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Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative has announced plans to host a career week/job fair for graduating beneficiaries of its Women Techsters Fellowship. According to the firm, the career week will provide fellows with a platform to showcase their skills and what they have learnt during a six-month learning phase. It added that the fellows can also network with tech organisations and learn from successful professionals in the tech ecosystem. In a… Read the full article here

Fifth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime crashed out of the Miami Open in the third round with a 6-2 7-5 defeat to Francisco Cerundolo, as the Canadian’s impressive run of ATP 1000 form came to an end. Auger-Aliassime had reached at least the quarter-finals in his last six ATP 1000 appearances and was the favourite to progress to the last 16, having beaten Cerundolo at Indian Wells and the Australian Open already this year. But the Argentine, seeded 25th in Miami, was a deserved winner as he hit… Read the full article here

Musk claims the move is “the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over.” Verified users are also going to become the only accounts that can vote in polls for the “same reason,” Musk says.It’s worth taking this announcement with a big grain of salt, as Musk’s tweets haven’t always turned into enforced policy or features. Perhaps the biggest example is his promise from February that the company was going to start sharing ad revenue with Blue subscribers,… Read the full article here

Ginseng is renowned in Asian medicine for its health-giving properties — but a prominent South Korean activist investor thinks his top target would help shareholders by giving it up.Lee Sang-hyun, the chief of South Korean activist fund Flashlight Capital Partners, has been pushing for the country’s largest tobacco producer KT&G to spin off its ginseng unit and appoint two renowned independent outside directors. He thinks ginseng can be better marketed and attract more long-term… Read the full article here

Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has rejected allegations from the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission, arguing that the crypto exchange “does not trade for profit or ‘manipulate’ the market under any circumstances.”In a March 28 blog post, the chief executive responded to the CFTC’s lawsuit accusing Binance and CZ of engaging in improper compliance procedures and trading, calling the allegations “an incomplete recitation of facts.”My Response to the CFTC Complaint | Binance Blog

She got the boy! Jana Kramer and boyfriend Allan Russell made their red carpet debut at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards.  The happy couple stunned at the Monday, March 27, event, which was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The One Tree Hill alum, 39, rocked a barely-there blue and brown that she paired with high-heeled sandals. The gown, which was emblazoned with light-reflecting jewels, featured a slit and cut-out top that showed off the country crooner’s toned… Read the full article here

The Nigeria Police Force arrested a total of 781 alleged electoral offenders across the country during the just concluded elections. Nigeria held presidential and national assembly elections on 25 February while gubernatorial and state assembly elections were held on 18 March this year. The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman, made the disclosure Monday afternoon during a meeting with Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs) and other Tactical… Read the full article here

Health Of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has advised oil communities in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states agitating for the remediation of their communities by oil companies to speak with one voice. Speaking at a joint community monitoring training exercise organised for Ibeno and Joinkrama communities of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States respectively in Eket Local council of Akwa Ibom State, HOMEF director, Nninmo Bassey said the communities, having experienced the hazards of extractive activities of… Read the full article here

The Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, and the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha over the weekend met at the former’s country home in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, after the recently-concluded election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Abia Governor-elect. According to… Read the full article here

Arsenal legend, Paul Merson, has revealed the problem Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka will face in the near future in his career. Saka has been impressive for both Arsenal and England’s national team so far this season. The England youngster has scored 12 goals and provided 10 assists across 28 Premier League games to help the Gunners climb to the top of the table. But Merson has now warned Saka, 21, that he may need to change his game style going forward because teams will put him on the… Read the full article here