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Despite being abandoned by Microsoft over three years ago, Windows XP is still the world’s third-most popular operating system. According to the latest statistics, it is still installed on 7.04 percent of computers around the world, eclipsed only by Windows 7 and Windows 10. Check also: Microsoft To Acquire LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion Windows XP is considered one of Microsoft’s greatest operating systems. It was exceptionally well-received when it made ...

According to The Independent, Google ’s voice search function doesn’t just turn on when you ask it to. Rather, it records almost everything.  Check also: Over 272 Million Email Accounts Stolen From Yahoo, Gmail Etc. The outlet reports that the search engine giant began doing this in June of 2015. Feeling unnerved yet? Well, it gets even wilder. You see, you can listen to ...

The internet is a resourceful tool that can improve and transform Africa’s education sector and contribute to economic transformation of African nations, a new study by the Internet Society indicates. Check also: Tanzanian President John Magufuli Sacked 10,000 Civil Servants Over Fake Education Certificates. The study, whose results were released during the just-concluded two-day African Regional Internet and Development Dialogue in ...

Arusha-based Ilboru High School’s Form Six student Gracious Ephraim has created a solar energy powered human Robot that can walk, turn its head, speak and perform a number of tasks. Check also: 4 Nigerian Teenage Girls Invented Urine-fueled Generator Gracious who pursues Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) combination said he started working on the prototype multitasking human robot about 12 months ...

A 24-YEAR-OLD physics student from Nigeria has built a working helicopter out of old car and bike parts. Mubarak Muhammed Abdullahi spent eight months building the model, using the money he makes from repairing cellphones and computers. Check also: Meet The 30 Year-Old Nigerian Tech Entrepreneur Who Is Challenging Apple In Africa While some of the parts have been sourced from ...