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7 Nigerian students to fly country’s flag at first global robot Olympics

Just this summer, no fewer than seven students from both public and private schools will showcase their creative skills at the First Global Robot Challenges slated to hold in Washington, the United States of America with 149 other nations. The students who are presently based in a tech studio, according to the promoters, were picked from different schools in Lagos. Many of them, it was learnt, have represented Nigeria in similar competitions in the past. (more…)

TECH

Facebook announces React Fiber

  Goodnews developers, or what I call the people of copy and paste from the land of git. Facebook has completely rewritten React, its popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. The company hasn’t previously talked much about React Fiber, as the project is called, but it has actually been working on it for a while. (more…)

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2017 Plateau Man Of The Year Award The Biggest Plateau State Award

  COA MEDIA the organizers of the 2017 Face Of Plateau beauty pageant, announces RT.Hon Simon Bako Lalong the executive Governor of Plateau as the recipient of the Plateau Man Of The Year Award alongside Rochas, bishop Kwashi,I D Gyang, Steve Gukas, Chu Bagu, Nanven Nimfel, Nenle Gujor, Hon Mafeng Gwallson, Sani Mu'azu etc.  For their contribution to the development, peace and unity on the Plateau State, the award will take place at Crest Hotel, Jos, with red carpet starting by 3:30 while events starts by 5 pm.    (more…)

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Your phone’s motion sensors can be used to hack you

You could be the most careful mobile user ever, but hackers can still steal your PINs and passwords simply by spying on your phone's motion sensors. A team of cyber researchers from the UK's Newcastle University have demonstrated how easy it is to steal a four-digit PIN by analyzing the way your phone tilts and moves as you type. You might think your phone's movements are random, but they apparently create distinct patterns. During their tests, they were able to crack four-digit PINs on the first guess 70 percent of the time and 100 percent of the PINs they us