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Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO

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Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO

Travis Kalanick is putting the band back together. His industrial-robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, who ran Uber’s finances during Kalanick’s tenure, as its new chief financial officer. Gautam Gupta was Uber’s finance chief…

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Osun account: EFCC must not become a weapon against opposition – Atiku

Osun account: EFCC must not become a weapon against opposition – Atiku

Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over the freezing of the Osun State Government’s statutory allocation account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

The Verge

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that…

The Verge

Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)

Wired

Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)

I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.

Wired

Ready Server Pilots Full-Immersion Cooling to Prepare Singapore Facility for AI-Ready Compute Services

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Ready Server Pilots Full-Immersion Cooling to Prepare Singapore Facility for AI-Ready Compute Services

Ready Server, a Singapore-based VPS Hosting and server solutions provider, has completed its first pilot of ...

Antara News

Borno Students develop Robot Teacher for schools, insecure Communities

Borno Students develop Robot Teacher for schools, insecure Communities

A team of secondary‑school pupils from Borno State has unveiled a home‑grown humanoid robot designed to teach children, especially in hard‑to‑reach and crisis‑affected areas of the northeast and Nigeria. The prototype, named “Max Zulum”…

China launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks

South China Morning Post

China launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks

Beijing has launched an investigation into products sold in China by US cybersecurity and cloud computing firm Palo Alto Networks, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced on Thursday. The administration said the review was being…

South China Morning Post

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Tarriela to Paolo Duterte: Why not direct your anger at China?

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Tarriela to Paolo Duterte: Why not direct your anger at China?

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela clapped back at Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, asking why he is directing his anger at him rather than at China for…

TASS

Iranian army remains on full combat alert, spokesperson says

According to Mohammad Akraminia, the command continues efforts to enhance combat capacity by restoring damaged air defense systems, introducing new equipment and relying on domestic capabilities

TASS

Kenya: No, Viral List Apparently Showing Nairobi Police Chiefs Appointed On Tribal Lines Is Fake

[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A document circulating on Facebook appears to list newly appointed commanders of Nairobi police stations, with users suggesting that the appointments were made along ethnic lines. But the National Police Service…

Building QA Agents That Remember with Knowledge Graphs

Hacker Noon

Building QA Agents That Remember with Knowledge Graphs

A good human QA tester doesn’t approach a product as a blank slate. After a few cycles, they can remember where the fragile pages are, how users move between screens, which bug likes to crawl back after every release, all that jazz. That…

Hacker Noon

South Africa: Family Thanks Mkhwanazi As Murder Suspects Finally Arrested

[Scrolla] · Emmanuel Mbense's family says they finally learnt how he was allegedly tortured and killed after evidence emerged at the Madlanga Commission.