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This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal.But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch.In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we’d happily outsource if we could — and that robotics companies are racing to teach machines to do so they can sell us something to…

Coinbase Financial Markets has begun offering US institutional clients access to global crypto options and perpetual futures markets through a regulated futures commission merchant, including connectivity to Deribit’s crypto options platform.Coinbase said the launch follows guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that allows a regulated futures commission merchant to connect US clients with global crypto derivatives liquidity. The company said Coinbase Financial Markets is the first CFTC-regulated futures commission merchant to offer such access.Deribit, which Coinbase acquired in August 2025 as part of its expansion into crypto derivatives, is the largest crypto options exchange by open interest. CoinGlass…

Larsa Pippen‘s son got emotional about how his mother’s dating life — and rumors of an alleged affair — affected his life. During the fourth and sixth episodes of Netflix’s Calabasas Confidential, which premiered on Friday, May 29, Preston Pippen, whom Larsa shares with ex-husband Scottie Pippen, brought up his mother while with his friends. He specifically mentioned that Larsa, 51, was in “a weird place” amid “a new relationship [as] per usual” with an unnamed man. “I’m glad I’m not dealing with it all so [up] close,” he said. “It kind of sucks when your parents are divorced. That’s…

An aspirant for the Ahiazu-Mbaise Constituency seat in the Imo State House of Assembly, Obinna Ezechukwu, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of handpicking a woman as a candidate after allegedly extorting him and five other aspirants for the ticket. In a video clip that surfaced on Instagram on Wednesday, Mr Ezechukwu alleged that the APC extorted him and other aspirants by selling nomination and expression of interest forms, and then imposed a female candidate on the constituency. “We were six aspirants that purchased forms from Ahiazu-Mbaise and we spent over N10 million each in processing the forms. The…

Governance will not achieve a clean separation between family and state. The expectation is conceptually flawed. Political systems are built by individuals whose primary loyalties are shaped long before they enter office. The real challenge is not separation, but control… Where institutions are weak, family becomes the architecture of power. Where institutions are strong, family becomes one influence among many, subject to competition and constraint. The belief that governance can draw a clean line between family and politics is one of law’s most persistent illusions. Constitutions insist that power is institutional. Ethics regimes assume loyalty can be disclosed into neutrality.…

Nigeria’s Head Coach Eric Chelle says his team is prepared to retain the Unity Cup Tournament trophy in Saturday’s final in London, no matter which circumstances present themselves on the day. The Super Eagles and the Reggae Boyz won their semi-final encounters against Zimbabwe and India, respectively, by two unanswered goals, and will face off for the third time in the history of the Afro-Caribbean mini-tournament, which celebrates football, music and culture in the British capital.Last year, Moses Simon gave Nigeria an early lead, with the Reggae Boyz replying almost immediately through Kaheim Dixon. Early in the second half, Nigeria…

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has said his team is looking to take the Champions League trophy from Paris Saint-Germain. The two sides off in Budapest on Saturday evening. The Gunners are looking to win it for the first time in their history, while PSG are determined to retain their trophy. Arteta has admitted it would be a tough game against the Ligue 1 champions, but his players are ready. “Well, they are defending the trophy, they are the champions,” Arteta told reporters on Friday. “They earned the right last season. And we are here to take that away from them. “The ambition is…

Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, has said the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) will not attempt to rig election results during the 2027 elections. Mohammed also stated that the APM would resist any attempt to rig its candidates out of victory in the 2027 polls. He spoke at the Bauchi Government House during the affirmation of candidates for elective positions in the state. Mohammed said the APM would resist any attempt to deny the party victory through electoral malpractice. He said: “We are not going to think less of our competitors. Even if a child born today is a candidate, I will…

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has confirmed that both Jurrien Timber and Noni Madueke are fit to start Saturday’s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain. Arteta was speaking to the media on Friday evening. He said: “Timber is fit. Fit enough to start? Yeah. Madueke? Yeah, he is fit. The only one is Ben [White].” Timber has been out of action since March after coming off with an injury during Arsenal’s win over Everton. Madueke scored before Arsenal lifted the league title at Selhurst Park on the final day, but suffered an injury scare during the game. Ben White suffered a knee injury against…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut 16 sachet water factories in Rivers State for sundry reasons, including operating without license. NAFDAC said the factories were shut when  it’s officials carried out an enforcement operation in some local government areas of the state. NAFDAC Director, South-South Zone, Chukwuma Oligbu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday. The statement signed by Cyril Monye, NAFDAC’s Public Relations Officer, South-South Zone said the operation took place in four local government area of the state. He listed the LGAs as Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Degema and Ikwerre…