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Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretically make it easier to play games.With foldable gaming mode, which is set to launch in the coming months, the virtual controller emulates physical button presses at a system level and is designed to work “with any game that supports physical controllers,” says Google’s Mishaal Rahman on Reddit. For the actual inputs, the virtual controller will have a D-pad; left and right virtual sticks; A, B, X, and Y buttons; L1, L2, L3; R1, R2,…

Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he would send to President Trump a bipartisan housing bill cleared by Congress, despite the president’s decision a day earlier to scrap a much-anticipated signing ceremony for the measure.Mr. Trump has yet to commit to signing the legislation, which he has diminished as being “of minor importance” even as members of his own party have celebrated it as a crucial victory that can lower housing costs.Mr. Johnson’s announcement came after he had a lengthy meeting with Mr. Trump at the White House.Sending the president a bill that has passed both chambers of Congress…

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01978-8Once the realm of science fiction, the idea of making Mars habitable is gaining traction. Nature consulted with key scientists to develop this experimental adventure.

Jun 25, 2026, 02:50 PM ETDetroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, who is facing felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, appeared at a hearing Thursday in Tampa, Florida, and was ordered held without bail until a pretrial detention hearing scheduled for Monday morning.Prosecutors will argue at that hearing that Arnold should remain in custody without bail until trial, the Hillsborough County (Florida) District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.Arnold briefly appeared in court Thursday by video as a judge announced charges of kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy against the cornerback. The charges could carry a sentence of up to life in prison.”He’s…

Somtochukwu Okafor, the third son of the late actor John “Mr Ibu” Okafor, has pushed back against his father’s widow, Stellamaris, after she publicly appealed for financial help to cover the rent for their home and his children’s school fees. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Ms Stellamaris and her children appealed during an interview with content creator Mukoro “King Mitchy” Michelle. In the interview, which went viral on Thursday, they described their living conditions, revealing that they had been without electricity for about two months and relied on a well for water, among other hardships. “We fetch water from the well.…

Shafali Verma’s half-century helps the 50-over world champions reach the target inside 17 overs at Old Trafford.Published On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026India beat Bangladesh by five wickets in Manchester to bolster their hopes of a semifinal place at the Women’s T20 World Cup.Chasing a modest target of 137 at Old Trafford, opener Shafali Verma struck 53 from 34 balls as India reached their target inside 17 overs on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSouth Africa, meanwhile, capitalised on a maiden T20 international century from Tazmin Brits to overwhelm the Netherlands by 88 runs.That means India and South…

“There was absolutely no reason to release that crime scene,” said Joseph Giacalone, retired NYPD sergeant, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of a textbook about criminal investigation now in its fourth edition.”That entire house, the property, should have been cordoned off. No one should have stepped foot in that location other than law enforcement, and only for the purposes of doing the investigation.”Even if arrests were made in the future, he said, possible crime scene management issues mean “everything is going to be questioned” by the defence.Mishandling a crime scene drastically reduces the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to immediately freeze all accounts and assets linked to six individuals and four Bureau de Change (BDC) operators recently designated for terrorism and terrorism-financing-related activities. In a circular signed by Olubunmi Ayodele-Oni, the CBN’s Director of Compliance Department, on Thursday, the apex bank said the sanctions followed recent designations by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) and the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under Executive Order 13224, as amended. The CBN said the Nigeria Sanctions List was updated on 18 June…

YouTube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short-form videos. The Google-owned platform announced Thursday that Shorts now comes with a setting that allows users to double their playback speed. The point of making what is an already brief experience even briefer is to let users “absorb information more quickly or find your favorite part faster,” the platform said. In an apparent bid for a more positive web, YouTube has also nixed the Shorts dislike button. Instead of disliking a video, users will now have to rely…

By AbdulAzeez AbdulAzeez Olumide In the race for political leadership, popularity often commands attention. Yet history repeatedly shows that the leaders who leave lasting legacies are not always the most visible; they are often those who possess the competence, experience, and capacity to translate vision into results. As discussions surrounding the future leadership of Lagos State gather momentum, one name continues to feature prominently in political and governance circles: Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat. The question is no longer whether he has the ambition to lead, but whether his record in public service provides sufficient justification for those who believe he…