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You see a lot of interesting phones when you’re among tech journalists.I’m thinking of two in particular that I held this past week: One was solid gold, with ornate engravings. It was elaborately embellished, heavy — an actual work of art. The other was the Trump phone.I know. The Trump phone. The one announced almost a year ago that has shipped to almost nobody. But when you associate with tech enthusiasts from all over the country, you find some rare things. And suffice to say that someone managed to get this incredibly rare device. They weren’t supposed to be showing…
Bitcoin (BTC) hit $64,000 after Friday’s Wall Street open while analysis warned of “unreliable” BTC price support.Key points:Bitcoin hits local highs during the US trading session as US-Iran peace hopes offer modest risk-asset relief.SpaceX looks set to launch the largest IPO ever witnessed,BTC price concerns linger over the ability of a key trend line to hold as support.Crypto, risk assets “shrug off” inflation headwindsData from TradingView showed BTC/USD retaining gains as crypto and risk-asset markets surfed mixed signals over a US-Iran peace deal.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewAt the time of writing, there was no official information about whether a deal…
The Pitt stars haven’t been that surprised by cast exits after there were jokes made on set about people being written off. “That was something that was just always spoken about when we were filming, just that there’s characters that are gonna come and go,” Supriya Ganesh told Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, June 11. Ganesh recalled executive producer and star Noah Wyle mentioning it. “Noah would joke around and laugh and go like, ‘Who am I gonna get rid of this season’ as a joke, so it just was very much something that was just part of how they structured…
The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to draw inspiration from the 12 June 1993 election and work to ensure credible, transparent, and people-driven elections in 2027. In a Democracy Day message posted on his X handle on Friday, Mr Obi said 12 June should serve as a moment of reflection on the state of Nigeria’s democracy and governance. He urged citizens to assess whether the country’s democratic institutions were living up to the ideals symbolised by the historic 1993 presidential election. According to him, the annual observance of 12 June provides an…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has commended the Department of State Services, the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force for their role in enhancing security in the state and the South-East region. Mbah gave the commendation on Friday after inspecting a cache of arms and ammunition recovered by security operatives during a raid on the armoury of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (Eastern Security Network) in Enugu State. According to a statement by the state government on Friday, the governor visited the State DSS headquarters, where he inspected the recovered weapons allegedly seized during a joint operation involving…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an Aviation Security officer, Inspector Ali Baffa, and two suspected accomplices at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport over an alleged attempt to smuggle unprocessed gold bars valued at more than ₦4.4 billion out of Nigeria. The Kano Zonal Directorate of the EFCC disclosed this in a statement posted on the commission’s official social media platforms on Friday. The anti-graft agency said, “Baffa was apprehended on Thursday during a routine surveillance operation at the airport.” The commission added that the aviation security officer concealed 22.2 kilograms of gold bars in his trousers…
The Imole Campaign Council, the group leading the re-election campaign of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has accused the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state of engaging in persistent culture of political intimidation, threats, and inflammatory rhetoric. The council, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, in commemoration of June 12 Democracy Day celebrations, in Osogbo on Friday, recalled the incident of shooting witnessed in some communities across the state, alleging that a convoy branded with APC colours carried out the coordinated attacks. Olajengbesi also said eyewitnesses accounts confirmed that the said “Convoy moved through Akoda,…
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his country’s opening World Cup match against Panama in Toronto after being denied entry into Canada. The 32-year-old, who is part of Ghana’s squad and currently plays for Spanish club Villarreal, was expected to travel with the team from their training base in Boston. However, his visa application was rejected by Canadian authorities, preventing him from entering the country for the fixture. As reported by BBC Sport on Friday, in a statement, FIFA confirmed the development and clarified that it does not intervene in immigration decisions taken by host nations. “FIFA is not involved…
You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a few things” and “utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer.” But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good.On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone’s built-in assistant to be…
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried failed to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence tied to the collapse of FTX after a three-judge appeals panel rejected his bid for relief.The unanimous ruling by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York, found that the government’s case against Bankman-Fried was, in the court’s words, “conservatively stated, robust,” according to Reuters.Source: Toby Cunningham“While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were safe, he was simultaneously using FTX as his own personal piggy bank, spending customer funds on real estate, political contributions, and investments,”…
