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Google’s DeepMind AI lab is teaming up with A24 to develop new movie production technologies that aim to help future filmmakers “expand their storytelling possibilities.” As part of this new research and development collaboration, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is investing “around $75 million” into A24, marking the first time the search giant has taken a stake in a film studio.“The collaboration pairs a world-leading research lab with the industry’s most filmmaker-forward studio to help artists develop new workflows and techniques,” Google said in its announcement blog. “This ensures the tools of the future are shaped by the…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would co-lead a joint venture focused on digital assets.In a Monday notice, OKX and ICE said Cuomo, who lost his bid to be New York City’s mayor in 2025, would co-chair the joint project between the two companies “focused on building next-generation infrastructure for tokenized and digitally native financial products.” The venture, which the companies said would allow OKX users to “access ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities markets,” is subject to regulatory approval. Cuomo has largely…

Warning: Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season 3, episode 1. Poor Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is down another son after the Battle of the Gullet. During the Sunday, June 21, season 3 premiere of House of the Dragon, brooding Jacaerys Velaryon — played by Harry Collett — met his watery end along with his dragon, Vermax. The action-packed first episode saw Jace and Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) come to the aid of Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) and his ship, the Queen Who Never Was (originally called the Sea Snake), after they were ambushed on the Gullet by…

The Kogi State Government says security operatives have intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition allegedly being transported to criminal groups operating within and around the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the operation led to the arrest of three suspects and the recovery of weapons believed to have been intended for armed groups under pressure from ongoing security operations. “The successful interception of the arms consignment is a clear demonstration that the Government remains several steps ahead of those seeking to threaten the peace of the State,”…

The FIFA World Cup has always been football’s grandest stage for the game’s brightest young talents. From Pelé announcing himself to the world in 1958 to Lionel Messi’s emergence as Argentina’s next great hope, the tournament has repeatedly served as a launching pad for future superstars. Now, a new name has entered that exclusive conversation. At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Senegal’s teenage sensation Ibrahim Mbaye has secured a place among the youngest goalscorers in tournament history, joining a list dominated by some of football’s most iconic figures. FIFA listed the confirmed youngest scorers in World Cup history earlier today,…

A senior medical doctor working with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, in the Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, has died following complications from Lassa fever. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ejeh-Ogwuche, confirmed the development on Monday in Makurdi, saying the ministry had activated contact tracing and surveillance measures in response to the case. According to him, the deceased reportedly battled the illness for over two weeks before his condition worsened. Ogwuche said the death occurred at a time the state was preparing to be declared free of Lassa fever. “There is a…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, for allegedly supplying and selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. The suspects, identified as 84-year-old Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora, were arrested in separate operations by operatives of the agency. According to a statement on Sunday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Obiora was arrested on June 19 following intelligence reports that he was selling illicit substances to students and other users from his patent medicine store. Babafemi stated, “Pa Obiora was…

It is always a delight to test the ideas of a politician against those of the political scientist. Both are concerned with politics and the political, especially on the question of how a state ought to be governed and the dynamics of a government vis-à-vis the lives and flourishing of the citizens. And what better contribution can one possibly make as the nation once again casts a searchlight on politics and governance to mark the June 12 Democracy Day? I have argued in another piece that there is a tendency to want to favour the active politician over the academic…

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has congratulated his Ekiti State counterpart, Biodun Oyebanji, on his decisive victory in the recently concluded governorship election in the state. Adeleke, in a congratulatory message obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, noted that the renewal of Oyebanji’s mandate at the poll was an affirmation of confidence in his leadership. The Osun governor described Oyebanji’s landslide victory as a mark of acceptance for the progress recorded in his first term, saying his re-election will provide him the much-needed time to continue the good works he started. “My congratulations to Governor Biodun Oyebanji on his decisive…

Doftwerks West Africa Limited has received accreditation from the Nigeria Revenue Service as both a Systems Integrator and an Access Point Provider under Nigeria’s e-invoicing programme. The company, a technology subsidiary of Stransact Chartered Accountants, a correspondent firm of RSM International, received the accreditation at the NRS headquarters in Abuja. According to a statement, the dual accreditation under the NRS Merchant Buyer Solution framework authorises Doftwerks to provide e-invoicing services covering system integration, invoice transmission, real-time reporting to the NRS and compliance management. The company said the approval places it among a limited number of organisations in Nigeria holding both…