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Tech News September 25 - 3 October 2021: Latest Technology News Roundup

Tech News September 25 - 3 October 2021: Latest Technology N

Welcome to the AllNews roundup of the top 5 Tech News of this week.

NBTE Inaugurates Digital Portal For Accreditation, Quality Assurance Visitations

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has inaugurated a digital portal for sourcing resource persons for the accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.

Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the board, who inaugurated the portal in Kaduna on Tuesday, said the portal would also be used for other quality assurance visitations. Read more here.

Air Taxi: Honda Announces Plan To Build Electric VTOLs

Honda has announced on Thursday that it is working to further expand its manufacturing portfolio to include electric VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing) vehicles for inter and intracity commutes.

Honda stated that it will leverage not only the lithium battery technology it's developed for its EV and PHEV vehicles for its eVTOL but also a gas turbine hybrid power unit to give the future aircraft enough range to handle regional inter-city flights as well. Read more here.

Ericsson Signs $2bn Sustainability Credit Facility

Multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson announced that it has signed a $2 billion (₦821 billion) sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, renewing an undrawn $2billion (₦821 billion) credit facility signed in 2013.

The facility has a five-year tenor with two one-year extension options and will serve as a facility for general corporate purposes. Read more here.

Google Stadia's New Feature Now Allows Phones As Gamepad

Google has rolled out a new feature that will let TC-bound Stadia players use their Android phone or iPhone as a virtual gamepad.

According to Google, casual gamers do not need the official Stadia Controller when they want to use Google’s game streaming service on the TV and they can also use third-party gamepads by connecting them to their phone through Bluetooth or USB. Read more here.

Nigeria At 61: Google Celebrates Independence With Doodle

Search engine giant, Google on October 1, celebrated Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day anniversary on its website with a special doodle depicting a red coloured Eagle atop an image of the national colours of Green and White.

Google announced that in celebration of Nigeria 61st Independence, “Today’s doodle celebrates this monumental occasion with a depiction of Nigeria’s national animal and symbol of strength— the Eagle.” Read more here.

These are the latest Technology news that made trends during the week. Visit our website https://allnews.ng for more Technology news around the world.

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