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Prominent solo investor Lachy Groom has backed a Bengaluru startup attempting an ambitious feat: keeping an aircraft in the sky for more than a year by harvesting energy from ocean winds. Alteon, founded by 20-year-old Samay Sanghvi, announced Tuesday that it raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Groom, with participation from Together Fund, to develop autonomous aircraft inspired by dynamic soaring, a technique albatrosses use to extract energy from the wind. Groom decided he wanted to invest within the first 30 minutes of their first meeting, Sanghvi told TechCrunch. Conventional aircraft need to carry the fuel or…

The political temperature in Imo State appears to be rising, with former governor of the state and erstwhile senator, Rochas Okorocha, locking horns with his successor, Governor Hope Uzodimma, over the coveted Imo West Senatorial District seat. What began as political rivalry has now assumed a legal dimension, as Okorocha heads to court to challenge Uzodimma’s ambition to represent Imo West in the Senate while still serving as governor. In an affidavit attached to a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Okorocha contends that Uzodimma’s tenure as governor does not expire until midnight on January 14, 2028.…

Children need a better education in sniffing aromas, a leading historian of smells has said, noting it may improve their wellbeing and help them understand the world around them.Dr Will Tullett, of the University of York, said pollution had been found to impair people’s olfactory abilities, while many objects and substances today – from margarines to car interiors and even our own homes – were stripped of their original smells and “reodourised” with synthetic scents.“There is an open question about what the proliferation of those kinds of synthetic scents in our daily lives does to our ability to discriminate between…

Nigeria’s head coach, David Fizdale, believes D’Tigers’ emphatic 100-84 victory over Cape Verde was exactly the result his team needed to keep their hopes of qualifying for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup alive. Nigeria entered Sunday’s crucial African qualifier with their record evenly split at 4-4, leaving little room for error in the race for a place at the World Cup in Qatar. With the qualification campaign entering a decisive phase, Fizdale’s message to his players was straightforward: get the fifth victory and remain in contention. D’Tigers responded in emphatic fashion, producing one of their most impressive offensive displays…

Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has acquired international sales rights to “Guardians of the Video Game,” a 3D animated feature based on the Naver Webtoon of the same name, ahead of the Toronto market. “Guardians of the Video Game” originated as a Naver Webtoon by Gasfard that has amassed 345 million views. The property was later turned into a mobile game on Google Play before reaching the screen as a full 3D animated feature. The film imagines a colorful, family-friendly realm concealed just under the surface of video games themselves, populated by a covert guild of guardians tasked with keeping each…

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A man in his early 20s has been fatally shot in an alleged home invasion in Sydney’s south-west that police believe was a “targeted attack”. A homicide investigation is under way, with the alleged offenders still at large.Acting supt Gretchin Atkins said the man, who was yet to be formally identified, was at his Glen Alpine home with his family in the early hours of Tuesday morning when multiple individuals allegedly broke in.Emergency services were called to the property at about 3.40am, Atkins said, where officers found the man with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.Officers were told…

Young people across Latin America are taking part in the contests where participants compete to prove who has the most charisma.

Nigeria’s economy grew 4.43 percent in the second quarter of 2026, its fastest second-quarter expansion in five years, but the stronger headline masks a sharp divergence across major sectors, with agriculture and services accelerating while industrial growth weakened significantly. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said real GDP growth at basic prices increased from 3.89 percent in the first quarter to 4.43 percent in the second quarter, compared with 4.23 percent in the same period of 2025. The figure was close to BusinessDay’s GDP Nowcast, which projected 4.5 percent ahead of the official release. The 0.07 percentage-point difference gives the…

The popular prediction market Polymarket has raised $300 million from 1789 Capital as part of a new funding round totaling around $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. 1789 Capital, an investment fund in which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, previously invested $200 million in the prediction site. The firm has funded other controversial tech-related projects, including the Enhanced Games, the so-called “steroid Olympics” founded by veterans of various tech companies. TechCrunch has reached out to Polymarket for comment. Prediction markets have come under increased regulatory scrutiny, as many state governments seek to institute new rules…