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Most of Apple’s price increases have gone into effect, resulting in iPads and other products costing hundreds more than they did a few days ago. If last week’s Prime Day sale wasn’t a good time to consider buying an iPad, we found a deal worth considering that’s just under $500 right now. The 128GB iPad Air that has the M3 processor, plus both Wi-Fi and 5G cellular support, costs $499 at Best Buy. At just $50 more than the base iPad (now $449, up from $349), it’s a significantly faster and all-around better tablet.While the last-gen Air matches the base…
Bitcoin (BTC) struggled near $60,000 around Monday’s Wall Street open as bulls increasingly risked a support/resistance flip.Key points:Bitcoin bulls face an uphill struggle to flip $60,000 back to support, even as US stocks see fresh upside.Iran peace hopes fuel a more positive risk-asset mood, but analysis says that Bitcoin buyers “lack conviction.”Market participants are “defensive” around current price action.US-Iran meeting announcement sends stocks higherData from TradingView showed an ongoing battle to regain control of $60,000, with BTC price strength again failing to keep pace with US stocks.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index both started the…
Teresa Giudice’s daughter Milania Giudice is speaking out about her arrest for the first time, shutting down rumors that her mugshot is going viral on social media. “I have one thing to say, I’m going to save the rest for tomorrow. But that ‘mugshot’ of me, if you guys really believe. That’s AI,” Milania, 20, said in a TikTok video posted on Monday, June 29. “I ate down in my mugshot. I looked fire. I mean, nothing to be proud of.” Milania’s video marked the first time she discussed her recent arrest, telling her followers that “s*** happens in life.”…
Women and youth leaders in the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday staged a peaceful protest over the alleged imposition of candidates for the National Assembly. The protesters were carrying placards with inscriptions such as: “Let our vote count”, “We say no to imposition”, “We say no to corner corner”, “APC NWC, let our vote count”, among others. The protesters stated that the purported list of candidates in circulation does not reflect the results of the state’s national assembly primaries held in May. The protest halted vehicular movement on the Ilesha-Akure-Benin expressway. The Commissioner for…
The emphasis placed on human capital within President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda reflects an understanding that economic transformation and social progress ultimately depend on the wellbeing, productivity and potential of the population itself. The challenge is to translate that understanding into tangible improvements in people’s lives and ensure that reforms, policies and investments deliver meaningful results for citizens across the country. Nigeria’s development challenges are often discussed through the lens of economic growth, infrastructure, public finance, insecurity or unemployment. Each of these issues is important, yet beneath them lies a more fundamental question: whether we are investing sufficiently in the…
Popular Nigerian socialite and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, better known as Cubana Chief Priest, has warmed hearts online after sharing a throwback photograph from his days as a junior seminarian. The celebrity barman took to his Instagram page @cubana_chiefpriest to post an old image, accompanied by a reflective caption that revealed his early aspiration to join the Catholic priesthood. The photograph shows five schoolboys with a man who appears to be a priest standing in the middle of them. Cubana Chief Priest attended Bonus Pastor Catholic Seminary in Osina, Imo State. Cubana Chief Priest According to him, he was reflecting on…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six suspects over alleged child labour, street hawking, human trafficking and other forms of child exploitation across the state. The suspects were arrested after security operatives from the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare raided a suspected child trafficking ring in Nnewi. In a statement issued on Monday, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the arrest of the suspects, adding that they had been handed over to the police to facilitate comprehensive profiling, identification and investigation. Anambra smashes child trafficking ring, arrests six suspects…
Bitcoin infrastructure company Breez has added a feature to its developer toolkit that lets users send USDC (USDC) and USDt (USDT) across more than 30 blockchain networks directly from a Bitcoin balance, without first converting or holding stablecoins.According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the feature uses the Lightning Network alongside automated conversion to route payments from Bitcoin (BTC) to USDC or USDT before delivering funds to the recipient’s preferred blockchain.When a user enters a recipient’s wallet address, the Breez SDK identifies the destination blockchain, calculates a conversion route and displays the amount, network and fees before the payment is…
Full House alum Jodie Sweetin shared details of filming the show’s pilot with a different actor in the role of Danny Tanner. John Posey played the family patriarch in the original unaired pilot. However, according to Sweetin, Bob Saget was always creator Jeff Franklin’s first choice for the part. “We shot an entire pilot, actually, with a different dad … with John Posey, who was a lovely human being and very sweet and wonderful,” Sweetin, 44, recalled on a recent episode of Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo’s “Comics & Kicks” podcast. While Franklin hoped to cast Saget, the late comedian…
Fresh violence erupted in Biseni Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State after the arrest of four youths over allegations of vandalism and other crimes. The protesters, mainly women, clashed with security personnel, resulting in a gas pipeline being vandalised and a house belonging to a community leader being set ablaze, and several people were injured. Videos obtained by PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday showed elderly women blocking the only access road into the oil-producing community while singing solidarity songs before armed security personnel moved in to clear the blockade. In one of the videos reviewed by this newspaper, a uniformed military…
