Trending lists promise insight into national priorities, yet often reveal more about algorithms than people. This article explores why trending topics don’t reflect what Nigerians care about, and what gets lost when speed, noise, and performance replace depth and lived reality.

As AI moves from text to speech, the real contest is no longer intelligence but presence. This piece explores AI voice agents and the future of competition, using Grok Voice as a lens to explain why voice is reshaping power, attention, and daily human–AI interaction.