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Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser. In a post on Thursday, Google outlines its approach to bug fixes in the age of AI, while noting that it’s trying to make updates less disruptive by “investing in ‘dynamic patching’ that will eliminate the need for a full browser restart.”According to Google, AI-powered security tools have already helped the company find and fix dozens of bugs. Chrome 149 and 150, for example, contained 1,072 bug fixes, exceeding the number of patches in the past 23 major releases combined. That’s part of…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said Russian authorities designated him a “terrorist” after he refused government demands for mass surveillance and censorship on the messaging platform, responding publicly a day after Russia announced charges against him.In a Telegram post on Thursday, Durov also said Russia had barred him from “publishing information on the Internet,” adding that authorities had “got confused about who can ban whom from the Internet.”Source: Telegram, Pavel DurovThe comments came a day after Russia’s Federal Security Service accused Durov of facilitating terrorist activity, alleging Telegram failed to remove channels used by terrorist groups and Ukrainian intelligence services.The case…

Tom Selleck is speaking out again about how frustrated he was by Blue Bloods coming to an end — and offering more insight into the cast’s decision to cut their salaries in hopes of continuing to film the show. “Blue Bloods was a labor of love, I think, for everybody,” Selleck, 81, said on a recent episode of Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast about the CBS police procedural drama, which ended in 2024 after a 14-season run. Selleck called out the “frustrating” drama surrounding the final season. “The real truth to that is in the last year…

President Bola Tinubu has taken a swipe as state governors, saying many of them prioritise the wrong things despite earning more for their states due to his policies. The Nigerian leader specifically accused some state governors of building unnecessary flyovers with state funds. “You need to help us communicate to these governors. Today, the economy of operation is high. But the money that I’m pushing to the states, if you had it during your own time or during my time, it would have been different,” Mr Tinubu told traditional rulers from Oyo State, led by the Olubadan of Ibadan land,…

Seplat Energy Plc, the London-listed Nigerian oil driller where billionaire mogul Tony Elumelu bought a 20.1 per cent interest on the eve of this year, reported a surge of more than fivefold in net profit for the half-year 2026, compared to a year ago. Shares in the corporation had gained 0.6 per cent as of 12:46 WAT in Lagos, where they have primary listing after the results were issued on Thursday. On the London Stock Exchange, where the stock has been up by 118 per cent in the past 52 weeks, the share price has appreciated by 0.9 per cent…

We often assume adulthood comes with an automatic claim to dignity. After years of education, professional growth and personal achievement, we expect institutions to treat adults as reasoning beings capable of dialogue, disagreement and independent judgment. Yet after reading Yushau A. Shuaib’s MNI versus MNIPR in NIPSS: Tackling Institutional Bullying, we found ourselves confronting an unsettling question: Can an institution, in the name of discipline, strip adults of the dignity they have spent decades earning? Our encounter with the memoir began at a special event where Shuaib — Managing Director of Image Merchants Promotion Ltd (IMPR) and founder of the…

The US State Department displayed an AI-generated map that incorrectly labelled African countries, including placing Nigeria and several others in the wrong parts of the continent. The presentation was made at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Brazil, Reuters reported. The map, shown during a session on the State Department’s new global health agreements, misplaced multiple countries. Nigeria was depicted as a landlocked nation in the Sahara Desert rather than in West Africa, while Mozambique was relocated from southeastern Africa to the Horn of Africa. Côte d’Ivoire was also incorrectly placed on the opposite side of the continent.…

Omotayo “Iyan Aladuke” Sanusi, the former wife of actor and filmmaker Femi Adebayo, has denied claims that actress Toyin Abraham played a role in the collapse of their marriage, describing the allegations as false and misleading. Ms Sanusi issued the clarification in a statement shared on her Instagram page on Wednesday after a video by social media personality Mama Esabod reignited online discussions about the claims. According to her, the renewed discussions stemmed from allegations circulating on social media and previously reported by TVC News. She specifically denied claims that Abraham was responsible for the breakdown of her marriage or…

Nigeria’s impressive campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games continued on Thursday as Chukwuebuka Enekwechi won the country’s eighth gold medal with victory in the men’s shot put final. The African record holder produced a best throw of 21.07m to edge New Zealand’s Tom Walsh, who settled for silver with 21.03m, while England’s Scott Lincoln claimed bronze with 20.99m. The victory adds another chapter to Enekwechi’s remarkable career and further strengthens Nigeria’s dominance in the field events at the Glasgow Games. Enekwechi had shown his intentions a day earlier when he needed only one throw of 20.03m in the qualification round…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described the unauthorised landing of a foreign-registered private jet on a concrete road near Asaba Airport as a serious security breach. The minister revealed that the pilots and crew have remained in the custody of the Department of State Services since the incident as investigations continue. Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, Keyamo said the aircraft received clearance to land on the airport runway but instead touched down outside the airport perimeter. Barely a month ago, the aircraft landed on an unfinished concrete road in Asaba, raising public concerns over…