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KCOBA’s initiative is worthy of commendation Following a meeting with representatives of labour unions last Wednesday, the federal government has suspended the planned concession of King’s College, Lagos, to the institution’s Old Boys’ Association by two weeks. The decision came after some workers and parents had converted the premier school premises into a battleground of sorts. They shut out members of the Old Boys’ Association from entering the school premises, leading to a confrontation and police intervention. The workers and parents were protesting the proposed 50-year concession, arguing that it amounted to privatising the 117-year-old- school which, according to them,…

Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem.When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us all”.Davey is expected to lay out plans in his speech on Tuesday for a new…

File image of the then G-5 governors. By Adegboyega Adeleye Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has rejected claims that he is the only member of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G5 governors enjoying the favour of President Bola Tinubu. Wike said other members of the group have also benefited from the Tinubu administration, citing former Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, former Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. He spoke on TVC News’ Journalists’ Hangout on Monday while responding to questions about his relationship with President…

Biochemist Anna Pertl typed in her question, pressed Enter and left for the night.The artificial-intelligence system that she had prompted is designed to produce innovative scientific hypotheses. But, unlike a typical chatbot, this AI tool — called Co-Scientist — doesn’t simply generate an answer in a single pass. It launches several autonomous AI systems, known as agents, to search for and synthesize information from papers, evaluate competing explanations, refine and critique hypotheses and iteratively test ideas against published evidence.Why AI cannot do good science without humansThe process can involve vast quantities of computational power because agents pursue distinct lines of…

Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and who the Republicans have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms.At a news conference following their closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, Trump and Mamdani appeared friendly as they have in previous meetings. Mamdani said he and Trump held a “wide-ranging” discussion, which touched on affordable housing and immigration, but did not offer extensive details regarding any…

With five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, each day we will list a reason why you should join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Grab your ticket savings before prices go up on September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Plus, get a second of the same ticket type at 50% off. Register now. Reason No. 1: Discovery Part of the value of Disrupt has always been finding breakouts early. The startup you haven’t heard of yet. The technology moving from experiment to real product. The…

Some of the most affluent areas of England have had the sharpest rises in the proportion of young people claiming disability benefits for ADHD and autism since the pandemic, according to new research.Claims for the personal independence payment (Pip) benefit for these health conditions were typically proportionally far higher in deprived areas with higher rates of poverty, low educational outcomes and insecure employment.However, the fastest growth in ADHD and autism-related Pip claims has been in some of the country’s most prosperous areas such as Wokingham, Warwick, and parts of Hampshire and Surrey.This trend probably reflects swifter access to ADHD and…

A new type of brain implant could give scientists a more precise way to study the brain and may eventually contribute to treatments for neurological conditions such as epilepsy. Researchers from DTU, the University of Copenhagen, University College London, and other institutions have developed a long, needle-thin brain electrode equipped with microscopic channels. Known as the microfluidic Axialtrode (mAxialtrode), the device is designed to provide multiple functional points along the length of the implant. This allows researchers to record neural activity and deliver medication to specific locations across different parts of the brain. The findings were published in the journal…

Wale Igbintade Singer Peter Okoye of the defunct music duo, P-Square, yesterday admitted before a Federal High Court in Lagos that his elder brother, Jude Okoye, sent him six years of the group’s royalty records covering 2016 to 2022. Peter made the admission while being cross-examined by counsel to Jude, Clement Onwuewunor, SAN, in the ongoing trial of Jude and his company, Northside Music Limited, over alleged financial crimes. The singer had earlier claimed that it took Jude more than three months to provide the backend royalty records after he requested them in 2022. However, under cross-examination before Justice Alexander…