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Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent, Menlo Park, CAReutersMeta boss Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new smart glasses on WednesdayMeta has unveiled a new range of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) tech, as it expands its bet that they will be a must-have accessory for users around the world.At its annual developers conference “Meta Connect,” the social media giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, announced an array of devices in partnership with sunglasses brands Ray-Ban and Oakley.The firm also introduced a so-called neural wristband that pairs with its Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses to allow users to carry out tasks like sending…

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty,Melanie Stewart-Smith andVictoria FarncombeFame Under Fire podcastGetty ImagesEmmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male.Ms Owens’ lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim.Speaking to the BBC’s Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons’ lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found…

231 Café One, one of Nigeria’s leading coworking and coffee lifestyle brands, has expanded its footprint to 18 hubs across nine states, strengthening its role as a pioneer in the flexible workspace industry. The expansion reflects the company’s ambition to redefine how Nigerians work, collaborate, and build businesses in an evolving economy. In a statement on Tuesday, Café One explained that the future of work is increasingly shifting away from conventional office structures, and the brand has positioned itself as a benchmark for modern coworking. Its unique model blends world-class facilities with the comfort of café culture, creating an environment…

The Argentinian superstar is reportedly close to securing a multi-year deal to remain with MLS club Inter Miami.Published On 18 Sep 202518 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareMajor League Soccer’s biggest star might be sticking around, as Lionel Messi is closing in on a multiyear contract extension with Inter Miami, ESPN reported on Wednesday.Per the report, the sides are in the late stages of talks, with merely minor matters to be finalised. Financial terms weren’t reported.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMessi, 38, joined Inter Miami during the 2023 season, and his contract runs through the end…

Eddie Hearn has threatened to sue Chris Eubank Jr, after the boxer fired the first shots during a press conference ahead of his rematch with Conor Benn by accusing his opponent’s team of dirty tricks and “sabotage”.Eubank Jr, who won their first bout by unanimous decision in April, claimed an ambulance taking him to hospital afterwards was stopped – and appeared to point the finger at Benn’s promoters, Matchroom Boxing.The claim was met with derision by Matchroom chairman Hearn, who said “I’ve never heard so much waffle” and later threatened to take legal action against Eubank Jr for his comments.…

Savanah McCarty was not riding across the wide-open prairie when a horse accident nearly killed her.She was in the driveway of her leased farm outside Bozeman, Montana, waiting for a student’s mother to arrive, when her horse seized and flipped over backwards, landing on top of her.The horse, it turned out, had a neurological disorder linked to possum urine. McCarty never imagined it could cause this.“It was an absolute freak accident,” she says. “I thought I was fine because nothing was visibly bleeding, but the EMTs called in Life Flight [emergency helicopter transport] because I was showing signs of a…

Addis Abeba — The Horn of Africa presents a striking paradox for scholars and policymakers: it is simultaneously one of the world’s most fragile regions and one of its most strategically indispensable. Politically, the region is characterized by recurrent instability, from the security crisis in Somalia to recurrent coups and authoritarian reversals in Sudan. Chronic humanitarian crises, recurring famine, and weakened governance institutions reinforce the Horn’s reputation as a textbook case of fragility. Despite this instability, the Horn of Africa occupies a critical geopolitical position. Overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait–which links the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the…

One of the great creative bromances has flowered again: Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon. Having adapted Pynchon’s Inherent Vice for the screen in 2015, Anderson has now taken a freer rein with his 1990 novel Vineland, creating a bizarre action thriller driven by pulpy comic-book energy and transformed political indignation, keeping his pedal at all times welded to the metal.It’s a riff on the now recognisable Anderson-Pynchonian idea of counterculture and counter-revolution, absorbing the paranoid style of American politics into a screwball farcical resistance, with a jolting, jangling, nerve-shredding score by Jonny Greenwood. It’s partly a freaky-Freudian diagnosis of…

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to make a bold statement on the global stage as it will be gathering world leaders, policymakers, and investors and other private sector players at the forthcoming 2025 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This year’s gathering at the UNGA, which is the 80th Edition, will be held between September 15th and September 25th, and as always, UBA Group has mapped out a series of engaging activities to spotlight Africa’s opportunities and foster high-level dialogue with global leaders towards boosting the continent’s potential. A key part of the event will…

The deluge of conspiracy theories began almost the moment authorities revealed the text messages allegedly sent by the suspected assassin of right-wing American activist Charlie Kirk.After prosecutors in the US state of Utah published alleged text exchanges between 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and his romantic partner on Tuesday, countless social media users, including numerous prominent influencers, cast doubt on their authenticity.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSome outright claimed that the texts, in which Robinson appears to confess to killing Kirk, had been fabricated by authorities.Many of the posts suggested that the language and tone of the exchanges did not match someone…