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Solos announced a new version of its AirGo smart glasses, one that forgoes cameras for a sleeker design and an AI assistant that relies on voice interactions. Last year’s AirGo A5 weighed 36 to 40 grams depending on the frame style, but the new AirGo A6 weigh around 19 grams. Part of the weight savings comes from thinner temple arms housing speakers, batteries, and other electronics. For comparison, the new Meta Glasses announced last month weigh around 54 to nearly 60 grams depending on the style.Pricing and availability for the new AirGo A6 hasn’t been finalized yet, but the smart…
The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) serving distinct roles across the crypto ecosystem rather than competing head-on.Dune’s Digital Asset Brief found that USDT overwhelmingly dominates onchain payments. During the first half of 2026, the biggest stablecoin settled about $95 billion in identified commerce payments, compared with $14 billion for second-biggest USDC. It also accounted for roughly 92% of the $48 billion in business-to-business payment volume. On Tron, USDT’s largest network, around 93% of the token’s supply is held in ordinary wallets rather than on exchanges, underscoring its role…
Team USA soccer legend Carli Lloyd did not bite her tongue after the American men saw their 2026 World Cup journey come to an end in decisive fashion. “I felt like they lost the game before they even stepped out onto the pitch,” Lloyd, 43, said on Fox Sports following Team USA’s 4-1 loss to Belgium on Monday, July 6. “I’m not sure why and I don’t know the reasons. Just from the beginning. Chasing, tentative, scared, just not confident on the ball.” Lloyd then turned her attention directly to the men’s national team’s captain. “You wanted some of those…
Former Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has gifted ₦2 million to players of Nigeria’s U20 national team, the Flying Eagles, as the team intensifies preparations for the WAFU B U20 Championship taking place in Côte d’Ivoire from 26 July – 9 August. Musa, Nigeria’s most-capped international player with 111 caps, who scored four goals in two appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals in 2014 and 2018, presented the cash gift to the two-time FIFA World Cup silver medallists through the team’s coordinator, Abubakar Abubakar. The former Nigeria captain also charged the players to remain focused ahead of the forthcoming…
Emerald HoldCo B.V, the new majority owner of Beta Glass, has launched a mandatory takeover offer to acquire up to 11.74 million shares held by other shareholders of the glass container maker. The core investor is tabling N590.94 to purchase each of the shares, which were quoted at N562.8 per unit at the start of trade on Lagos’ Customs Street on Tuesday, placing the offer at a 5 per cent premium above the market price. Emerald HoldCo’s board of directors “approved the offer on 5 February 2026, authorising a takeover offer to be made to other shareholders of the Company,…
The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) has given the federal government 21 days to address outstanding salary and welfare issues or face a nationwide indefinite strike. The association’s President, Nosa Orhue, announced the ultimatum on Tuesday in Abuja after a meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). Mr Orhue said the government must conclude negotiations within the next 21 days, warning that the union would reconvene after the deadline to decide its next course of action if there was no meaningful progress. According to him, the association had engaged government through dialogue for more than 24…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday handed over 1,452 items recovered from proceeds of crime to the Federal Ministry of Education to support schools across the country. The recovered items, comprising 501 double-step bunk beds, 939 mattresses and 12 wooden beds with mattresses, were formally presented to the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, at a ceremony in Abuja. Speaking at the event, Olukoyede said the items were recovered during the commission’s “Operation Eagle Flush,” a nationwide operation conducted in late 2024 against cybercrime and other financial offences. He described the operation as the…
The CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file is installed on Windows 11 PCs by default, and is related to app permissions. Several users have had issues with this file over the past few months, with one person saying the file took up 500GB of storage on their device. Others have reported the file growing to similarly large amounts, ranging from 12GB to 200GB.Microsoft doesn’t explain what went wrong here, but Windows Latest says the file may be growing because Windows 11 “keeps logging repeated events for access requests or other privacy controls, such as location.”If you’re affected by this issue, you can install the…
Tether has invested $20 million in Brazilian crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin to support the company’s expansion into tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, lending and other blockchain-based financial services across Latin America.Since its 2013 launch, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded beyond crypto trading into regulated financial services, including tokenized assets, credit, stablecoin payments and cross-border services. The company said it has more than 4.5 million users, has issued more than 2 billion Brazilian reais (about $370 million) worth of tokenized assets, and operates under nearly a dozen licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank.Tether CEO Paolo…
Tim Allen and Jenna Elfman‘s romance on Shifting Gears has raised eyebrows — but what has been said about the surprising fictional age gap? Shifting Gears, which premiered in 2025, introduced fans to Matt (Allen) and Eve’s (Elfman) romance in season 1. The pair dated throughout the second season before calling it quits due to long distance. Matt and Eve — who have an age gap — found their way back to each other before season 2 concluded. “Our showrunner [Michelle Nader] put this thing together and they really like the romance. I wanted a car show about a widower…
