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The law firm Pogust Goodhead has hired veteran litigator Jonathan Wheeler to lead its massive group claim against mining company BHP concerning the 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil. Wheeler, previously a senior partner and litigation head at Morrison Foerster in London, will oversee the case...

Samsung Research has developed new model compression technology capable of running a 30-billion-parameter AI model on a mobile device using less than 3GB of memory, a significant reduction from the typical 16GB requirement. Dr. MyungJoo Ham of the Samsung Research AI Center explained that the...

Google has released Nano Banana Pro, an AI image generation model designed to solve the persistent problem of garbled and misspelled text within created visuals. The new tool, powered by the Gemini 3 Pro model, produces 4K resolution images with properly rendered typography, making it suitable...

Federal prosecutors have charged four men with conspiring to smuggle millions of dollars worth of advanced Nvidia AI chips, including 400 A100 processors, to China and Hong Kong. The indictment alleges the group used companies in Alabama and Florida as fronts to illegally export the restricted...

The latest update to Microsoft's PowerToys, version 0.96, enables its Advanced Paste tool to perform AI-powered clipboard functions entirely offline. This allows Windows 11 users to process tasks like text translation and summarization directly on their device's neural processing unit...

A new trailer for IO Interactive's upcoming title, 007 First Light, featured the Aston Martin Valhalla, the vehicle James Bond will drive. The car incorporates advanced Formula 1 technology and aerodynamic designs, with production limited to 999 units globally. An accompanying statement from...

Polish studio Plot Twist has announced Erosion, an open-world roguelite. Set in a distant future where a sentient rock formation called the Pillar is consuming the world, players undertake dungeon runs to save a protagonist's daughter. Each death reduces the available time, permanently altering...

Google has enabled file transfers between Android and Apple devices by integrating its Quick Share function with Apple's AirDrop. This new compatibility, currently available for Pixel 10 devices, allows for seamless cross-platform exchanges. For a successful transfer, specific settings must be...

Chinese developer Eclipse Glow Games revealed new gameplay for its action-adventure title Tides of Annihilation during a recent presentation. The footage featured protagonist Gwendolyn, the sole survivor of an Outworld invasion in modern London, battling a shapeshifting witch named Tyronoe the...

Counterplay Games has announced a new third-person action title, Armatus, following its previous work on Godfall. The studio described the project as the result of immense effort and camaraderie developed through significant challenges. Set in a dystopian Paris where different realities are...

A proposed 100 billion dollar partnership between NVIDIA and OpenAI, involving a large-scale 10-gigawatt compute buildout, has not yet been finalized. NVIDIA disclosed in a regulatory filing that its agreements with OpenAI and other firms like Anthropic and Intel might not proceed as initially...

Nollywood actor Yomi Fabiyi has asserted that he has a video depicting the murder of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Fabiyi stated that the video was sent to him following an extortion attempt. He further revealed that he had written to President Bola Tinubu...

The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emaka Rollas, has publicly challenged veteran Nollywood actors to break their silence regarding allegations of substance abuse involving actress Regina Daniels. Rollas identified Jide Kosoko, Sanni Danji, Okey Bakassi, Charles Inojie, and...

Afrobeats artist Omah Lay, whose real name is Stanley Omah Didia, has asserted that prayers alone are insufficient for saving Nigeria. He stated on his social media account that the country would not improve until its citizens took proactive measures. His comments responded to recent calls for...

Two prominent Nigerian religious figures, gospel singer Nathaniel Bassey and Pastor Jerry Eze, have demanded immediate government action to address the nation's escalating security crisis. They specifically called for a concerted effort to combat terrorism, banditry, and kidnappings. Their...

Nigerian actress Bukola Arugba has publicly challenged the Kwara State First Lady, Olufolake Abdulrazaq, regarding the official characterization of a recent church attack. The First Lady had described the violent incident in Eruku as an attempted attack. Arugba, a native of the community...

Nigerian artist Burna Boy has addressed the controversy stemming from his recent comments about fans, clarifying that his remarks were a joke that was misinterpreted. He stated he was engaging in lighthearted banter with his band and did not intend to disparage his supporters. The musician also...

The musician Davido has responded to recent violent incidents in Nigeria, expressing his sorrow over the abduction of numerous schoolgirls in Kebbi State and a deadly church attack in Kwara State. He stated that no family should have to endure such pain and that these acts of violence must not...

Funcom is initiating a free trial week for its open-world survival game, Dune: Awakening. Prospective players can access the game for ten hours over seven days, with all progress transferring to the full version if purchased. Concurrently, the game is discounted by twenty-five percent. This...

Owlcat Games is developing its first third-person action role-playing game, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. The studio collaborated with former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao to create a believable space environment while avoiding overly cumbersome realism. To streamline movement outside a spacecraft...