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The Global transparency body, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), has scored the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) very high in its latest global assessment. The EITI’s Deputy Executive Director, Bady Baldé, made this known when he led an EITI delegation to the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, in Abuja. Mr Baldé, in a statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye, said the delegation’s visit was to communicate the…

Apple is on a roll when it comes to having its hand forced by state entities and governing bodies: Alternative payment methods, stripping features from existing hardware, allowing alternate app stores and genuine browser default competition – everywhere you turn it seems to be satisfying some reversal, owing either to trial judgements not going its way or to lawmakers regulating its preferred way of doing business out of existence. Apple does not enjoy this, which should surprise exactly no one. What should be a tad…

Count Spotify among those not thrilled with how Apple has chosen to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets the stage for sideloading apps, alternative app stores, browser choice, and more. On Friday, the streaming music company issued its response to Apple’s new DMA rules, calling the new fees imposed on developers “extortion” and Apple’s compliance plan “a complete and total farce,” that demonstrated the tech giant believes that the rules don’t apply to them. Apple earlier this week announced a…

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is none too pleased with Apple’s new App Store rules, dubbing them once again a case of “malicious compliance” and filled with “junk fees.” As reported earlier this week, Apple today announced it will charge fees on “sideloaded” apps in the EU — that is, apps and games downloaded from outside its own App Store, like those Epic plans to offer. Apple’s new rules, which go into effect in the EU as part of the tech giant’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), target larger…

If you have worked remotely for too long, you have perhaps forgotten all the “joys” of being around random people, from ceaseless sounds and noises to smells that make you long for the days of mandatory masking.A woman was told to work from the office one day, despite being on medication that made her quite gassy. Despite her explaining the possible results, her manager was quite insistent, so she simply decided that there was nothing left to do but maliciously comply. We got reached out to AdventurousWave4721 via…

Good communication is the bedrock of any thriving and ethical company. Without it, you’re leaving an awful lot of things to chance, all the while pushing your staff away. However, employees sometimes come up with very creative ways to remind management why it’s so vital to keep them updated properly.Case in point, redditor u/MagicManicPanic revealed how they and their colleagues banded together to teach their company a lesson after they barely got any heads up for mandatory training over the weekend. It was a brilliant…

After the Supreme Court declined to hear Apple’s appeal, the company will finally have to let developers offer links to external payment methods, but Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is not happy with Apple’s counteroffer. Taking to X, Sweeney laid out his arguments against Apple's compliance in a handful of central points, whilst calling its compliance “Bad Faith”. The first is critical of Apple’s new 27% commission taken on web purchases. Sweeney argues this will kill competition as developers will be effectively giving up a…

Each school has its own set of rules to maintain a safe environment and teach students discipline and responsibility. However, they’re not always fair in kids’ eyes. So they rebel.Reddit user u/PinkOrgasmatron’s husband was one of those anarchists. When a new principal arrived, she disapproved of the student’s luscious locks and instructed him to cut them. Unable to say goodbye to his long hair, the boy came up with a plan to outsmart the head teacher of the school.The student was sporting his luscious locks until the…

Humans have always explored ways to make human lives more efficient, faster, and productive and enable us to do more in the limited available time. Throughout human existence, there have been millions or billions of inventions that have come into existence to solve a problem or a specific human need, again with the main objective that is to enhance the quality of Human life and existence. In this relentless pursuit of operational efficiency, continuously evolving fields such as the banking sector continually seek…

Nearly 60% of businesses surveyed reported having either matured Responsible AI (RAI) practices and policies or having initiated formal steps towards adoption of such responsible practices, according to a report by industry body Nasscom. About 30% reported having basic awareness of RAI imperatives without a formal strategy or framework, the report said citing the early insights on the state of RAI in India. Based on analysis of the data collected through a survey of over 500 senior executives from across large…