The government intends to spend a total of Shs104.5 billion to develop, launch and operationalise two satellites, including the one launched on Monday, a draft budget obtained by the Media indicates. The budget is for the national Innovation, Technology Development and Transfer Programme Implementation Action Plan for 2020 to 2025. This information is comes after…
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Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology
By James FitzGerald Follow us HICGI News Agency on all social media Japan’s digital minister has “declared war” on floppy disks and other retro tech used by the country’s bureaucrats. Around 1,900 government procedures still require businesses to use the storage devices, plus CDs and mini-discs, Taro Kono said. He said regulations would be updated to…
What are the nuclear codes?
By Stephanie Pappas An FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home was motivated in part by a hunt for documents related to nuclear weapons, The Washington Post reported Thursday (Aug. 11), spurring chatter from media commentators and on social media that Trump may have inappropriately held on to the nuclear codes. The anonymous sources…
Apple Watch Series 8 Will Reportedly Come With a Larger Display
The Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly sport a 1.99-inch display size. By Apoorva Sinha | Updated: 5 July 2022 06:56 EAT Apple is expected to launch three variants of the Apple Watch Series 8 The watch series will also reportedly feature a body temperature sensor Apple Watch Series 8 is also said to get…
Whistleblower brings Mark Zuckerberg to knees, Facebook is now called Meta
By E K Benj & Samantha Murphy Kelly, Updated at 2304 EAT – Thu October 28, 2021 Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the “metaverse” and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents. Founder Mark Zuckerberg said…
Virgin Galactic: Sir Richard Branson 17 Year Project to Space.
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. By Jonathan Amos, E K Benj & Paul Rincon The UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 years. The trip was, he said,…
Dot on iPhone; behind iOS 14 green and orange lights at the top of the screen
If there is an orange dot in the top right of your screen, above the signal icon, it means your microphone is on and recording Apple recently launched iOS 14, its latest iPhone operating system, and it comes with a host of long-awaited updates. Among them are the ability to customise your home screen with…
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