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Snap is finally launching augmented glasses for the public. Specs, which Snap describes as “a wearable computer built into see-through augmented reality glasses,” will cost $2,195. You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they’re expected to ship “this fall” in the US, UK, and France.This is a big moment for Snap: The company made a big entry into smart glasses with its original Spectacles in 2016, and the company has been toiling away on nonpublic AR versions of Spectacles over the past few years. CEO Evan Spiegel promised the…

Since June 3, more than 720 million XRP (XRP) tokens have left crypto exchanges, and Upbit’s share of XRP wallet flows has climbed to its highest level since May 2024. The shift comes as XRP rebounded to $1.30 on Monday, with large holder activity continuing to dominate exchange flows and market indicators signal an ideal accumulation period amid lingering weakness. Whales dominate XRP exchange flowsData from CryptoQuant shows that XRP’s multi-exchange daily outflow indicates repeated withdrawals of more than 1 million XRP per transaction. Between June 3 and June 14, major crypto platforms recorded roughly 722 million XRP in large daily outflows,…

Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and associate choreographer Shelly Bramhall did not mince words after her daughter, Dayton, was cut from the iconic NFL squad for a third time.  Shelly, a member of the DCC class of 1989, struggled to understand how her longtime friend, DCC director Kelli Finglass, could overlook Dayton again, this time cutting her from the 2025 team before even making it to training camp. “No, I’m not okay,” Shelly can be heard saying during season 3 of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. “She did everything they asked her to do. You take strangers that you don’t…

In a statement posted via his verified X handle shortly after the appellate court’s order on Tuesday, Atiku described the intervention as significant, particularly because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) supported the application for a stay of execution. “I welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision to stay the execution of the Federal High Court judgment seeking the deregistration of our great party, the ADC, and four other political parties,” he stated, adding “It is particularly significant that INEC itself initiated the application for the stay.” Mr Abubakar expressed concern about conflicting judicial decisions and politically sensitive rulings. He argued…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited to pay Mrs. Joy Ezetah the sum of $5,906.50 in damages after it failed to allow her board a scheduled Lagos-London flight, an incident that disrupted her onward trip to Canada and caused her financial loss. Justice Ibrahim Kala in the judgement delivered on Monday, held that the airline was liable for the losses suffered by the claimant after she was denied boarding at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on 6 April 2024. The claimant had asked the court for N100m in general damages, arguing that she bought…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested suspected members of a phone theft and “one chance” syndicate and recovered a stolen mobile phone during an operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The development was disclosed in a statement published on the official Facebook page of FRSC Nigeria on Tuesday. According to the statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Osondu Ohaeri, the suspects were intercepted by an FRSC patrol team conducting routine operations along the Babalegba–Eleyele–Ojoo corridor in the early hours of Monday, June 15. The Corps said officers became suspicious after noticing a motorcycle rider pursuing a Nissan Micra…

When the news filtered in that Major General Rabe Abubakar had been abducted alongside his wife, it jolted me in a manner that I still do not fully understand. Seeing him in a video in such a degraded condition in the kidnappers’ den pierced my heart. That was an Army General being treated in that manner. As if that was not enough, the announcement of his death came from the blues. I was shocked. His death in kidnappers’ captivity is a tragedy that should trouble every Nigerian. If a man who once rose to the highest ranks of the military…

The World Bank has projected continued volatility in global natural gas prices, warning that geopolitical tensions, supply disruptions and structural demand shifts will keep energy markets unstable in the near term. The forecast was outlined in an analysis based on the April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook, which reviewed recent trends in global liquefied natural gas markets and assessed prospects through 2027. According to the report, global gas markets have been significantly affected by disruptions linked to conflict in the Middle East, particularly the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route for LNG shipments from major producers such…

Nigeria defender Kenneth Omeruo has reflected on his first FIFA World Cup experience with Nigeria, describing the atmosphere and occasion as one of the most unforgettable moments of his career, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Speaking while on punditry duty with Sporty TV during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Omeruo recounted his emotions ahead of Nigeria’s opening game against Iran at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 32-year-old was responding to a question on how players maintain focus during the tense moments before kickoff, revealing that the spectacle inside the stadium left a lasting impression on him. “During the warming…

Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite.Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented World Expo, we’ve technically already gotten a hands-on with a device powered by the new chip at last month’s Google I/O: the forthcoming Aura glasses for Android XR. At the time, Xreal and Google were coy about the processor upgrades to the long-awaited spectacles. Turns out, it was the Reality Elite.Spec-wise, the new chip focuses on across-the-board performance upgrades. The GPU gets a…