e-CRVS Launch 👨🏻‍💻 | Sony has sold over 46.6 million PS5 consoles 🎮

e-CRVS Launch 👨🏻‍💻 | Sony has sold over 46.6 million PS5 consoles 🎮

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Nigeria Embraces Digital Transformation with Launch of e-CRVS and National Geospatial Data Repository

In a significant move towards enhancing national planning and public service delivery, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced the launch of the Digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (e-CRVS) and the National Geospatial Data Repository. During a ceremony at the State House in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu emphasized the critical importance of accurate data on Nigeria’s population demographics for the country’s strategic planning and development efforts.

The e-CRVS is designed to be an integrative platform, which according to President Tinubu, will enhance service delivery to Nigerians and become a central repository of identity data for federal agencies, including the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and other security agencies.……Continue reading

BUSINESS

Sony has now sold over 46.6 million PS5 consoles

With the end of this month being Black Friday, and the festive season shopping kicking off in earnest thereafter, Sony will be placing plenty of importance on the sale of its PS5 consoles, but so far, Sony has had a blockbuster quarter when it comes to PlayStation 5 sales.

The company has sold 4.9 million PS5 units in its second financial quarter ending on September 30, bringing the total number of consoles sold to 46.6 million. It didn’t quite reach last year’s holiday figures, but it still moved 1.6 million units more than the same period in 2022.….Continue reading

Amazon layoffs continue, eliminates jobs in the music division

Amazon has begun cutting jobs in its Music division, the company announced on Wednesday, confirming the latest of several rounds of layoffs over the past year that have affected more than 27,000 employees of the retail giant. Employees in Latin America, North America and Europe received notices that their jobs had been eliminated Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the layoff though she declined to say how many employees were impacted.….Continue reading

Do You Know That……

you can choose a new position for your address bar in Chrome on iOS: You can move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of your iPhone screen. Some people prefer different address bar positions depending on the size of their hands and devices, and Google took those preferences into account when building this highly requested feature.

If you’d like to move your address bar, long-press on it and select the "Move address bar to bottom" option. Or just navigate to the Settings menu and select “address bar” to choose your preferred spot.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Ford’s subsidiary in South Africa to allocate $281 million towards the production of hybrid vehicles

Ford Motor Company’s South African division has declared an investment of 5.2 billion rand (approximately $281 million) to manufacture a hybrid model in the country. This significant investment underscores the urgency for the South African government to develop a robust electric vehicle policy amidst rapid global shifts toward sustainable automotive technology.

South Africa’s automotive sector, a critical component of its economy representing 5% of the GDP and sustaining over 100,000 jobs, is predominantly export-oriented. With approximately three-quarters of its cars exported primarily to Europe, the looming bans on the sale of new petrol vehicles by 2035 in the UK and Europe pose a significant challenge to the industry.…..Continue reading

Uber unveils electric vehicles for Uber Package in Cape Town

Uber commemorated its 10-year anniversary in South Africa by announcing its first electric vehicle (EV) fleet, which will be used for its Uber Package delivery service.

It is also introducing new mobility and delivery products, as well as expanding its existing services to new geographies in the country.

According to a statement, the EV for Uber Package will first be available in Cape Town. Uber Package is an in-app same-day delivery service that allows people to send and receive items such as a business order, care package or gift…….Continue reading

OTHER STORIES

• Google pleads with regulators to make Apple open up iMessage. Google, along with various telecommunications firms, is urging European authorities to mandate interoperability of Apple’s iMessage with other smartphones. This could mean the end of Android users in Europe being teased for their green text bubbles when messaging iPhone users, should Google’s proposal be adopted.

• OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffers major outage, Cyberattack to blame. OpenAI is grappling with “abnormal traffic” that suggests hackers are trying to swamp its services, revealing for the first time the potential cause of outages that’ve plagued ChatGPT this week.

  The Microsoft-backed startup, which helped galvanize the development of generative AI around the world, said it spotted signs of a Distributed Denial of Service attack, where external perpetrators try to overload a platform by repeatedly pinging it…..Continue reading