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Roughly a month ago, Michael Sayman realized he could finally build the app he’d been thinking about for years: a social network where everyone but you is an AI bot. Large language models are finally good enough and cheap enough that the experience might actually feel social and useful, and not like a gimmick or a game. And so, after years of waiting and months of testing the latest models, Sayman got to work.The app he built is called SocialAI, and it has become something of a viral… Read the full article here

The crowds filling the town square in rebel-held north-west Syria were ecstatic, honking car horns, letting off fireworks and shooting guns in the air. They were celebrating an assassination: that of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbollah and a sworn enemy of the Syrian opposition.“We are celebrating the death of the despicable one,” a man yelled to a local journalist over the hubbub in jihadi-controlled Idlib, the last bastion of Syrian opposition. “He did a lot to… Read the full article here

The attacker used a “proxy” function to swipe victims’ USDC balances, but only a small number of Google login users have been affected. Read the full article here

Dave Coulier is opening up about how he and his fellow Full House costars work hard to keep the late Bob Saget’s legacy alive. “We talk about all the fun times we had,” Coulier, 65, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Florida earlier this month. “You can either look at it as an empty well or you can keep filling that well up with great memories. And we have millions of memories that we can keep filling the well up… Read the full article here

A fact-checking chatbot, created by DUBAWA, the information verification arm at the Centre for Journalism, Innovation, and Development (CJID), is bridging the gap between fact-checks and the desired audience globally. The tool, DUBAWA Chatbot, verifies claims for audiences who want to learn more about particular or specific fact-checks using key question prompts. Misinformation is particularly acute on closed platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, where content is shared within… Read the full article here

On 18 February, 1947, the Daily Service newspaper published a story whose theme, like the ancient Secretary Bird, has remained with Nigeria ever since. It is a story of the affinity between sex and corruption. The son of Alake of Egbaland and a no-nonsense judge, Justice Adetokunbo Ademola, then of the Lagos Santa Anna Magistrate Court, presided […] The post The wayo imprisonment of Bobrisky, By Festus Adedayo appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Read the full article here

Nasarawa United FC defeated Ikorodu United 2-1 on Saturday in a Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) game in Lagos. This Matchday 4 defeat marked the second consecutive home loss for the league debutants. On Wednesday, defending champions Enugu Rangers pipped Ikorodu City by a lone goal before their home fans. Playing their second home game of the season, Ikorodu City came out strong against fellow elite league returnee, Solid Miners. However, Ikorodu City’s bright start was… Read the full article here

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have lamented increased transport fares which has limited their movement, thereby affecting personal and business engagements. Pouring out their grievances to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, they said the greatest challenge they are facing at the moment is the non-availability of fuel in spite of the increased cost of the commodity. According to them, fuel is not readily available at many filling stations, thus increasing cost of… Read the full article here

Barcelona midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, has denied reports that he earns €37m a year at the LaLiga club. De Jong also rubbished claims that he refused to have surgery on his ankle. The Dutchman suffered the injury during a league fixture against Celta Vigo in September 2023. This was the start of a tough spell for De Jong who went on to pick up two more knocks in the same area. In an interview with BarcaOne, De Jong addressed some of the information that made its way into public… Read the full article here

Delegates at the UN General Assembly, including the foreign ministers from Indonesia, Denmark and Trinidad and Tobago, have called for an end to hostilities in the Middle East. The Danish foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said, ‘Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced all over the region, and there’s a very, very real risk of an all out regional war, which would affect not only the people in the region, but all of us…. Read the full article here