Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu’s investment in Seplat Energy Plc has crossed the $1 billion mark, less than a year after his Heirs investment group acquired the stake for about $500 million. The investment, representing a 20.07% stake in Seplat Energy, was acquired from French energy company Maurel & Prom in December 2025. The transaction involved…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have purchased Strancally Castle, a historic Gothic Revival estate in County Waterford, Ireland, reportedly worth between $23 million and $35 million. The off-market purchase was completed several weeks ago, although the exact amount paid has not been publicly disclosed. The Irish Times estimates the property’s value…
OpenAI has rolled out a new Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT that allows users to search conversations, draft replies and send messages directly through the Messages app on a Mac. The new integration gives ChatGPT access to users’ iMessage, SMS and RCS conversations stored on their computers, opening the door to a range of AI-powered…
Christopher “C.J.” Wallace Jr., son of the late hip-hop legend The Notorious B.I.G., has gone to court seeking an investigation into changes made to his grandmother Voletta Wallace’s will just 15 days before her death. According to court documents reported by TMZ, C.J. is challenging an amendment signed by Voletta on February 6, 2025. She…
Some of the world’s biggest technology companies are facing proposed class-action lawsuits in Chicago over allegations that they used thousands of hours of recorded human voices without permission to develop and train artificial intelligence systems. The lawsuits target Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung, alongside Google, Adobe and AI voice company ElevenLabs. The cases…
Quality Control Music co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after reportedly suffering a heart attack, according to multiple reports. Thomas, a major figure in Atlanta’s hip-hop industry, is currently receiving medical care in an intensive care unit, with family members reportedly by his side. Reports of his death began circulating on…
Paying college tuition in the United States just got another digital option, as PayPal and Venmo are now available for tuition and fee payments at participating universities. The new payment option allows students and their families to pay directly through their school’s existing online payment portal, rather than having to arrange a separate payment process….
HSBC and Standard Chartered have completed the first live cross-border transaction using tokenized deposits on Swift’s new blockchain-based ledger, marking a major step in the modernization of global payments. The transaction demonstrates that digital deposits issued by different regulated banks can interact through a shared blockchain-based infrastructure while remaining connected to the existing banking system….
TikTok is exploring a new feature that could allow users to send money directly to one another through private messages, as the social media giant looks to expand further into financial services. The potential peer-to-peer payment feature was discovered in hidden code within TikTok’s US iPhone app, according to a Bloomberg report. If launched, the…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has weighed in on President Donald Trump’s push to bring Hyperliquid into the United States, arguing that any regulatory framework created for the platform should ultimately apply across the wider crypto industry. “Policy cannot be applied to only one company/project. What’s good for one is good for the rest of…
