Radware’s cybersecurity team’s discovery of a flaw in ChatGPT was more than a routine code check; they called the process a “rollercoaster” that ended with a startling breakthrough. They revealed a method hackers could have used to silently steal private data directly from users’ Gmail accounts. The vulnerability was centred…
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Smart Megwai
Smart is a Tech Writer. His passion for educating people is what drives him to provide practical tech solutions which helps solve everyday tech-related issues.
For years, Mark Zuckerberg pursued his metaverse obsession like a billionaire’s fever dream. He poured billions into bulky headsets and promoted virtual avatars with no legs, all for a futuristic vision that failed to materialise. But at this week’s Meta Connect 2025 in Menlo Park, Meta changed its tone. The…
When Blockchain.com first hinted at an African expansion earlier this year, insiders weren’t surprised that Nigeria was at the top of the list. The country is too big, too fast-moving, and too crypto-curious to ignore. Now, seven months later, the UK-based crypto giant has made it official: Lagos is home…
Weekday traffic in Lagos is relentlessly unpredictable, clogging roads across the city. For years, officers from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have worked in all weather, directing “danfos” and clearing minor accidents to maintain order for over 20 million residents. This week, however, LASTMA acknowledged that its traditional…
A friend messaged me about a website he found. “Hey,” he wrote, “I saw a preorder site that says ‘guaranteed iPhone 17 before everyone else’, but it only asks for card details and shipping fee up front. Seems too good to be true.” His suspicion was completely justified. That single…
Authorities intercepted a suspicious shipping container en route to Lagos. The shippers had falsely declared its contents as spare parts, but inside they discovered something far more dangerous: 277 cartons of counterfeit malaria medicines valued at over ₦1.2 billion. On Monday, the agency behind the operation, Nigeria’s National Agency for…
On a rainy Tuesday in Lagos, I was buying groceries and noticed someone arguing at a POS terminal about high fees and unauthorised charges. The argument reflects common frustrations in Nigerian markets: hidden costs, a loss of trust, and the belief that complaining is useless. However, consumer complaints are yielding…
For millions of Nigerians living with diabetes, a vial of insulin isn’t just medicine, it’s survival. Yet for decades, that survival has depended almost entirely on imported supplies. This dependence has left patients and their families grappling with unpredictable shortages, crippling costs, and the constant uncertainty of vulnerable foreign supply…
Anyone who’s ever stared at those tiny WhatsApp checkmarks knows the weight they can carry. One tick, message sent. Two ticks, message delivered. Two ticks in blue? Message read, and now you’re waiting, wondering, maybe overthinking. For years, that classic grey-to-blue shift has been part of WhatsApp’s unspoken language. But…
It’s been a turbulent year for Temu. Once the darling of U.S. bargain hunters, the e-commerce platform was rocked by Donald Trump’s tariff changes, which effectively ended duty-free small parcel imports. The model that Temu had built its U.S. success on, which involved shipping low-cost goods directly from Chinese factories…
For months, the conversation around AI and music has been stuck on one question: who gets paid when the machines start composing? This week, Sweden gave the world its first real answer. The Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM), which represents more than 100,000 songwriters and composers, has signed what it…
If you grew up in Nigeria, groundnuts are not just a crop. They’re a memory, sold in “cones” of old newspaper at motor parks, eaten roasted during long road trips. Groundnuts: “Gyada” in Hausa, “Epa” in Yoruba, “Ahuekere” in Igbo, are a staple of daily life. But behind the familiar…
It started with a growing unease. When Attaullah Baig joined Meta in 2021 as a software engineering manager, he eventually became the Head of Security for WhatsApp. But the system he found wasn’t a fortress; it was a security nightmare. Baig says he uncovered glaring vulnerabilities that would alarm any…
I can still remember the excitement of playing Call of Duty late at night, shouting things like “He’s on the catwalk!” into a microphone. For many of us, it wasn’t just a game. It was a place to hang out and bond with friends while battling in a virtual world.…
I have written more articles in my career than I could ever hope to count. Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Maybe fifty thousand. But this one is different. It carries a weight of disappointment, even sadness. Because it is about a product that had everything going for it, yet still disappeared.…
Juggling a full-time job while building a side business has been one of the most formative experiences of my life. It has taught me grit, time management, and the raw mechanics of creating value from scratch. But the most unexpected lesson was how this entrepreneurial spirit transformed my performance at…
“Why must we import everything?” As a child, I frequently asked this question whenever I noticed the “Made in China” or “Made in Japan” labels on my toys, television, or other electronics. It was surprising to me that a country as vast and resourceful as ours struggled to produce even…
I’ve recently started watching documentaries, and it has had a profound impact on my writing. If you’re a writer, I highly recommend making this a regular practice. One by Augustine Chidiebere, Founder of Delvett, tells the compelling story of a billionaire who built Nigeria’s first car brand. A line from…
When my family has a hospital appointment, there’s a place we always end up. After each visit to TopTee Medical Centre in Surulere, Lagos, we head straight next door to Chicken Republic. It started the day we strolled in for lunch and ate their chicken for the first time. Since…
The last time you and I thought about memory chips might have been in our secondary or high school, during those lessons on floppy disks and how to shut down Windows XP “the right way.” Since then, we haven’t given them a second thought. They work quietly inside our laptops…