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Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and BlackRock-backed tokenization platform Securitize signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance tokenization and digital asset infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates and Dubai.The MoU will establish a collaborative framework to support regulated tokenization initiatives, foster institutional participation and strengthen Dubai’s digital asset ecosystem, the companies said in a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph.VARA and Securitize seek to support tokenization initiatives in Dubai, including projects initiated by VARA, to attract more talent and explore how tokenized financial products should operate under Dubai’s regulatory framework.Tokenization initiatives are also gaining traction in other financial technology-focused…

Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! I have a confession: I want my weekend wardrobe to suggest that I casually stop by the farmers’ market for fresh flowers and heirloom tomatoes, even when I’m actually running three errands with a kid asking for snacks every six minutes. As a busy mom, I’m always looking for that sweet spot between comfortable enough to function and cute enough to make me feel like myself again. The goal is effortless, not frumpy. So I went looking for Amazon pieces that…

Kenya President William Ruto has ordered the shutdown of small retail shops owned by foreigners in the east African country. Mr Ruto, on Wednesday, directed the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry to begin enforcement action against foreigners engaged in local trading and hawking next Monday. The president said the directive was based on the need to protect local Kenyan traders and ensure that businesses reserved for citizens are not affected by unfair competition. There’s a bill before the Kenyan parliament that targets foreign participation in certain small-scale businesses. The Local Content Bill introduced in 2025 seeks to increase Kenyans’…

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has urged United States President Donald Trump and his administration to ignore what he described as politically motivated lobbying over historical US law enforcement records relating to President Bola Tinubu. Agbese also warned opposition politicians against, in his words, damaging Nigeria’s international image in their bid to gain political advantage ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Benue lawmaker spoke to journalists in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to recent lobbying activities in Washington aimed at drawing the attention of officials in the Trump administration and members of the US…

DJI has announced a second generation of its Romo robovac. The Romo 2 series is quieter, more powerful, and better at climbing over small steps and other obstacles. But more importantly for DJI, a new local-only data mode should go some way to reassuring anyone concerned by the first Romo’s serious security flaws.There are actually two new Romo models, the transparent P2 and the opaque A2. Both benefit from improved navigation, apparently able to avoid cables and other obstacles as small as 2mm in size, as well as transparent objects like mirrors or glass. There’s also “human-like reasoning and concept…

When a client named Rusty contacted crypto recovery specialist Chris Brooks in 2021, he said he and two others had won 5,000 Bitcoin in a court case, worth around $53 million at the time.They immediately set up a Zoom call to discuss the case. “There were three guys on the call, and one of them holds up a phone. It has like $53 million in a Bitcoin address,” says Brooks, founder and chief executive of Crypto Asset Recovery.The men claimed they were able to withdraw as much as $300,000 a week but wanted to get the whole fortune out. If…

New details have emerged about the death of One Day at a Time and Coach alum Shelley Fabares. Fabares died at age 82 on August 22, with her immediate cause of death being listed as acute respiratory disease, People reported on Wednesday, September 2, citing her death certificate. The report also listed primary pneumonia as a condition that resulted in her death. It noted that Fabares had been diagnosed with pneumonia in the weeks before her death and was later diagnosed with acute respiratory disease in the days before she died. Fabares’ family previously told People that the actress had…

Four Chinese nationals have been arrested on the order of the Niger State Government for allegedly operating an unauthorised mining site in Maiya’aki village, Lapai Local Government Area. The order followed an on-the-spot inspection by the Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Muhammad Danjuma. The commissioner’s intervention followed reports received by the Emir of Lapai, Umar Bago Tafida III, concerning suspected mining activities by foreign nationals at the village. The emir subsequently directed the district head of Abugi, Mohammed Mustapha, also known as Chiroma Lapa, and his entourage to visit the site on Tuesday to establish the identities of the operators and…

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola has expressed satisfaction with the club’s summer transfer business, insisting that his focus is now on developing the squad at his disposal. Liverpool made four major additions during the summer transfer window, including the £123m signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain. Barcola is expected to be available for selection when Liverpool travel to face Ipswich Town in the Premier League on Friday. Despite Liverpool deciding against adding another right-back or central midfielder, Iraola defended the club’s transfer strategy and said he was happy with the quality available to him. As reported by BBC Sport on…

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing one of the most popular hosting platforms for open-source AI models, datasets, and tools under the ownership of the world’s biggest AI chipmaker.Hugging Face is an online platform founded in 2016 that gives AI developers a space to share their projects and data with other users and the general public. It’s often described as the “GitHub” for AI due to its browsable library of open-source machine learning models and emphasis on community collaboration features.“Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for…