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When Ebuka Obi Uchendu first entered the Big Brother Naija house in 2006, he was a shy law graduate with no intention of seeking fame. “Anyone who knew me back then would have been shocked that I would even think of that,” he joked in an interview with CNN’s Larry Maddow. “I was a very shy child. I couldn’t even look.” His motivations at the time were pragmatic and clear. “It ended up being $100,000,” he recalls. “I had the bright idea to go on the show, win, and then get a master’s degree. That was the plan.” He didn’t…
Lando Norris admitted he would be “very happy” if McLaren’s team order with Oscar Piastri saved him a championship win at Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a scenario where Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is in the hunt for the title.But the championship leader said he “doesn’t want to ask” the team, and both Norris and Piastri also claimed McLaren had not discussed the possibility of such a tactic with them. Championship contenders Norris, Piastri and Verstappen sat side by side at Thursday’s pre-event press conference in Abu Dhabi ahead of Formula 1’s first deciding race with more than one…
Meta’s decision to only offer its AI chatbot Meta AI to WhatsApp users has not been well-received by European competition regulators. The European Commission announced Thursday that it will launch an antitrust investigation into Meta’s move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users on the app. WhatsApp changed its business API policy in October, banning general-purpose chatbots from its chat app, saying the API was not designed as a platform for chatbot distribution. The policy change, which goes into effect in January, will affect whether AI chatbots such as…
The virtual currency market is in a bit of a slump.Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell 6% in trading on Monday, its biggest single-day decline since March. It has since rebounded somewhat, and the digital currency is now priced at about $93,000, but it is still down about 25% from its all-time high of about $125,000 in October. Other prominent digital currencies such as Ether and Solana have also fallen recently and, like Bitcoin, have recorded negative returns over the past 12 months. For crypto investors under a dark cloud, some experts say there may be a silver lining. The…
Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty ImagesBitcoinThe more than 30% drop from its all-time high highlights the volatility that has characterized cryptocurrencies.According to figures compiled by CoinDesk Data for CNBC, the move from previous cycles not only shows that the current price movements are all part of Bitcoin’s normal operating pattern, but also that price movements often precede upswings.Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell to a low of about $80,000 late last month before rallying and falling again this week. When Bitcoin fell below $81,000, it represented a drop of about 36% from its all-time high of about $126,000, set…
london — Britain’s former prince and Duke of York, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, will be refused a six-figure compensation payment for his early eviction due to the state of renovation of his 30-room Windsor mansion, the Royal Household has announced. In a briefing to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which examines the value for money of government projects and services, the Crown Estate said an initial assessment of the Royal Lodge showed it was “likely that Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor would not be liable for compensation for early surrender of the lease, given its age”. The Crown Estate added that while it did…
Amad Diallo and Brian Mbeumo have told Sky Sports that winning the Premier League title is a dream that Manchester United can achieve over the next few years, despite their limited form.United fought back from goal difference to win away to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday, but continued to be held back by inconsistency under head coach Ruben Amorim. They have managed to beat both Liverpool and Chelsea this season, but the embarrassment of losing to 10-a-side Everton is still fresh in the minds of fans and Amorim. With the signing of Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, the quality…
AI research institute Anthropic isn’t slowing down its efforts to acquire enterprise customers. The company announced Wednesday that it is expanding its partnership with cloud data company Snowflake with a $200 million, multi-year AI contract to bring Anthropic’s large-scale language models to Snowflake’s platform and, in turn, to the company’s massive customer base. “Anthropic joins a very select group of partners with nine-figure collaborations, product-level co-innovation, and a proven track record of working together for customers around the world,” Snowflake co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said in a blog post. “The combined power of Claude and Snowflake is raising the…
The American flag flies outside a Hyundai car dealership in Irvine, California, USA on March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersDetroit — Hyundai Motor and general motors The two companies are set to be the biggest beneficiaries of lower U.S. tariffs on imported goods, including cars from South Korea.The South Korean-based automaker is the United States’ largest importer of new cars from that country, followed by GM. Both automakers have paid billions of dollars in tariffs so far this year after President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on cars imported from South Korea and other countries in the spring.…
when Nvidia This week, the company announced it would acquire a $2 billion stake in chip design company Synopsys, just the latest in a series of big investments the company announced this year. Nvidia also announced that it would acquire a $1 billion stake in Nokia and invest $5 billion. intel And $10 billion for Anthropic — the total commitment from those four deals is $18 billion, not including small venture capital investments.That doesn’t even include its biggest commitment in years to buy OpenAI stock for $100 billion, but no final deal has been reached yet, NVIDIA finance chief Colette…