The United States is entering a politically charged autumn in which household finances, energy prices and foreign policy are becoming tightly intertwined. President Donald Trump has now promised a $5,000 “dividend” to every adult American citizen if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in the November midterm elections, while oil prices have surged […] The post Trump’s $5,000 Election Dividend and the Rising Cost of Oil Above $100 appeared first on Tekedia.

Apple has raised prices across its iPhone lineup as an industry-wide memory shortage driven by the artificial intelligence boom pushes up the cost of components used in consumer electronics. The company on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at prices $100 higher than their predecessor models, while introducing its new […] The post Apple Raises iPhone Prices as AI-Driven Memory Shortage Spreads to Smartphones appeared first on Tekedia.

Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone at its flagship fall product event on Wednesday, putting new Chief Executive John Ternus on stage for the company’s biggest hardware launch in years and marking the first leadership change at the keynote since Tim Cook became CEO 15 years ago. Taking a page from Steve Jobs’ presentation playbook, […] The post Apple Unveils $1,999 Foldable iPhone as New CEO John Ternus Begins Tenure appeared first on Tekedia.

Japan’s central bank is preparing to take another step away from the extraordinary monetary accommodation that defined its economy for decades. The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point at its September meeting, lifting the policy rate to 1.25% and marking another decisive stage in the […] The post Bank of Japan Set to Raise Interest Rates to 1.25% in September as Yen and Global Markets Brace for Impact appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigerian fintech CreditCheck has expanded into East Africa by acquiring Ugandan core banking startup Algosys, giving it a direct foothold in the Ugandan market and access to 22 financial institutions currently using Algosys’ technology. The acquisition forms part of Creditcheck’s broader strategy to expand beyond borrower assessment and provide a wider range of financial infrastructure […] The post CreditCheck Expands Into Uganda Through Algosys Acquisition appeared first on Tekedia.

The airport security checkpoint has long represented a firm boundary: once a traveler passed through, only passengers with valid boarding passes could enter the secure side. Now, nearly 25 years after the September 11 attacks transformed that system, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is opening the gates again — but only for certain trusted travelers. […] The post Airport Security Gets a New Twist as TSA Allows Eligible Visitors Beyond Checkpoints appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond simply generating text to understanding how individuals communicate. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work is taking another step in that direction with a writing-style feature that can learn from connected workplace applications, including Gmail, Google Drive, Slack and SharePoint. Instead of repeatedly instructing an AI to sound professional, casual, direct or personal, the […] The post OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work Is Turning Workplace Data Into Personalized Writing appeared first on Tekedia.

For years, the American labor market has sent a powerful message: earning a college degree is one of the safest routes to a good career. But that assumption is being challenged by an important shift in employment. Americans without four-year college degrees are experiencing one of their strongest job markets in years, as employers increasingly […] The post Skilled Trades and Technical Jobs Drive Strong U.S. Employment Growth appeared first on Tekedia.

The crypto market is once again illustrating its defining contradiction: enormous technological ambition unfolding alongside vulnerabilities that can move hundreds of millions of dollars in seconds. The latest developments surrounding Liquid Network, Bitcoin, Zcash and the emerging ZCAT memecoin capture both sides of that equation—security risks on one hand and speculative momentum on the other. […] The post Liquid Network Hacker Returns 3,400 BTC as Zcash Surges Above $1,200 appeared first on Tekedia.

Crypto markets are increasingly becoming a contest between two very different visions of the blockchain economy: speculation at the speed of memes and financial infrastructure built for the scale of Wall Street. This week, both sides accelerated, with Robinhood, Stripe and Solana offering a glimpse of how quickly the boundary between crypto and traditional finance […] The post Robinhood Memecoins Dominance, Stripe BTC Accumulation and Solana Onchain Flow appeared first on Tekedia.

Apple has officially unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, introducing a new generation of flagship smartphones built around three major priorities: camera control, sustained performance and battery endurance. The Pro lineup represents a significant hardware and software upgrade, with Apple placing particular emphasis on photography and video, while the iPhone 18 […] The post Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Redefines Smartphone Photography With a 48MP Variable-Aperture Camera appeared first on Tekedia.

Visa’s stablecoin settlement business is entering a new phase, with annualized settlement volume surpassing $20 billion and growing more than 15 times year over year. The milestone offers a powerful signal that stablecoins are moving beyond crypto-native trading and speculation and becoming part of the infrastructure supporting global payments. For Visa, the significance is not […] The post Visa Stablecoin Growth Signals a New Era for Global Digital Payments appeared first on Tekedia.

Many people are predicting doom because of artificial intelligence (AI). My message is simple: we must not fear AI, even as we insist on its responsible development, deployment and use. AI holds extraordinary promise, including possibilities we cannot yet imagine or conceptualize. Over a sufficiently long but finite period, humanity may even approach forms of […] The post The AI Promise And The Mistake of “Fear” appeared first on Tekedia.

