How Nigeria Can Attract Private Capital for Reliable, Affordable Electricity
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Barclays bank to cut about 5,000 jobs amid AI drive
LONDON: British bank Barclays announced Thursday plans to cut around 5,000 jobs, or roughly five percent of its global workforce, by the end of 2026 in an AI efficiency drive.
Black Knight’s Foley: We will do an AFC Bournemouth at Exeter Chiefs
AFC Bournemouth owner Bill Foley has said he will replicate the Premier League club’s playbook at newly acquired Prem Rugby team Exeter Chiefs.
Pa Fasoranti: Exit of a Titan of Awolowo’s Political Tradition
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When Shettima Remembers: A Lesson in Unscripted Humanity
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Yayi, 2027 and a Victory Foretold
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Law Society complaint questions U of Toronto law professor’s Indigenous ancestry
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A San Francisco gym went viral for a sign about vibe coding. The gym says it's an AI-generated fake.
A sign instructing San Francisco gym-goers not to vibe code between sets went viral. The sign was an "AI-generated fake," according to the gym.
Health Care Costs Are Becoming Unsustainable
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Most AI data centers may never be built. Blame the 'bragawatts.'
Analysts estimate that almost two-thirds of announced data center capacity may never get built. Meet the industry's "bragawatts."
One chart shows how Gen Zers are way less likely to have kids than older generations at their age
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A 5-year subscription to this popular VPN has dropped from $359.40 to just $35
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Your PDF problems just got a $23.97 solution with this all-in-one tool
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A Series Of Bad Decisions On Diesel Leads To Another Bailout Of Farmers
The rationale for Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel shipments was to lower the prices farmers and long-haul truckers were paying ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
Ireland wants a bigger piece of the AI boom. Its enterprise minister explains how
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Security Bite Podcast: Who is your AI agent really working for?
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Trump’s Education Department Scaled Back Investigations Into Discrimination and Sexual Assault on Campus, New Data Shows
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‘Go to Canada’: Trump Touted Americans’ Access to Cheaper Drugs. A New Rule Threatens It.
The Trump administration pushed back a rule — until after the midterm elections — that would complicate Americans’ access to less expensive medication imports from Canada and other countries.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the…
Harbor Adds Docker Sandboxes to Run Reproducible AI Agent Evals in Isolated MicroVMs
Docker announced that Harbor, the open-source agent evaluation framework, now works with Docker Sandboxes. This change allows each evaluation task to run in its own microVM.
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- Harbor supports up to 64 concurrent tasks in Docker Cloud Sandboxes
Article: AI Changes the Data Interface, Not the Query Engine
This article presents a disaster-recovery analytics workflow in which an AI agent generates constrained SQL or Python, DuckDB computes reproducible facts from Parquet, and the agent interprets the…
- AI can generate analytical code and reports without a traditional query engine.
- Prototype tested AI's ability to analyze service metrics and create structured reports.
- AI's effectiveness depends on context, not the disappearance of query engines.
Gold: Range cap signals pullback risk – Societe Generale
Societe Generale analysts observe that Gold has formed an interim low near $4,065 and is consolidating in a narrow range.
PHP releases emergency fixes as some of the world's biggest websites say they were targeted by hackers
PHP urges organizations to deploy the fixes immediately, as threat actors start abusing the php2shell bug
Vinci Compass acquires AustralRe to launch permanent capital platform
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Diljit Dosanjh's Delhi concert faces uncertainty as police cite security concerns
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Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt suspended over medication breach
Megan Schutt faces a two-match suspension after breaching Cricket Australia’s prescription medication guidelines.
‘Stars and Vows’: Anele and Buzza’s Netflix premiere date confirmed
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Saudi Aramco seeks to partner with countries to expand its oil stockpile, says CEO
Saudi oil production fell below seven million barrels per day for most of the war’s first six months, down from over 10 million before the conflict, according to the International Energy Agency.
Nigeria’s Ajaokuta steel revival hobbled by power, raw material gaps
…Experts demand integrated steel policy to unlock private investment, cut $4 billion import dependence Nigeria’s effort to revive the Ajaokuta
ILPA urges greater scrutiny of private equity continuation deals
Major institutional investors are calling for stronger oversight of private equity continuation vehicle transactions amid concerns that fund governance committees are failing to adequately challenge…
34 student activists convicted of illegal entry into presidential compound, US base
A court on Thursday found 34 student activists guilty of trespassing on the then presidential compound and a U.S. military base between 2022 and 2024.
Pakistan May Set Daily LPG Prices as Cylinder Costs Top Rs. 10,000
Pakistan is considering setting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices daily instead of monthly as prices surge to Rs. 750 per … Read More The post Pakistan May Set Daily LPG Prices as Cylinder Costs…
Comrades Marathon organisers end rumours that novice runners were given preference
A total of 3,923 novices (14% of the field) have been given entries for the 2027 race, compared to 5,377 first-timers (23.7%) who participated in 2026.
MyEG suspension to continue as RM314m outstanding payment remains unsettled, says Loke
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CVC explores Verisure take-private one year after €13.7bn IPO
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Runway to runway: HSY to design the new look of PIA crew
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Trump administration divided over housing order
The White House has grappled with how to address the cost of living ahead of the midterms.
Why both parties are welcoming Trump in Iowa
Democrats are banking that the president’s presence helps them due to his unpopularity.
Websites go dark after AI exposes major programming language security flaw
Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the…
- PHP security flaw exposed, affecting 70% of websites
- AI discovered vulnerabilities using GPT-5.6 Sol model
- Global services went dark for updates, including Wikipedia
DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion To Scale and Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic Dominance
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen massive developments from the frontier models. DeepSeek, which rattled Wall Street in 2025 with a cheap, surprisingly capable AI model, has completed a The post…
Japanese-Themed Dining Chain Harajuku Tokyo Café Raises $3 Mn
Japanese-themed dining chain Harajuku Tokyo Cafe has raised $3 Mn (around ₹28 Cr) in a pre-Series A funding round led…
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Exploring movies, gaming, Pop culture trends using Boolalive
A trailer drops at 12 pm. By dinnertime, half the internet has chosen a side, created a theory, and made a meme. If you blink you'll lose the entire cycle. That's why people are talking about movies, video games and TV shows when they're still hot. It's OK to read comments, of course.
Where fossil fuels are lurking in your home — room by room
Tour our miniature dream house to see how oil and gas became part of everyday products.
Purity IT Wins 15.4M SAR NCGR Work Order
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Purity for Information Technology Co. has received a 15,423,299 SAR work order from the National Centre for Government Resources Systems (NCGR).
Pakistani-origin surgeon Asif Hasan receives Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award
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MMA urges BNM to clarify patient protection amid cashless restrictions
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Novo Pakistan Steps Up to Support Insulin Access
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'My surgeon told me that without the muscle mass around my neck and shoulders, I would probably have died': Why every cyclist should add strength work to their training
Having previously feared gym work would build bulky muscles, cyclists are now embracing the benefits of time in gym