Vadim Gerasimov was a 16-year-old intern at the Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences when Alexey Pajitnov asked him to port Tetris to the IBM PC. The early Electronika 60 version used crude character graphics; Gerasimov’s version, written in Pascal, used colored blocks. It took him less than three weeks to write the…
The entrepreneur was born in Holland and moved to New York as a teenager, graduating from Stuyvesant High School in 1972. He studied computer science at the University of Hawaii. In the late 1970s, he moved to Japan, started Bullet-Proof Software, and published The Black Onyx , one of the first Japanese-language role-playing games. It…
Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov was born on 16 April 1955 in Moscow, which was then part of the Soviet Union. He studied at the computer engineering faculty and got hired by the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences. In 1984, while experimenting with the capabilities of the Electronika 60 computer, he decided to test…
Before 1 October start of the free 100 MB a day educational data, prepare your phone or laptop to maximise the allowance. Update your device operating system and browser so that pages load efficiently. An outdated browser or operating system is also a reason for unnecessary problems when accessing learning platforms. Clear cached data and…
When a transmission tower crashes or a major transmission line fails, information about restoration of the outage may flow faster within local network groups and TCN regional updates than in global news headlines. For the citizen trying to decipher what is occurring during the long outage, the first step is to follow the official Transmission…
Nigeria is getting ready to adopt a new national emergency number, 112, which will replace the different numbers that people have been using to access police, ambulance, fire, and other emergency services. Once the new system is fully activated, calling 112 from either a mobile phone or landline should connect you to a control room,…
AI cybercrimes have become rampant in Nigeria, with phishing, business email compromise and deepfake impersonation being on the rise. Although these crimes often involve large organizations and public figures, everyday internet users can also fall for well-executed scams. This article will highlight some practical ways to avoid being swindled by AI crimes. Firstly, it is…
Routine United states visa processing is now centralized at the Consulate General in Lagos. Abuja is no longer processing standard non-immigrant or immigrant visa interviews. Applicants under the new process must first complete their DS-160 form and pay the machine-readable visa fee before an appointment can be scheduled. The confirmation code is to be kept…
Those preparing for the Federal Government’s free daily data scheme should be starting to organise their records. Eligible learners in public secondary schools and public tertiary institutions will be receiving 100 megabytes of data on approved educational platforms from 1 October 2026. The allowance will be zero-rated, meaning it will not impact on your regular…
Viral videos claiming crisis situations under bridges, in markets or at public facilities spread rapidly and often require later correction. Before forwarding, pause and examine the clip for location clues, timestamps and original upload source. A video can look recent while actually being older footage, and a familiar location can also be wrongly attached to…