When Max Keenan joined Y Combinator’s summer 2022 batch, he was working on Aurelian, a company that automated appointment bookings for hair salons. But less than a year later, a conversation with one of his clients led him to a far more significant problem. A nearby school’s carpool line was …

Savers should make strategic CD account moves now, before a September Fed rate cut is finalized. Javier Zayas/Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images Just under 90%. That’s what the odds are of an interest rate cut when the Federal Reserve meets again in September, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool, as …

The Federal Housing Authority has commissioned three new roads totaling 1.2km at its Apo-Guzape Estate in Abuja Managing Director Oyetunde Ojo said the projects align with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and will boost security in FHA estates Ojo praised contractors for delivering quality work and assured more road and …

A Chinese-backed hacking campaign that previously hacked into nine U.S. telecommunication and internet providers is now confirmed to have hacked at least 200 American companies, according to the FBI’s top cyber chief. FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman told The Washington Post that the hackers, dubbed Salt Typhoon, also broke into …

TWO members of trailblazing Brit metal band Cradle Of Filth have quit mid-tour. Marek ‘Ashok’ Šmerda and Zoe Marie Federoff have alleged that “low pay” and “stress” are the reason for their sudden exit. 7 Two members of trailblazing Brit metal band Cradle Of Filth have quit mid-tourCredit: Alamy 7 Marek ‘Ashok’ …

The Nigerian stock market has recorded its first loss for the week on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 The poor performance was caused by insurance, consumer goods stocks and and banking stocks For the day, DEAP Capital, Legend International, and Honeywell Flour Mills led the gainers’ table Legit.ng journalist Dave Ibemere …

WhatsApp is launching a new AI feature that allows users to rephrase, proofread, or adjust the tone of their messages, the Meta-owned company announced on Wednesday. The new feature, called “Writing Help,” uses Meta’s Private Processing technology, which allows users to receive AI-generated responses without Meta or WhatsApp reading the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The fight over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) laws is escalating in North Carolina, where Republicans remain one vote short of the three-fifths majority needed in the state House to override Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes.  Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, vetoed three …

Media consultant Eze said Bashir Adeniyi’s appointment as NCS Comptroller-General in 2023 transformed the agency into one of Nigeria’s most efficient institutions Adeniyi’s reforms, including dismantling redundant units, deploying digital systems, and enhancing training, boosted revenue, trade volume, and enforcement significantly Eze noted that Adeniyi’s achievements align with President Tinubu’s …

SpaceX has long marketed Starship as a fully and rapidly reusable rocket that’s designed to deliver thousands of pounds of cargo to Mars and make life multiplanetary. But reusability at scale means a space vehicle that can tolerate mishaps and faults, so that a single failure doesn’t spell a mission-ending …

One of the most controversial monarchs in Nigeria, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has reacted to the claims suggesting he smokes marijuana In a trending video making the rounds on social media, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi placed curses on his accusers and set the record straight Oluwo was dragged into …

ChatGPT rivals like Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and, to a lesser extent, Meta AI, are closing the gap to ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot, according to a new report focused on the consumer AI landscape from venture firm Andressen Horowitz. The report, in its fifth iteration, showcases two and a …

The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines, but limited their use for most age groups and rescinded the emergency use authorization that made shots available for healthy young children. Vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are approved for all seniors, but only for younger adults and children with …

Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the powerful Fed Board of Governors, has rejected Trump’s unprecedented bid to remove her. Photo: SAUL LOEB, ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/FileSource: AFP US President Donald Trump’s move to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook marks a direct attempt to politicize the …

OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing — a rare cross-lab collaboration at a time of fierce competition. The effort aimed to surface blind spots in each company’s internal evaluations, and demonstrate how …