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Situational Awareness, a hedge fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sold the majority of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s Citadel following steep losses over the past month, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday. It’s a big comedown for the rising star who has been described as both “scarily smart,” and “brash.” German-born Aschenbrenner, who is 25, had no prior trading experience before launching the fund in 2024. He gained prominence for his investment thesis after publishing essays arguing that scaling AI would require a major build-up in semiconductors, compute, memory, and energy infrastructure.…

Sam Onuigbo, in  this piece, reflects on the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s recent Akwete declaration in Abia state within the broader context of women’s economic inclusion. The recent visit by the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to Abia State, has turned out to be a huge lift for rural Abia women and unparalleled positive public relations for the Akwete weaving community. It would be recalled that Dada Nwakata, a legendary 19th century master-weaver, credited with founding and revolutionising the traditional hand-woven Akwete cloth produced in Igboland, precisely in Akwete- Ndoki, Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia…

On 30 October 2014, Science published the Report “Host genetic diversity enables Ebola hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis and resistance” by A. L. Rasmussen et al. (1). The authors were recently made aware that figs. S3, S5, and S6 were published with incorrect images. In fig. S3, images of resistant mock-infected spleen (fig. S3C) and liver (fig. S3O) on day 3 after infection were inadvertently prepared from the same source image. Original data are not available to correct the figure. Higher-magnification images from the same conditions remain in the supplemental materials, with fig. S3D showing spleen and fig. S3P showing liver. In…

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ITV Studios bosses are remaining bullish in the face of declining U.S. and international revenues as the Love Island maker prepares to be unleashed onto the market. Of concern for ITV Studios, this morning’s ITV half-year results showed a 17% revenue decline in the U.S. and a 24% slide internationally, reflecting a reversal of previous fortunes. On a results call with press, ITV Studios chief Julian Bellamy put this mainly down to a “softening of demand” in the free-to-air space and said it “underlines the broader importance” of the producer-distributor pushing further into making shows for streamers and developing its…

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In a nation where political figures often remain subjects of fierce ideological contestation long after leaving office, one man continues to command an unusual level of bipartisan respect across generations and political divides. He is ex-Head of State who midwived the Fourth Republic, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Deji Elumoye reports. The launch of three books chronicling the life and public service of General Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd), was far more than a literary event. It became a national affirmation of a statesman whose brief 11-month administration fundamentally altered Nigeria’s democratic trajectory and whose influence continues to shape conversations around peace, leadership and…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned that Nigeria’s emerging state electricity markets could struggle to attract investment if states adopt different regulatory frameworks, stressing the need for stronger cooperation among electricity regulators to protect consumers and provide certainty for investors. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, Tunji Bello, gave the warning on Thursday at a stakeholders’ engagement on consumer protection and regulatory cooperation in Nigeria’s electricity sector in Abuja. The meeting brought together officials of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) and several state…

AI tools may have not yet proven to be a consumer tech revolution on the scale of the internet or even electricity, external, as many tech executives have promised for years. But there is still huge demand from people for new technology.Google said last week that 950 million people are using its Gemini chatbot at least once a month, three times the users it had a year ago.Apple on Thursday said that new versions of its core products, the Mac computer, iPhone and iPad, have been selling better this year than the company planned for or expected.So much so that…

Some Labour MPs had been calling for Abbott to be readmitted to Labour and more than 38,000 people had signed a petition backing her return. Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy told BBC Newsnight that Abbott had “given over 40 years of her life to the Labour movement and she is pleased to be back in the party that is her home”.She said she understood some Labour MPs might have concerns but that Abbott had been “very clear and sincere in her apology”.However, Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, told the same programme he was “very sad,…