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Nonco, an institutional digital asset firm with businesses spanning derivatives, lending, OTC liquidity, market making and institutional execution, today announced that it will accept USDM1 as collateral from eligible counterparties and post USDM1 across its derivatives, financing and institutional trading activities. The adoption marks the latest expansion of Nonco’s institutional collateral toolkit. The firm, which […] The post Nonco Expands Institutional Collateral Toolkit from Tokenized Money Market Funds to Secured Sovereign Debt appeared first on Tekedia.

The Economic Community of West African States has ordered an urgent meeting of its Presidents’ Task Force to accelerate preparations for the ECO, as the regional bloc seeks to keep its planned single-currency launch on track for July 1, 2027. The directive followed the 14th Session of the ECOWAS Convergence Council, held by videoconference on […] The post ECOWAS Orders Fresh Push to Fast-Track ECO Single Currency Ahead of 2027 Launch appeared first on Tekedia.

Elon Musk has raised the stakes on one of the decade’s boldest economic forecasts, predicting that the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and robotics could more than double the global economy within the next decade. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO believes increasingly capable AI systems and humanoid robots could reshape how goods and services are […] The post Musk Predicts AI and Robotics Could More Than Double Global Economy in Less Than a Decade appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigeria’s capital market tells a striking story about who finances the country’s growth—and who gets to own a piece of it. Fewer than 600,000 Nigerians hold accounts capable of trading on the stock exchange. In a country of more than 200 million people and with over 100 million bank accounts, that number is remarkably small. […] The post Dangote Refinery Shows Nigeria Has Capital—The Challenge Is Turning Savers Into Owners appeared first on Tekedia.

The United States is widening its campaign against Iran’s use of cryptocurrencies, bringing Bitcoin and dollar-backed stablecoins such as USDT further into the center of the sanctions battle. The move highlights a growing tension in digital finance: cryptocurrencies can provide countries and individuals with alternatives to traditional banking networks, but the infrastructure behind many major […] The post Tether’s Role in Iran’s Crypto Strategy Comes Under Scrutiny appeared first on Tekedia.

Abraxas Capital is drawing attention in the Ethereum market after reportedly purchasing another 13,000 ETH, worth approximately $32.39 million, as part of a strategy designed to hedge its enormous short position on Hyperliquid. According to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, the investment comes alongside a short position of roughly 141,180 ETH, valued at about $353.27 million. […] The post Abraxas Capital’s Massive ETH Position Highlights Growing Crypto Market Hedging appeared first on Tekedia.

The idea of buying the “Magnificent Seven” as a single artificial intelligence trade is becoming increasingly difficult to justify, according to Plexo Capital founder Lo Toney. While the seven technology giants are often grouped together as the primary beneficiaries of the AI boom, their business models, exposure to AI infrastructure and ability to generate returns […] The post Why the Magnificent Seven Are No Longer One AI Trade appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s central bank has continued its steady accumulation of gold, purchasing another 20 tons in August and matching its largest monthly addition since 2023. The move reinforces a broader trend among central banks seeking to strengthen their reserves with an asset that carries no direct exposure to another country’s monetary policy or financial system. The […] The post China Gold Reserves and the Global Shift Away From Dollar-Dominated Assets appeared first on Tekedia.

The Strait of Hormuz is more than a narrow maritime passage connecting the Persian Gulf with the wider world. It is a critical artery of global trade, carrying enormous volumes of oil, gas and other commodities. Any prolonged disruption along the route can therefore send shockwaves through international markets. But according to the United Nations […] The post Rising Freight Costs Threaten Small Businesses in Developing Economies appeared first on Tekedia.

South Africa’s Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million, approximately $31.2 million, venture capital fund targeting technology-driven African companies seeking to move from Seed funding to Series A. Led by Grindstone Ventures CEO Thandiwe Maqetuka, the fund was established in partnership with Knife Capital and Thinkroom. It is targeting an initial close of R150 million […] The post Grindstone Ventures Launches $31.2 Million Fund for African Tech Startups appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Shares of Adani Enterprises rose nearly 5% on Wednesday after its airport subsidiary agreed to raise about 98.25 billion rupees ($1 billion) from a group of global and domestic investors, providing fresh capital for one of the conglomerate’s largest infrastructure businesses. Adani Airport Holdings has entered into a binding agreement with funds managed by Alpha […] The post Adani Airport Raises $1 Billion as Global Investors Bet on $18 Billion Valuation, Shares Rise 5% appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI is moving beyond general-purpose chatbots and into specialized business applications while cutting prices on lower-cost models, as the ChatGPT maker seeks to accelerate enterprise adoption and defend its position against Anthropic, Chinese AI developers and open-weight competitors. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said Monday that OpenAI is developing applications for industries including chip design, […] The post OpenAI Pushes Into Industry-Specific AI, Offers AI For Chip Design, Touts Cost Advantage Over Open-Source, CFO Says appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic has disclosed another incident in which an artificial intelligence model hacked external systems during testing, revealing that the company failed to detect the January episode even after conducting a large-scale review of its models’ behavior. The incident involved an early version of Claude Opus 4.6 and went undetected until last month, Anthropic said Wednesday. […] The post Anthropic Uncovers Fourth AI Hacking Incident After Review Missed January Breach appeared first on Tekedia.