I have been building things since my days at FUT Owerri, where we launched the university’s first campus FM radio station. In industry, I served as a global lead ASIC design engineer, helping to develop the inertial sensors used in the early versions of the iPhone. I also invented a wafer-level chip-scale packaging technology for […] The post ContiSX Opens Pre-order for ContiSX Phones appeared first on Tekedia.

Volkswagen is considering more than 4,000 additional job cuts at Porsche as part of its most sweeping restructuring yet, highlighting the depth of the crisis facing the German automaker as weak Chinese demand and a costly shift in electric vehicles weigh on its most prestigious brands. Documents detailing a recent agreement by Volkswagen’s supervisory board […] The post Volkswagen Plans More Than 4,000 More Porsche Job Cuts as Profit Crisis Deepens appeared first on Tekedia.

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have hit a setback in their proposed $400 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department after a federal judge indicated he would reject a key part of the agreement involving a long-running privacy consent decree. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu in Los Angeles said Friday that he was […] The post Judge Signals Setback for TikTok’s $400 Million U.S. Privacy Settlement appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence could raise productivity across Europe by about 1% over the next five years, but the gains are likely to be uneven and could widen inequality, put additional pressure on electricity networks and deepen Europe’s reliance on foreign technology, according to an International Monetary Fund paper. The paper, prepared for an informal meeting of […] The post IMF Says AI Could Lift Europe’s Productivity 1% But Deepen Inequality and Energy Strain appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence is no longer simply a tool for generating images. It is becoming a subject through which artists are questioning memory, ecology, identity, ownership and humanity’s responsibility toward technology. A series of exhibitions and cultural events involving artists including Ryan Koopmans, Alice Wexell, Auriea Harvey and Refik Anadol illustrates how rapidly AI and digital […] The post AI Art Enters a New Era of Memory, Ecology and Onchain Culture appeared first on Tekedia.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has firmly rejected predictions that artificial intelligence could end the world by 2030, stating there is a 0% chance of that outcome. In an exclusive interview with CBS News Huang said he questioned the motivations behind some of the more alarming AI predictions, suggesting political interests could drive them, attempts to […] The post Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says There’s Zero Chance AI Ends the World by 2030 appeared first on Tekedia.

Volkswagen has warned of up to €10 billion ($11.5 billion) in one-off costs, most of them linked to struggling sports car unit Porsche, deepening a crisis at the world’s second-largest automaker and underscoring the growing pressure on Europe’s industrial giants from a rapidly changing global market. The profit warning comes just two weeks after Volkswagen […] The post Volkswagen Flags €10 Billion Costs As Porsche Crisis Deepens And China Pressure Intensifies appeared first on Tekedia.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has reignited one of the most contentious debates surrounding artificial intelligence: whether calls for stronger AI safety regulation are primarily about protecting society from powerful technologies or, as Karp argues, protecting AI companies from the legal consequences of what their systems may eventually do. Karp’s criticism targets what he describes as […] The post AI Safety, Liability and the Nationalization Debate appeared first on Tekedia.

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization has climbed by more than $210 billion since the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Bitcoin rebounded above the $81,000 mark, trading as high as $81,907, and extending a sharp recovery that has triggered a strong rally in crypto-linked stocks. The recovery comes after Bitcoin […] The post Crypto Market Cap Gains Over $210 Billion Since CLARITY Act Failed in Senate appeared first on Tekedia.

Humanoid robots could become capable of carrying out most general-purpose tasks from verbal instructions as early as next year, but putting machines to work reliably inside homes will take significantly longer, according to the co-founder and chief scientist of Chinese robotics company Spirit AI. The prediction comes as China’s humanoid robotics industry shifts its focus […] The post Chinese Robotics Firm Says Humanoids Could Follow Verbal Instructions For Most Tasks By 2027, Reaching a “ChatGPT Moment.” appeared first on Tekedia.

China has rejected a reported European Union proposal to voluntarily limit Chinese hybrid vehicle sales in the bloc, warning that any export restrictions would violate global trade rules and could prompt Beijing to take measures to protect Chinese automakers. The Financial Times reported on Thursday that the European Union had asked China to voluntarily restrict […] The post China Rejects EU Push to Cap Chinese Car Sales as Trade Tensions Escalate appeared first on Tekedia.

Elon Musk offered a notably specific near-term economic forecast, stating that artificial intelligence is likely to roughly double U.S. GDP growth next year. In a post on X, the Tesla and xAI CEO wrote, “My guess is that AI roughly doubles US GDP growth next year from 2% to 4%. Maybe even more.” While speaking […] The post Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Roughly Double U.S. GDP Growth Next Year appeared first on Tekedia.

