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Public pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data center has “eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage.” Still, it doesn’t address all of the concerns around AI data centers, including during their construction, and for the power generation requirements of the massive facilities. Also, as Gizmodo points out, Nvidia’s blog post doesn’t mention the cost of building this style of data center vs. one using less efficient air cooling, but claims that “every…

Crypto startup Fomo has raised $75 million in a Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Index Ventures, which valued the social trading and token discovery platform at $550 million.The funding round also received participation from Union Square Ventures and the company’s existing investor, Benchmark, along with angel investors including Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus, Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz, Discord CEO Humam Sakhnini, Nexos AI co-founder Tomas Okmanas and others, Fomo announced on Monday.Fomo allows users to trade assets across multiple blockchains without having to manually bridge funds or handle gas fees. The company said it has attracted more…

Giannis Antetokounmpo is beloved by Milwaukee Bucks fans, but when he’s off the court, only one woman matters: his wife, Mariah Riddlesprigger. The NBA star and the Rice University alum started dating in the mid-2010s after Antetokounmpo was drafted by the Bucks. The duo have since kept their relationship relatively private, but they occasionally give fans glimpses of their life together via social media. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. In June 2022, the power forward shared a few snaps from his family’s annual trip to his native Greece. His parents, Charles and Veronica Antetokounmpo, immigrated to Europe from their…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni, before the FCT High Court in Abuja for alleged N15.6 billion fraud. The EFCC earlier arraigned Mr Ayeni on 4 May on 17 counts and ordered his remand in June Correctional Centre in Abuja. However, the charges were subsequently amended to 18 based on additional evidence, prompting the defendant’s re-arraignment on Monday. The anti-graft agency accused Mr Ayeni of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation, and diversion of funds domiciled in defunct Skye Bank Plc (now…

No fewer than eight people have been killed in a violent clash between farmers and herders in Gulma town, Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The incident was reportedly triggered by the alleged killing of a farmer, who was said to have been stabbed to death by a Fulani herder while working on his farmland. The killing sparked a reprisal attack by some members of the farming community, who allegedly stormed nearby Fulani settlements, resulting in multiple casualties and heightened tension in the area. Confirming the incident to newsmen on Monday, the spokesman for the Kebbi State Police Command,…

A video showing a visibly injured young woman, said to be an 18-year-old wife, has sparked widespread reactions on social media, with users calling for intervention over allegations of domestic abuse. The video, shared on Monday by X user #Hybrid_Ola, showed the woman with what appeared to be injuries to her face as a man identified as her husband exchanged words with neighbours who confronted him over the alleged abuse. In the footage, bystanders urged the man to leave the woman alone as he attempted to pull her towards him. “Madam, leave my wife. You want to drag my wife…

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 20 election in Ekiti State, Wole Oluyede, has rejected the result of the poll declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. This was made known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday by the Director of Media and Communications, Oluyede Campaign Organisation, Sanya Atofarati. The Returning Officer, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, who declared the result and returned Ekiti State Governor and All Progressives Congress candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, elected, said Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes, while the PDP candidate, Oluyede, secured 40,543 votes to emerge second. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Dare…

The Chief Executive Officer of Mobility at Spiro, Kaushik Burman, speaks to ARINZE NWAFOR about leveraging Nigeria’s industrial policy, how to optimise local manufacturing, energy transition financing, and battery value chains, amid the firm’s $215m battery recycling investment Please provide a brief overview of your company. In what ways does Spiro align with Nigeria’s drive to promote local industrialisation, manufacturing growth, and value addition within the economy? Spiro is Africa’s largest electric mobility company. Across seven markets, Nigeria included, we have deployed more than 100,000 electric motorbikes, over 2,500 battery-swapping stations, and completed more than 30 million swaps. We’re not…

Jeremy Doku has become a father, the Belgian football association announced Monday, days after the player’s plans to leave the World Cup to be there for the birth sparked controversy. After consultations with medical staff, Doku was allowed to temporarily leave the Red Devils before last Sunday’s game with Iran to join his wife in London, where the couple welcomed a baby boy, Praise, it said. “Jeremy received the news before yesterday’s match that the birth was imminent,” the team’s doctor Brahim Hacene said. Doku had already been ruled out of Sunday’s match due to illness. “As he had already…

Grammy-winning Afrobeats star  Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has met with former United States First Lady Michelle Obama at the newly opened Media Suite of the Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago, where both figures engaged young aspiring artists in a conversation on confidence, creativity and self-expression. The meeting, which was shared in a video posted by Michelle Obama on X on Monday, formed part of activities at the Obama Presidential Centre’s creative hub in Jackson Park. The Centre, which opened just days earlier during its June 18–21, 2026 launch events, includes a Media Suite designed to give young people…