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On Nvidia’s earnings call Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang casually announced the company had “achieved AGI,” one of the tech industry’s ultimate goals some of its biggest players have spent years chasing. Almost immediately, Huang dismissed the coveted milestone as “senseless.”He’s right. For the supposed finish line of the AI race, there is no consensus on what artificial general intelligence means, let alone how we’ll know when we’ve actually got there, which makes achieving it equally arbitrary.Asked about OpenAI’s pursuit of AGI, Huang said that when it comes to Nvidia, “for many tasks, we could say that we’ve already achieved AGI.”…

US financial services giant Charles Schwab plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding its direct cryptocurrency offering beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).Schwab Crypto began rolling out to retail clients in May, initially offering direct Bitcoin and Ether trading alongside traditional investments through Schwab’s website, mobile app and thinkorswim platform.The brokerage said it planned to add more cryptocurrencies and digital assets over time, though it did not specify which assets it is considering or provide a timeline beyond the three newly announced tokens.Schwab charges 75 basis points,…

Sandra Bullock debuted a shoulder tattoo that some fans are speculating may be in honor of both her kids and her late partner, Bryan Randall. The Oscar winner, 62, turned heads on the red carpet at the European premiere of Practical Magic 2 in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday, August 26, alongside costar Nicole Kidman. Bullock stunned in a leopard-print strapless dress from Givenchy’s autumn/winter 2026 collection designed by Sarah Burton. The strapless look allowed fans to spot what appears to be new ink on the back of Bullock’s shoulder: a dainty cursive tattoo that reads “LB².” Fans on social…

About 7,825 people were kidnapped in the year between July 2025 and June 2026, with at least N7.78 billion paid in ransom, SBM Intelligence said in its recent report on the issue. The report also states that Boko Haram pocketed over 90 per cent of the ransom paid during the period. The research firm stated this in a new report titled ‘The Capture of Nigeria’s Kidnap Economy’, released on 27 August. The report, which covers incidents between July 2025 and June 2026, notes that a total of 1,411 kidnapping incidents were recorded. It added that about 963 people were killed,…

President Bola Tinubu has urged the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to reduce gas flaring and ensure Nigeria derives greater economic benefits from its gas resources. The President made the call on Wednesday when he received members of the NLNG board, led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Adeleye Falade, at the State House in Abuja. The development was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. President Tinubu said Nigeria should move beyond earning revenue from its gas resources and focus on using them to meet domestic energy needs…

Four men were killed on Thursday after a disagreement reportedly escalated into communal unrest at Power Line Bus Stop, Ikola, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt from a resident who did not want to be mentioned in print that the argument stemmed from a disagreement between a northerner and a man suspected of being a leader of a cult group. The community source said, “What I know right now is that a Northerner stabbed a former leader of a cult group. This action triggered the riot that policemen from the Meiran Division had to…

The latest special-edition of Google’s Fitbit Air is inspired by the Pokémon Sleep game, with a “Sleepy Blue” band emblazoned with a snoozing Pikachu. It’s not exactly Snorlax blue, but matches the classic blue and gold of a Pokémon card pretty closely. The special-edition is available to preorder now for $129 and starts shipping September 15th. It’s arriving as Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, with a special-edition collection of playing cards set to launch the same week.This isn’t the first wearable that can connect with Pokémon Sleep — the sleep tracking app supports dozens of wearables from Apple,…

RoboCop (Peter Weller) is back, and he’s still cleaning up the crime-ridden streets of Detroit. This time around, a dangerous new drug called Nuke is making ordinary citizens into addicts, and RoboCop has to find and apprehend new crime kingpin Cain (Tom Noonan) to save the city. Meanwhile, the company that made RoboCop is developing a prototype, RoboCop 2, that doesn’t have the original’s pesky morality or free will. It’s a disaster in the making, and it might bring our hero’s sterling career to an abrupt end. Is RoboCop 2 as brilliantly subversive as the original? No. But it is…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday called for the arrest of the Chairperson of Kuje Area Council, Samuel Shekwolo, for reportedly asking residents to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 or relocate from the area council. In a statement by the NHRC, the Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, described this as “intimidation and direct assault on the Constitution and on democratic principles. “In view of the foregoing, the Commission is demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of Hon. Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo by the Nigeria Police Force. “The Commission is also calling on the Department of State…

Bolt has been cleared to resume operations at airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), following an intervention by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo. Mr Keyamo, in a statement on Thursday, said he had directed FAAN to urgently address concerns over what passengers described as exorbitant increases in airport taxi fares following the disruption of e-hailing services. After the minister’s intervention, FAAN announced that it had reached an “agreeable operational framework” with Bolt, clearing the company to resume its services at FAAN-managed airports immediately. The development followed days of controversy over the operation…