Central bankers have spent the week confronting a familiar problem in an unfamiliar form: inflation is being pushed higher by an energy shock that monetary policy cannot directly produce or remove. The response has been increasingly similar. The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate to 3.75%-4%, the European Central Bank has also tightened policy, and […] The post BOJ, Federal Reserve and ECB Navigate Inflation Risks From Higher Energy Prices appeared first on Tekedia.

If you’re looking for a practical way to monetize your online presence, the Temu affiliate program offers a streamlined path to earning commissions by sharing trending products and deals. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned marketer exploring new Temu affiliate opportunities, understanding the platform’s mechanics is fundamental to your success. To help you hit […] The post Temu Affiliate Program FAQ: Sign Up, Login, Sharing, and First Steps appeared first on Tekedia.

Crypto markets operate on a clock that is increasingly difficult for traditional monitoring systems to match. A protocol exploit, governance decision, token migration, network outage or regulatory announcement can move markets within seconds, while the process of identifying and verifying that information can take considerably longer. Blockworks is now attempting to close that gap with […] The post Blockworks’ Agentic Detection Signals a New Era for Real-Time Crypto Intelligence appeared first on Tekedia.

The emergence of tokenized equities is creating a new intersection between traditional financial assets and crypto-native market structures. One particularly interesting mechanism appears when a meme token is denominated directly in a stock asset rather than in a dollar-pegged stablecoin. Instead of measuring the meme token against a relatively stable unit such as USDC, traders […] The post How Stock-Denominated Meme Tokens Could Create Reflexive Pricing Loops in Tokenized Equity Markets appeared first on Tekedia.

How to Buy Dangote Refinery Shares Without Getting Scammed The Dangote refinery share sale opened on Monday, September 14. Within 30 minutes, Bamboo was seeing about 10 times its normal traffic, and Cowrywise and InvestNaija users also had trouble getting in. If you want to buy Dangote refinery shares online, the app is the easy part. The harder part is everything around it: the […] TechCity

Google is turning its CC artificial intelligence agent from a personal productivity tool into a household assistant, giving families a shared AI system that can coordinate calendars, email, tasks, and everyday responsibilities. The search giant introduced the updated CC this week as part of a broader push to bring agentic AI into consumers’ daily lives. […] The post Google Turns CC Into an AI Family Assistant for Managing Household Life appeared first on Tekedia.

Chinese AI startup Manus is in talks to raise about $500 million at a valuation of roughly $4 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, as the company rebuilds its business as an independent company after Beijing blocked a proposed $2 billion acquisition by Meta. The fundraising discussions would give Manus a significantly higher valuation […] The post Manus Seeks $500 Million at $4 Billion Valuation After Meta Deal Collapse appeared first on Tekedia.

Shopping has always been a human activity, but artificial intelligence is beginning to change who actually makes the purchase. AI shopping agents such as Instacart’s AI tools. Meta’s Muse and emerging autonomous assistants are moving beyond recommending products and toward helping consumers discover, compare and potentially buy items on their behalf. The shift raises a […] The post The Future of Autonomous Shopping and How AI Agents Could Change E-Commerce appeared first on Tekedia.

US stocks rebounded sharply on Thursday as falling oil prices, lower Treasury yields and resilient labor-market data helped investors look beyond the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in more than three years. All three major US stock indexes ended higher, with technology stocks leading a broad-based rally that pushed the Nasdaq Composite to the strongest […] The post Wall Street Rebounds As Oil Prices Fall And Treasury Yields Ease After Fed Rate Hike appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic says its Claude artificial intelligence models are now leading more than a quarter of the company’s own research and development work, offering a rare look at how quickly AI is becoming involved in building the technology itself. The San Francisco-based AI company said Thursday that Claude “leads” 26% of the research and development work […] The post Anthropic Says Claude Now Leads 26% of Its AI Research as Models Help Build Next-Generation Systems appeared first on Tekedia.

For decades, Florida has occupied an almost unquestioned position at the top of America’s retirement map. Warm weather, beaches, relatively low taxes and a large ecosystem of retirement communities have made the Sunshine State a magnet for older Americans seeking to turn their working years into a more relaxed chapter of life. But that dominance […] The post Florida Faces New Retirement Rival as North Carolina Attracts More Retirees appeared first on Tekedia.

Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT is preparing to enter the NAND flash market, challenging a segment dominated by Samsung Electronics and other foreign manufacturers as a global memory shortage creates an opportunity for Chinese suppliers to expand their presence. ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, plans to establish a research and development production line for NAND […] The post CXMT Prepares To Enter NAND Market, Challenging Samsung, YMTC Amid Memory Crunch appeared first on Tekedia.

Global stocks and bonds slipped on Friday as investors assessed a week of increasingly hawkish central-bank policy, while the Japanese yen weakened sharply even after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to their highest level in 31 years. The BOJ increased its policy rate to 1.25%, a move that had been widely anticipated by […] The post Central Banks Turn Hawkish as Yen Weakens Despite BOJ Rate Hike appeared first on Tekedia.

Bitcoin has rebounded above the $81,000 mark, extending a sharp recovery that has lifted the broader cryptocurrency market and triggered a strong rally in crypto-linked stocks. The world’s largest cryptocurrency climbed more than 5% on Friday, surging as high as $81,204, while shares of companies including Coinbase, Strategy and Robinhood posted double-digit or near-double-digit gains. […] The post Bitcoin Retraces Above $81,000 as Crypto-Linked Stocks Rebound Sharply appeared first on Tekedia.

Saudi Aramco has told at least two European refining customers that they will receive no Saudi crude oil next month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, as an attack on the kingdom’s critical East-West pipeline disrupts established supply flows and forces refiners to search for replacement barrels. The development represents a further escalation of the disruption […] The post Aramco Cuts Crude Supplies to European Refiners After Saudi Pipeline Attack, Opening Opportunity for Dangote appeared first on Tekedia.

U.S. consumer prices accelerated in August, adding another layer of uncertainty to the country’s inflation outlook as households confronted sharply higher gasoline costs. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in August, following a 0.1% increase in July, while prices were 3.4% higher than a year earlier, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. […] The post U.S. Inflation Reaccelerates in August as Gasoline Drives Consumer Prices Higher appeared first on Tekedia.

The layoffs at Uber are raising a broader question about the changing relationship between artificial intelligence and human work. Some former employees say AI had already begun playing a larger role in their day-to-day responsibilities in the period leading up to the cuts, suggesting that the technology was not simply an experiment at the edges […] The post Uber Layoffs Highlight Growing Concerns over AI’s Expanding Role in Daily Workflows appeared first on Tekedia.

The latest moves from OpenAI and Anthropic point to a deeper shift in artificial intelligence: the leading AI companies are no longer competing only to build smarter chatbots. They are building systems designed to organize professional work, understand specialized domains and execute increasingly complex tasks. OpenAI has launched Astra for Law, a legal-focused configuration of […] The post OpenAI Astra for Law vs Claude Projects: How AI Is Evolving Into Professional Workflows appeared first on Tekedia.

SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm is considering building a NAND flash memory factory in the United States, with upstate New York emerging as a leading candidate, as pressure from the Trump administration pushes South Korean chipmakers to expand semiconductor production on American soil. Three people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Solidigm is evaluating the […] The post SK Hynix Considers US NAND Factory as Trump Pushes Korean Chipmakers to Reshore Production appeared first on Tekedia.

The launch of World Money marks another step in the evolution of stablecoins from crypto-native instruments into consumer-facing financial infrastructure. World, the digital-identity project developed by Tools for Humanity, a company co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, has begun rolling out the self-custodial financial application across more than 150 countries. The product combines stablecoin […] The post Sam Altman-Backed World Expands Stablecoin Payments With World Money appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI is offering robotics engineers base salaries of up to $500,000 a year as the artificial intelligence company accelerates efforts to build robots capable of operating in the physical world. The company now has 27 robotics-related positions listed on its careers page, up from 11 in May, according to a review by Business Insider. The […] The post OpenAI Offers Up to $500,000 Salaries to Engineers as It Expands Robotics Push appeared first on Tekedia.

Bitcoin has reclaimed the $80,000 level as the crypto market digests the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision, with a sharp squeeze in bearish positions helping to accelerate the rebound. More than $218 million in crypto shorts were liquidated as Bitcoin strengthened, while several major altcoins recorded gains exceeding 20% during the day. The move highlights […] The post Bitcoin Holds $80K Despite Fed Rate Hike as Grayscale Downplays Policy Risk appeared first on Tekedia.

The U.S. securities market is entering a period in which the distinction between traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. On September 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission took a significant step toward that convergence, granting conditional, five-year exemptive relief to certain tokenized securities venues and liquidity providers. At almost the […] The post SEC Opens Five-Year Path for Tokenized Securities as Congress Reconsiders CLARITY Act appeared first on Tekedia.