Author: damazah@gmail.com

ToplineKey OpenAI investor, Softbank’s shares fell more than 10% in Asia, leading a slump in major artificial intelligence-linked stocks across global markets on Monday amid growing calls for a development slowdown from leading labs like Anthropic and OpenAI amid warnings that rapid development of the technology may pose an existential threat to humans.Leaders from top AI labs called for a slowdown in the development of the technology to allow for better safeguards.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey FactsU.S. futures were down early on Monday, led by a 1.9% drop in the tech-heavy Nasdaq futures index.AI chipmaking giant Nvidia’s shares fell 3% in…

Google’s latest folding phone sticks with its tried and tested design of a traditional phone shape when closed and almost square when open, in the face of new competition from Apple’s squat iPhone fold.The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is Google’s fourth-generation folder and is still one of the only models with a full water and dust resistance rating similar to standard slab phones. It costs from £1,799 (€1,999/$1,899/A$2,799), which is £50 (€100/$100/A$100) more than last year as the pressure of RAMageddon continues to push up prices.The 11 Pro Fold looks identical to previous models, but it is 19g lighter and…

The recent blockade of the convoy of the Presidential Candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Peter Obi in Benue State followed by the arrest of 46 suspects, has transformed a disputed political incident into an early test of Nigeria’s democratic tolerance ahead of 2027. With competing allegations, official denials and calls for investigation, the episode raises questions about political violence, security coordination and accountability. Sunday Aborisade reports. What began as a planned visit by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, to sympathise with victims of the Yelwata killings in Benue State has quickly become one…

Table tennis players can make a ball suddenly curve by giving it just the right spin. That motion is caused by the Magnus effect, a familiar piece of physics that also influences the flight of larger balls in sports such as soccer. Now, an international team working at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has observed a related effect at the atomic scale. For the first time, researchers have experimentally demonstrated the optical Magnus effect by focusing laser light on a single ion and measuring how the light interacts with it. Instead of causing an atom to follow a curved path,…

South Korean football is trying to find the goldilocks time to play the K-League. Winters have long been too cold and, increasingly, summers are too hot. This may be the Land of the Morning Calm but, for much of the time, the weather can be pretty extreme.Last week a survey revealed that more than 70% of 29 respondent coaches in Asia’s oldest professional league support a shift from the traditional March to November schedule to one that matches the European format, which starts in late August and has a winter break.It is an old debate that has intensified of late…

Conception, pregnancy and childbirth are defining human experiences, and so remain perennial themes for horror, from Rosemary’s Baby to the Alien franchise to Prevenge. Occupying a no-woman’s-land between life and death, they’re innately anxiety-inducing, perhaps making it harder for film-makers to supply a truly individual take. Debut director Raymond Creamer comes close by initially digging into the interpersonal dynamics around the home-birthing pool of a headstrong mother-to-be, before he defaults into a schlocky creature feature.Goody (Samantha Robinson) is in the pool, ready for battle, soaking in good vibes beamed at her by husband Jayson (Colby Hollman), his doula sister Candace…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Basil Ani, has warned that recent attacks on opposition political parties in Enugu State could affect President Bola Tinubu’s popularity in the state ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mr Ani disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday night. This newspaper earlier reported that hoodlums attacked and disrupted meetings of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and later PDP which were separately held on Saturday, 12 September in Ndiuno-Obuoffia and Agbani Communities within Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state. The police in Enugu State, on Sunday, ordered…

The CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Steve Kolb, was filmed wrestling with and smothering the faces of PETA activists during a New York Fashion Week show, where protesters demanded an end to the use of wool on runways. Kolb later said he had ‘reacted inappropriately’ to the incident.Published On 14 Sep 202614 Sep 2026Share Fashion industry leader wrestles PETA activists on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and China’s National Immigration Administration have explored stronger technical cooperation, intelligence sharing and capacity building as part of efforts to combat irregular migration, document fraud and transnational organised crime. The discussions took place during a bilateral meeting between the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap, and officials of the National Immigration Administration of China on September 9, on the sidelines of the Sub-Forum on Migration Management Cooperation in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. The international forum, held from September 8 to 11, brought together more than 2,000 participants from 139 countries and organisations to…

File image. ***As cost of operations rises ***Dangote Cement, UACN lead inventory build-up ***Financial experts give more insight, proffer way out By Peter Egwuatu Manufacturing companies across sectors listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, entered the second quarter of 2026 with combined inventories (unsold goods) of about N1.77 trillion, even as their cost of sales rose to N1.43 trillion, highlighting the growing financial pressures confronting businesses and consumers. Financial Vanguard findings show that combined inventories increased by 10.6 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY, against first quarter, Q1’25, which was N1.597 trillion. Over the same period, their combined cost of sales…