Pentagon 'Erroneously' Retweets Post Urging Trump To Resign

The Pentagon's official Twitter account on Thursday (16 November) briefly retweeted a post calling for President Donald Trump to resign before quickly deleting it.

Ford has unveiled a new 'smart' trucker cap that can sense when drivers are getting tired and alert them to take a break.

The heavy-truck division of Ford Brazil made the "Safe Cap" so that long-haul drivers could be told to take a rest and potentially prevent serious crashes. Ford loaded the hat with an accelerometer and gyroscope to sense when the driver's head starts to nod off.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will soon auction and assignment new spectrums to boost broadband penetration in the country.

The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta made this known in Lagos during the Telecom Executives and Regulator Forum, organised by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).

Elections in 18 separate nations were influenced by online disinformation campaigns last year, suggests research.

Independent watchdog Freedom House looked at how online discourse was influenced by governments, bots and paid opinion formers.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is planning to build a smart city in Arizona, according to a report in Popular Mechanics. A group controlled by Cascade Investment LLC, an investment firm run by Gates, has invested approximately $80m (£61m) to buy nearly 25,000 acres of undeveloped land in Arizona for building a planned community of the future, which will be called 'Belmont'.

The land, located in an area called West Valley, some 45 minutes west of Phoenix, will see the development of commercial as well as residential units.

YouTube is to restrict the availability of videos showing children's characters in violent or sexual scenes if they are reported by viewers.

Last week, a blog post by writer James Bridle highlighted how YouTube was still being swamped by bizarre and indecent videos aimed at children.