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Chipmaker Nvidia set a fresh sales record in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations for its artificial intelligence chips. But shares of the chip giant still dropped 2.3% in after hours trading, in a sign that investors’ worries of an AI bubble and the repercussions of Donald Trump’s trade wars are not quelled.Nvidia’s financial report was the first test of investor appetite since last week’s mass AI-stock selloff, when several tech stocks saw shares tumble last week amid growing questions over whether AI-driven companies are being overvalued.On Wednesday, Nvidia reported an adjusted earnings per share of $1.08 on $46.74bn…

  Tygerberg Performs South Africa’s First Robotic Kidney Transplant Doctors at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town have successfully performed South Africa’s first living donor kidney removal using robotic surgery, marking a major medical milestone, reports SABC News. The procedure saw a 45-year-old woman donate a kidney to her 24-year-old daughter. Urologist Dr. Danelo du Plessis, who carried out the surgery, says the surgery exceeded their expectations as it was completed in under 90 minutes. Experts have described it as a milestone, which makes organ donation safer and less invasive for living donors. The donor was discharged the next day, while…

Megan Thee Stallion. Patti LaBelle. Kylie Minogue. Two-fifths of the Spice Girls. These are just a smattering of the multiplatinum sellers in the all-singing, all-dancing trailer for KPOPPED, which, honestly, looked epic. If I had been reviewing this new Lionel Richie-produced singing contest based on those 109 seconds alone – complete with roaring stage pyrotechnics and Megan performing a K-pop version of her smash hit Savage – it would have been an easy five stars.Sadly, the series that follows isn’t quite as irresistible. Each of the eight episodes sticks tightly to the same format: an established Korean boy or girlband…

214 Namibia has joined the list of African countries adopting fifth-generation network technology, as Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) officially launched 5G services at the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. With this move, MTC becomes the first operator in Namibia to roll out the advanced mobile network, a development the company says will transform communication, business, and innovation across the country. Speaking during the launch, MTC’s Chief Technical and Information Officer, Monica Nehemia, said the introduction of 5G represents a major milestone in Namibia’s digital transformation journey. She explained that the technology will make it easier for citizens and businesses to access…

Former prime minister and the wife of ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol both indicted on separate charges on the same day.Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025South Korean prosecutors in separate cases have indicted former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo for aiding and abetting former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law last year, and the ex-president’s wife, Kim Keon-hee, for bribery and other charges.The charges were laid against Han, 76, on Friday, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Additional charges include perjury and falsifying official documents.Han had been under investigation by a team of special prosecutors for several weeks, according…

Dakar — The fourth edition of the Annual West Africa and Sahel Youth Forum was held in Dakar, from 26 to 28 August 2025, under the theme: “Employment and education in emergencies for young women and men: building a peaceful and safe West Africa and Sahel”. Organized by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with UN agencies, the forum brought together nearly 150 participants, many of whom were young women and men, as well as representatives of governments, regional organizations, workers’ organizations and employers’ organizations, civil society,…

A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara State has led to the death of eight people and infected over 200 others in 11 communities. The residents and local officials gave the figures yesterday. Cholera, a water-borne disease, is common in Nigeria, which is attributed to lack of clean water in rural areas and urban slums. The affected communities, including Nasarawa-Burkullu, Gurusu, and Adabka, have been overwhelmed, with many patients treated at home due to the lack of primary healthcare facilities. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines “We have over 21 patients presently admitted, although three…

Bill BarnwellAug 28, 2025, 11:00 PM ETCloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.The quickest way to make a boring, redundant soap opera more exciting is a shocking twist ending. After months of publicly flirting with the idea of trading star edge rusher Micah Parsons, Jerry Jones and…

Everyone has a stake in how tech is shaping education today. From the tech moguls and venture capitalists who are starting “microschools” and building ed-tech tools to policymakers who are writing bills to safeguard kids online and teachers who are getting creative about using AI for school.WIRED explored all this and more in our recent back-to-school digital edition, which was the topic of our subscriber-only livestream on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Hosted by WIRED’s features director, Reyhan Harmanci, with writers Charley Locke and Julia Black. Watch the livestream replay below.Check out past livestreams on the launch of GPT-5, essential features…

Authorities say 23-year-old who attacked church was ‘obsessed’ with killing children and ‘idolised’ US school shooters.Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025A 23-year-old man who killed two young school students and wounded more than a dozen after opening fire on youngsters sitting in a Catholic church in the US city of Minneapolis was “filled with hatred” and “obsessed” with killing children, authorities said.Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said on Thursday that the suspect had fired 116 bullets through stained-glass windows while the children celebrated Mass on Wednesday during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School.“It is very…