying the typical symptoms of being stoned: red eyes, wobbly gaits, and drowsy demeanors. But these weren’t ...

  “The sun could rise again on Twitter Africa if, somehow, Musk gains the knowledge and humility needed to run a global media platform. But don’t hold your breath—all of this started as a $150 million weed joke and it could get worse” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 13, 2022 Elon Musk’s first acts as Twitter’s owner included impulsive account ...

  “Designed to show places where elections will take place with information on candidates and past results, Stears’s revised election tracker wants to generate enthusiasm for elections against a history of voter apathy in Nigeria (in some cases followed by post-election violence)” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 13, 2022 Next February, Nigerians will elect the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari ...

  “The suit papers some are bandying around are irrelevant because they said things that were never proven. It is nothing but an attempt to exploit the public’s ignorance of legal matters and dent the image of a political opponent”, he said” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 12, 2022 LAGOS – The United States government has said, the All Progressives ...

  “According to official Chinese government data, more than 90% of its population has been vaccinated. The country has relied on domestically produced, inactivated shots and has yet to import or introduce its own version, of an mRNA vaccine. The inhalable vaccine is an aerosol version of an inactive shot” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 7, 2022 In what is ...