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Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new “AI control” option to Firefox’s settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser’s individual AI features, including access to a built-in AI chatbot, translations, AI tab group suggestions, and more.In December, Enzor-DeMeo promised an AI “kill switch” in response to users unhappy with Firefox’s embrace of AI. “Choice matters and demonstrating our commitment to choice is how we build and maintain trust,” Enzor-DeMeo wrote…

A metric tracking the health of the US economy has just posted its highest monthly score since August 2022, and crypto analysts say it could signal a turnaround for Bitcoin, which is trading at $78,000.The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a measure of manufacturing activity in the US, recorded a score of 52.6 in January, beating the market consensus of about 48.5 and ending 26 consecutive months of economic contraction, ISM stated in a report on Monday.The index score is a closely watched metric by investors and the Federal Reserve in assessing economic strength, inflation…

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer Amanda Frances spoke candidly about her past DUI, which occurred “nearly 10 years ago” in 2016. “It was expunged,” she said of her legal issue during an interview on Access Hollywood’s “Housewives Nightcap” podcast on Friday, January 30, revealing what led up to her now-dismissed Driving Under the Influence charge. “I didn’t leave the parking space,” Amanda, 41, explained. “I attempted to move my car out of a parking lot.” The Bravo personality noted there was a gate and she didn’t want her car to be stuck behind it. “And a guy who…

Chief of Staff to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, has revealed that every government and president has cabals. Speaking during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST on Monday, Gambari said some cabals tend to tell the President not what he needs to know but what he needs to hear. He was speaking on Buhari government’s legacy. “A president can be as good as people are with him and support him. Loyalty which puts the love of country above their own personal interest. “Every president had a cabal of a sort. You…

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdulrahman Mohammed, on Monday said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has always stood by the party. Mohammed spoke in an address during a factional PDP BoT meeting, held in Abuja. He noted that it’s time to put the PDP right back on track. Mohammed said, “Esteemed leaders of our great party, it is with gratitude toAlmighty Allah and a deep sense of honour that I welcome the BoT members to this all important meeting of our great party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. “Let me begin…

Manchester United, on Monday, announced transfer deals for two of its players. In a separate statement, the Red Devils announced that Ethan Wheatley and James Scanlon have left Old Trafford for new clubs. Wheatley will spend the rest of the season on loan at League One side Bradford City. The striker returned from a similar spell with Northampton Town in January and has now agreed a fresh switch, away from Old Trafford. On his part, Scanlon secured a first loan move of his career to join League Two side Swindon Town for the remainder season. The 19-year-old midfielder has amassed…

The management of Greensprings School, Lagos, has stated that its decision to close early on January 22, 2026, was not due to any security threat directed at the school, but was based solely on its proximity to the schools that received security threats. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Greensprings was among the schools that ordered a temporary closure after receiving security threats via WhatsApp messages from an unknown number. However, in a statement issued on Monday, the school’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Chukwuemeka Anyiam-Osigwe, clarified that only its Anthony Campus closed early for the day, while other campuses continued…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Monday said it rescued 17 victims of human trafficking and arrested four suspects during a raid on a popular hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State. The operation, carried out with military support at the facility located in the 33 area of the commercial city, also led to the arrest of two additional suspects allegedly linked to baby trafficking across states in the South-East. NAPTIP’s Chief Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘NAPTIP stings human traffickers in Anambra: raids popular hotel in Onitsha, arrests four suspects, rescues…

When American missionary and science teacher, Jack Kyle, arrived in the mega slum of Makoko, Lagos in August 2023, I doubt if he ever thought that one day, his love for slum dwellers and the underserved would never find expression in the area, at least not among the tough-skinned ones living on the dirty lagoon at the backyard of the Ebute Meta area of the mega city. Sixty-year-old Kyle, who left his family of five children and lovely wife in Manhattan, Kansas, United States, didn’t settle in Makoko because of his love for the ghetto, but to be able to…

Team Nigeria have stepped up preparations for their Davis Cup World Group II tie against Uzbekistan by relocating their training camp from the National Stadium, Surulere, to the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan—the venue for the February 7–8 encounter, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Davis Cup, the world’s premier international men’s team tennis competition organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), is structured across multiple tiers, with World Group II representing a highly competitive level where nations battle for promotion to World Group I. Nigeria’s opponents, Uzbekistan, also arrived in Lagos on Sunday and held their first on-court training session…