e Art and Science of Getting Happier Hardcover – September 12, 2023

n Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.

‘Wiz is only about b*itches, while I’m about real life’; Burna Boy says Wizkid is not his competition

 

Nigerian music star Burna Boy has downplayed the competition between him and another superstar Wizkid.

With a dominant run that came with a Grammy Award win and nomination, Burna Boy is considered the face of Afrobeats along with other superstars, including Wizkid.

But in a recent interview, the 30-year-old singer downplayed the competition between him and Wizkid.

Rivian delays deliveries of R1T, R1S electric vehicles again

Rivian is pushing back deliveries of its long-awaited R1T electric pickup truck and R1S SUV several more months due to delays in production caused by “cascading impacts of the pandemic,” particularly the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips, according to a letter sent to customers from CEO RJ Scaringe. The R1T deliveries will begin in September with the R1S to follow “shortly,” Scaringe wrote in the message.

Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson will be a Startup Battlefield Judge at Disrupt 2021

 

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Dayna Grayson has been in venture capital for more than a decade and was one of the first VCs to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy.

Crypto investors like Terraform Labs so much, they’re committing $150 million to its ‘ecosystem’

There are many blockchain platforms competing for investors’ and developers’ attention right now, from the big daddy of them all, Ethereum, to so-called “Ethereum Killers” like Solana, which we wrote about in May.

Digital lending platform Blend valued at over $4B in its public debut

 

Mortgages may not be considered sexy, but they are a big business.

If you’ve refinanced or purchased a home digitally lately, you may not have noticed the company powering the software behind it — but there’s a good chance that company is Blend.

(BREAKING) Alleged genocide, crimes against humanity: Akintoye, Igboho, 49 Yoruba groups’ drag Buhari, Malami, others before ICC

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By Dapo Akinrefon

Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye: Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, also called Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba self-determination groups, on Wednesday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai and former Inspectors General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Muhammed Adamu before the International Criminal Court, ICC, over alleged genocide and crimes against humanity against the Yoruba People of Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Okun Land in Kogi, and Kwara States respectively.

Apple introduces a $99 MagSafe Battery Pack for the iPhone 12

 

The addition of MagSafe to the iPhone 12 line introduced all manner of fun avenues for accessory makers, but there’s a strong case (so to speak) to be made that a snap on battery pack might be the most useful of all. A number of third-parties (notably Anker and Mophie) have introduced their own versions, and now Apple’s getting in on the action

Electrify America to double number of EV chargers as wave of electric vehicles come to market

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Electrify America, the entity set up by Volkswagen as part of its settlement with U.S. regulators over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, said it will double the number of its electric vehicle fast charging stations in the United States and Canada by the end of 2025.

Okowa felicitates Nobel Laureate, Soyinka, at 87

 Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday congratulated literary giant and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as he clocks 87.

 

His hands were tied so badly that the rope entered his skin. That binding couldn't have been done by that lady alone, even if he was drugged''- cousin of late Super TV boss speaks

The cousin of Uwaifo Ataga, the deceased boss of Super TV, has given a graphic detail of how the body of Ataga was found after he was killLate Ataga was found dead in a shortlet apartment in Lagos in June after he lodged there with his lady lover, 21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu. The 300-level Mass Communication undergraduate of the University of Lagos had said during her parade by the police that she stabbed the TV boss three times after he tried having sex with her. She had claimed that they dated for over four months after she met him in a wild party. She said she stabbed him and left him in the pool of his own blood, abscinding with his ATM card which she used in withdrawing money from his account. 

 

However, in a fresh interview with CrimeReporters, Chidinma said she did not kill the deceased and that she only walked into his murdered body after returning from where she had gone to purchase the hard drugs they were to take. Read here.

 

CN hails Senate over rejection of Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner

 

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja

A pro-democracy and human rights group, Concerned Nigerians group, Tuesday, hailed Senate for rejecting nomination of Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Naira Marley's alleged internet fraud case adjourned for 3 months

 

The alleged fraud case involving Nigerian singer Afeez Adeshina Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has been adjourned for three months.

Imo govt seals Okorocha’s college, reclaims IBC quarters

 

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri

The Imo state government has sealed former governor Rochas Okorocha’s Foundation college for converting the lands of the staff quarters of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, to his college.

SuperTV CEO Usifo Ataga was having issues with his wife, he was not in a happy marriage - Arrested murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu reveals (video)

Chidinma Ojukwu has shared more personal details about SuperTV CEO, Usifo Ataga who she was arrested for killing. 

 

The 21-year-old University of Lagos student who was interviewed by Crime Fighters, described Ataga as someone who gets angry easily and was always busy. 

Sound Sultan’s demise, great loss to music industry, Nigeria — Sanwo-Olu mourns

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed condolences to the Fasasi family and the Nigerian entertainment industry on the death of a renowned rapper, singer and songwriter, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan.

Alleged N5bn fraud: Court threatens to issue arrest warrant on Stella Oduah

 

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, if she failed to appear in court by the next adjourned date.

EXCLUSIVE: Florida doctor arrested for role in assassination of Haiti president had campaigned to replace him in letter to U.S. State Department saying he was 'backed by key UN official' and business leaders to reform his poverty-stricken homeland

 

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and First Lady Martine are pictured together in 2017. Moïse was riddled with 12 bullet holes and had his eye gouged out during the brutal July 7 attack rthat claimed his life and left his wife seriously injured

Sanon's goals became more explicit last month with the launch of another website – Haitianlivesmatter – which specifically called for the ouster of Moise, who was shot at least 12 times on July 7 and had an eye gouged out.

Android 12 will let you play games before they finish downloading

 

At its Game Developer Summit, Google today announced a new feature for Android game developers that will speed up by almost 2x the time from starting a download in the Google Play store to the game launching — at least on Android 12 devices. The name of the new feature, “play as you download,” pretty much gives away what this is all about. Even before all the game’s assets have been downloaded, players will be able to get going.

WhatsApp is adding a ‘best quality’ setting for sending photos and videos

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WhatsApp is working on a setting that will let users more easily bypass its iffy image compression and send photos and videos in the highest available fidelity. The “best quality” option will likely join “auto” and “data saver” choices in a future version of the app.