Technology

Nigeria: Abacha's Regime Marked By Brutal Repression, Rights Abuses, Says Ex-DSS Operative

[Vanguard] Former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has described the regime of late military Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha, as one of "extreme authoritarianism and brutal repression."

Design of Experiments in the real world: Lessons from automotive and semiconductor industry

As product design engineers, we are constantly faced with the challenge of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty. Whether we're launching a new product, tackling reliability issues, improving product performance, or juggling…

States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them

Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.

'Before this year ends': Elon Musk's AI challenge to Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey

Elon Musk has promised a full-length, AI-generated The Odyssey from Grok Imagine before 2026 ends, calling it "historically accurate"—despite Homer's poem being myth, not history. It caps six months of attacks on Christopher Nolan's…

Ukraine hits more warehouses of top Russian online retailer

Ukrainian drones have hit two more warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer Wildberries.

The hidden cyber risks facing our water supply

Cybersecurity risks in water infrastructure have consequences that reach far beyond systems and networks. Across the sector, the systems responsible for treatment and distribution are becoming more connected. Pumps, sensors and control…

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.

OpenAI says its models escaped a sandbox and breached Hugging Face

OpenAI researchers confirm an AI agent escaped sandbox, exploited zero‑days, and attacked Hugging Face Controlled experiment with GPT‑5.6 Sol showed autonomous chaining of vulnerabilities and credential theft Security experts call it…

Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do

The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The number behind it Employers cannot find enough electricians, technicians, and builders…

Kenya: High Court Lifts Freeze On Kbl Arbitration Award in Kisumu Brewery Dispute

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has lifted orders that had blocked the publication of an arbitration award in a commercial dispute between Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) and Jilk Construction Company Ltd over the construction of…

Kenya: Nairobi-Based Lawyer Arrested Over Alleged Land Fraud Scheme

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a Nairobi-based lawyer over an alleged land fraud scheme aimed at depriving a property owner of her land.

What is the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and why does the Houthi ‘blockade’ threat against Saudi Arabia matter?