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Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as the shadow of a widening war in Iran threatens global stability. The meeting, their first face-to-face encounter of 2026, focuses on five critical friction points: the Middle East conflict, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, trade tariffs, and semiconductor exports. Xi opened the session…
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella took the stand on Monday in Elon Musk’s closely watched lawsuit against OpenAI, offering testimony expected to shed light on how the world’s largest software company helped transform ChatGPT’s creator from a charitable organisation into one of the most valuable corporations on earth. Nadella’s appearance before a federal…
Nigeria wants African nations to pool their digital resources to avoid becoming tech colonies. Kashifu Abdullahi, head of the National Information Technology Development Agency, warned that the continent owns less than 1 per cent of global computing power. This tiny share persists even though Africa holds nearly a fifth of the world’s population. Nigeria is…
Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has condemned the systematic diversion of student fees and other financial abuses within Nigerian universities. The anti-graft boss issued this rebuke while addressing the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities in Kano. His investigation reveals a troubling pattern of inflated contracts and ghost workers…
Jury selection has begun in a closely watched US court case that places Elon Musk and Sam Altman at the centre of a legal dispute over the original purpose of OpenAI and its evolution into a commercial powerhouse. Proceedings taking place near San Francisco mark the formal start of a trial driven by Musk’s…
A courtroom battle set to begin Monday will test competing claims over the founding purpose of one of the world’s most influential artificial intelligence labs, as Elon Musk takes on OpenAI in a high-stakes lawsuit centred on trust, control, and the future of AI. Court proceedings across the bay from San Francisco bring Musk…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun integrating Artificial Intelligence into its operations to curb revenue leakages and identify under-declared goods. Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi flagged off a capacity-building programme in Abuja on Monday, marking a shift toward data-driven enforcement. By deploying AI-enabled cameras and risk-assessment systems, the service aims to boost collections without increasing the…
The Knights Templar Order has strongly condemned an AI-generated image shared by Donald Trump depicting himself in a Christ-like form, describing it as “offensive and blasphemous” and demanding its immediate removal. The group issued a statement reacting to the image and called on the US president to issue a public apology to Christians worldwide….
Google has rolled out enhanced safety measures for its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot, introducing a redesigned crisis intervention interface as the company confronts legal action linking the technology to a user’s suicide. The updates, announced Tuesday, aim to streamline access to mental health support when the system detects signs of distress. The tech giant said…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has thrown its weight behind an international enforcement framework targeting the proliferation of deepfakes and synthetic media, as global regulators move to close privacy gaps opened by generative artificial intelligence technologies. Nigeria has formally aligned with more than 60 data protection and privacy regulators worldwide in endorsing new international standards…
