Exclusive: Microsoft’s departing science president plans to join Mercedes F1 team as AI advisor
Peter Lee, who recently announced his departure as president of Microsoft Science, plans to join the Mercedes Formula 1 team in a newly created AI advisor role, he told Fortune.…
LinkedIn is piloting a school to teach workers how to become their own bosses–no degree required
The job market is getting harder to break into. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported employers added just 29,000 jobs last month, below economists’ expectations of 90,000, and more than…
Dario Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI Bomb
Recently, my wife and I have been rewatching prestige TV classics. First, The Americans and, just now, Mad Men. Both period pieces today read as statements not only about the…
Ancestry’s CEO says a billionaire boss taught him to eat lunch with employees in the break room—it gives him access to ‘unfiltered information’
At many large companies, CEOs are squared away in plush corner offices, where they take meetings and receive elaborate lunch orders. But when midday rolls around, Ancestry employees find their…
Trial of Alleged Fake PFIPC DG Moved to FCT High Court as Federal High Court Strikes Out Charges
The trial of Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly posed as the Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has been transferred to the High Court of the Federal Capital…
NCWS Warns Nigeria May Miss 2030 Goal to End Child Marriage
The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) has warned that Nigeria risks missing its 2030 target for ending child marriage unless governments at all levels implement stronger interventions and enforce…
NDLEA Rearrests 83-Year-Old Woman, Seizes 2.8 Tonnes of Cannabis in Nationwide Operations
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rearrested an 83-year-old woman, Uloma Uchechi Sunday, for alleged drug trafficking while recording major drug seizures across several states. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi…
NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Unsafe Pesticide Residues in Beans
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians about unsafe pesticide residues detected in beans and reiterated the ban on chemicals containing paraquat, chlorpyrifos…
World Mental Health Day: Plan International Donates N80m Health Commodities to Sokoto
Plan International Nigeria has donated family planning commodities, sexually transmitted infection (STI) medications and psychotropic drugs valued at more than N80 million to the Sokoto State Government. The donation was…
Abiodun Says Ogun East’s Economic Boom Will Drive National Growth
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said ongoing and proposed infrastructure projects in Ogun East have the potential to transform the region into a major economic hub and significantly…