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He explained that his decision to leave the party was due to the irreconcilable leadership crisis in the PDP, the platform on which he contested and won the governorship election and his current seat in the Senate, Nigeriaās highest legislative chamber. The post Ex-Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson quits PDP appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Mr Olatilewa Folami, the Director-General of the Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency (OYSIPA), has said that the 110-kilometer Ibadan Circular Road project is designed to act asā¦
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
US homebuyers had to act fast last week to nab the first sub-6% mortgage rates in more than three years. Now theyāre up, and the new conflict in the Middle East threatens to nudge them higher.
Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into more respectful language that remains closer to the user's original intent." For instance, if a user posts "Hurry TF up!" in chat, Roblox's AI will alter the message to say "Hurry up!" instead. Whenever this happens, Roblox says "everyone in the chat is notified that the text has been rephrased to keep things civil. ā¦ Read the full story at The Verge.
The South East Development Commission (SEDC) has unveiled ambitious plans to expand the South-East economy from about $40 billion to $200 billion within the next ten years, as part ofā¦
The Lagos State House of Assembly ad-hoc committee set up by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has concluded its investigation into the demolition of structures in the Makoko, Sogunro and Oko-Agbonā¦
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Meta's AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Gƶteborgs-Posten. The report, which was published last week, claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured with the smart glasses that show "bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments." So far, at least one proposed class action lawsuit accusing Meta of violating false advertising and privacy laws has emerged in response to Svenska Dagbladet's reporting, citing the company's claim that its smart glasses are designed for privacy: By affirmativel ā¦ Read the full story at The Verge.
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. I still remember the first time I tried the kids edutainment system Osmo back in 2014: I was sitting in front of an iPad, placed vertically on a white iPad stand, that showed me pieces of a tangram puzzle, its squares and triangles arranged to make a shape. In front of the iPad were matching wood puzzle pieces strewn across the table. I went to work to re-create the shape in question with those wood pieces. When I had managed to do so, the iPad played an animation and a sound, ā¦ Read the full story at The Verge.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has highlighted some of the achievements of the Tinubu administration. The Minister spoke in Abuja on Thursday when his colleague from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole paid him courtesy visit. Mr Idris pointed out that all the economic reforms that President [ā¦] āOpposition canāt dispute these achievementsā ā Ministers hail Tinubu govt
