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If you prefer to have your notifications on silent but don’t want to miss anything, Lenovo’s new All-in-One (AIO) PC might have a solution. The Yoga AIO i Aura Edition unveiled today at CES features a major design overhaul with a transparent light bar at the bottom of the display. The customizable ambient lighting can sync to video content on the display and change when you get notifications.It also boasts a 32-inch 4K OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate. The Yoga AIO i Aura Edition can be configured with up to an Intel Core Ultra X7 Series 3 processor.…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldHedge funds are seeking out billions of dollars’ worth of financial claims tied to Venezuela, as investors bet that Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the country could prompt it to repay old debts. Investors seeking exposure to a potential turnaround in the embattled nation have this week begun hunting for instruments that would profit if Venezuela and its state oil company make good on years of unpaid bills. The clamour for these claims has come amid a rally in the…

Ethereum scalability was boosted on Wednesday with the second Blob Parameter-Only hard fork, raising the blob limit from 15 to 21, the first of many improvements aimed at scaling the Ethereum ecosystem in 2026.The second BPO hard fork, which took effect on Wednesday at 1:01:11 UTC, further increases Ethereum’s data throughput by allowing more transactions to be batched via rollups.The BPO hard fork also raised the blob target from 10 to 14, which is widely seen as the more important metric to watch, as consistently approaching the 21-blob limit could overload node bandwidth and storage.One blob unit fits 128 kilobytes of…

Ben Affleck opened up about his son Samuel’s interest in sports betting and how the activity runs in the family’s DNA. “My son asked me like a month ago, [he] was like, ‘Hey, um, can I get like 100 bucks to bet on sports?’” Affleck shared during a Monday, January 5, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “It’s like, what? [He’s like,] ‘My friends get $100, but if they lose it, then that’s it.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s a real standard, what discipline! Like, so that you don’t come twitching back going, ‘I know that Green Bay is going to cover…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to hear a suit filed by Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc over the revocation of their operating licences. CBN’s lawyer, Onyeka Ezeah, and NDIC’s lawyer, Abubakar Shehu, raised an objection before Judge Emeka Nwite, during Monday’s hearing. Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc are both Nigerian primary mortgage institutions licensed to provide mortgage financing and related banking services. The filed the suit along…

The leadership of De Norsemen Kclub International (DNKI) has broken its silence over a viral video allegedly showing ritualistic practices involving blood, firmly dismissing the claims as false, misleading and alien to the organization’s values. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the International President and Skull Executioner of DNKI, Alban Aniekanabasi Paulinus, said the brotherhood does not drink blood, suck blood or engage in any form of cult-related or barbaric practices. “My attention has been drawn to a video currently circulating on various media platforms where the immediate past Skull Executioner, Chief Chidi Anokwu, was seen handing over a skull-like…

A 20-year-old Nigerian has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, over alleged involvement in large-scale fraud targeting victims in the United States, with losses estimated at over one billion naira. The suspect was apprehended by operatives of the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Airport Police Command while attempting to travel out of Lagos. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Adeola. Adeola said the arrest followed months of intelligence-led surveillance based on credible information linking the suspect to several transnational fraud operations. According to the police, the suspect, who…

Former Arsenal player, Emmanuel Eboue is sure that there are still three teams that can compete with his old club for the Premier League title this season. The Gunners are six points ahead at the top of the league table with 18 games remaining as they keep trying to win their first top division trophy since 2004. Arsenal have 48 points after playing 20 matches this season, while Manchester City, who are in second place, and Aston Villa, who are in third, both have 42 points. Right now, Liverpool are in fourth place, 14 points behind Arsenal. Arsenal will play…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs Bolaji Akinyemi, and a cross-section of scholars, on Tuesday, condemned the U.S. government under President Donald Trump over the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, describing the action as a violation of international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty. Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. forces on January 3 and indicted on charges linking them to a narco-terrorism conspiracy. When arraigned on Monday at a New York federal court, Maduro pleaded not guilty to four criminal counts, including narco-terrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession…

The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 32 street urchins, popularly known as Omotaku, for allegedly causing public nuisance and obstructing traffic on major highways across the state. The agency, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Raheem Gbadeyan, on Monday, stated that the suspects were apprehended during a coordinated enforcement operation carried out on Tuesday across the Island and Mainland following complaints by residents over the activities of the miscreants. He added that the operation, which was part of the Taskforce’s ongoing clean-up exercise, covered areas such as Apongbon, Fadeyi, Jibowu, Yaba Phase 1, Lagos Island, Palmgrove, Ojuelegba, and Surulere,…