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The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a preliminary heat on Saturday, Tiangong Ultra, made by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation ​Center, ran the distance in 9.39 seconds, followed by the Honor-developed Lightning at 9.47 seconds.It’s one of several notable achievements to take place at the event, which can best be described as a sort of annual robot olympics that’s designed to showcase advancements in bipedal bot technology. After launching in 2025, 2,056 robots from 16 countries are participating in…

A quiet unease is building around the Ondo State Government House, centred on the working relationship between Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his deputy, Dr Olayide Adelami. None of the claims driving the speculation has been independently confirmed. The most concrete allegation involves money. Sources close to the matter claim more than N180 million in running costs, travel allowances, and other entitlements owed to the Deputy Governor’s office have gone unpaid for months, straining its ability to function. Questions have also touched the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Omomumi Isaac, with claims that her office played a role in withholding the payments.…

The Carabao Cup is back for the 2026/27 season, with every second-round tie live on Sky Sports! The 11 Premier League clubs not involved in European commitments will enter the competition at this stage, setting up some tasty ties ahead of the nine remaining sides joining in round three. That includes a case of deja-vu with an all-Premier League clash between Nottingham Forest and Leeds on Tuesday, as Oliver Glasner’s side look to get revenge from their late league defeat at the City Ground only three days earlier. On Wednesday, you can see Newcastle hope to clinch a first win…

Gamescom 2026 is set to be the biggest edition of the event yet, with more than 1,600 exhibitors expected to take part in the Germany-based gaming showcase. Since launching in Cologne in 2009, gamescom has grown into one of the world’s largest gaming events, drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees and exhibitors from around the globe annually. The record turnout comes during a challenging period for the global games industry, which has faced widespread layoffs, studio restructures and closures in recent years. Ahead of the event, Deadline spoke with Felix Falk, Managing Director of games at The German Games Industry…

The African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Oluwadamola Sol-Nuyi, has rejected Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat’s advice to young workers struggling with high rents to consider living with their parents, relatives or sharing accommodation. In a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, Mr Sol-Nuyi stated that the advice amounted to an acknowledgement of Lagos’ housing crisis rather than a solution to it. Mr Hamzat, who is also the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), gave the advice during a question-and-answer session on Nigeria Info FM recently.  He was responding to a question about how a…

Published On 24 Aug 202624 Aug 2026At least 30 people have been killed after a towering heap of rubbish collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, following heavy overnight rains, authorities said.The landslide struck shortly after 2am (02:00 GMT) on Sunday at the Dar es Salam open-air dump, sending a mountain of waste crashing onto nearby shacks.Rescue workers dug through debris to reach survivors as six critically injured people were taken to hospital and several homes were reported destroyed.The main dumping ground for the city of two million people had been scheduled for closure on Sunday, officials said.Residents…

A video appearing to show hundreds of women, children and elderly people being held by armed men has emerged following a mosque attack in Nigeria’s Niger State. Residents estimate that as many as 600 people were abducted, underscoring the growing scale of insecurity in the country’s north-central region. The footage, circulated online, shows large groups of people seated in what appears to be a forested area, surrounded by armed men. Children can be heard crying as one of the gunmen addresses the captives. Residents told Reuters that about 600 people were abducted during attacks on communities in the area. However,…

GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting with traditional flagships, before rolling out to Motorola’s foldable phones and perhaps cheaper models, eventually.In a Mastodon thread, the GrapheneOS Foundation announced that it will initially support a Motorola slab flagship phone, but will later support both Razr Fold and Razr Ultra foldables — the latter of which would be the first flip phone to officially run GrapheneOS.Graphene has always had stringent security standards when it comes to hardware. The organization…

‘We are with you in this struggle all the way, Burnham tells UkraineBurnham continues by saying that “Ukraine has been Europe’s protector, not a drain on our security, but the frontline of keeping Europe safe.” “That’s why I believe the Ukrainian people deserve not just our continued support, but our gratitude and our respect.” He congratulates Ukraine on its Independence Day on behalf of the UK.He repeats that the UK believes recognises Ukraine’s “independence and sovereignty in full,” and believes that “international borders cannot be changed by force.”He tells “the people of this country, from Lviv to Luhansk, … that…

These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields. But little is known about the behaviour of juvenile harriers once they leave the nest. This year, for the first time, the RSPB has fitted two of the chicks with satellite tags in the hope of providing the birds with better protection.”It will allow us for the first time ever to work out where they’re going, what migration route, how long they’ll spend there, and will they come back to the UK…