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AI Agents and the Future of Enterprise Automation
Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence is often framed as a race to build more capable models. While model intelligence remains critical, the real challenge facing large organizations extends far beyond performance benchmarks. Cost-efficient frontier intelligence is necessary, but it is not sufficient. For enterprises, the central question is no longer simply whether an AI system […] The post AI Agents and the Future of Enterprise Automation appeared first on Tekedia.
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Global Stocks Edge Higher as Soft U.S. Data Diminish Fed Rate-Hike Bets
Global stocks edged higher on Monday while the dollar fell to its lowest level since June as a run of weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data reduced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting. The shift in rate expectations provided fresh support for technology shares, with Nasdaq futures outperforming broader U.S. […] The post Global Stocks Edge Higher as Soft U.S. Data Diminish Fed Rate-Hike Bets appeared first on Tekedia.
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China’s Economy Loses Momentum as Weak Consumption, Investment Raise Pressure for More Stimulus
China’s economy lost momentum at the start of the second half of the year, with industrial production and retail sales slowing sharply in July as weak domestic demand and severe weather disruptions added to pressure on policymakers to step up support. The latest figures reveal a difficult start to the third quarter after economic growth […] The post China’s Economy Loses Momentum as Weak Consumption, Investment Raise Pressure for More Stimulus appeared first on Tekedia.
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SafePal Data Breach Exposes Nearly 40,000 Customers as Crypto Industry’s Security Problem Persists
Cryptocurrency wallet provider SafePal has disclosed a data breach affecting nearly 40,000 customers, highlighting a persistent weakness in the digital asset industry: even after years of investment in cybersecurity and sophisticated security infrastructure, hacks, data leaks, and other breaches remain a problem that the crypto sector has struggled to eliminate. SafePal said on Sunday that […] The post SafePal Data Breach Exposes Nearly 40,000 Customers as Crypto Industry’s Security Problem Persists appeared first on Tekedia.
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AI Investment Explodes as Top 1% of US Firms Spend $7,400 Per Employee – Report
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the biggest areas of corporate investment in the United States, with spending reaching unprecedented levels among the country’s biggest AI adopters. A new report by Ramp’s latest AI Index, shows that the top 1% of U.S. firms spent a median of $7,400 per employee per month on AI […] The post AI Investment Explodes as Top 1% of US Firms Spend $7,400 Per Employee – Report appeared first on Tekedia.
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Oracle Faces Another Layoff Wave as AI Spending Reshapes Its Workforce
Oracle is reportedly preparing for another round of layoffs, just months after the technology giant eliminated roughly 21,000 positions during its 2026 fiscal year. The potential cuts highlight a growing contradiction at the heart of the company’s strategy: Oracle is experiencing strong demand for cloud infrastructure while simultaneously reducing its workforce to manage the enormous […] The post Oracle Faces Another Layoff Wave as AI Spending Reshapes Its Workforce appeared first on Tekedia.
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SEC Reporting and Compliance: A Guide for Modern Businesses
For companies that operate in the U.S. public markets, financial reporting is not just about publishing annual results. Investors, regulators, lenders, analysts, and other stakeholders depend on corporate disclosures to understand how a business is performing, what risks it faces, and where it may be headed. That makes accurate and timely SEC reporting a key […] The post SEC Reporting and Compliance: A Guide for Modern Businesses appeared first on Tekedia.
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Avalanche Struggled With $1,000, But BlockDAG Could Turn $1,000 Into $50K! Why Buyers Are Rushing In
Most people think buying a big, famous cryptocurrency is a safe move. They believe a well-known network with good tech will protect their money better than a new project. Avalanche showed us that this idea is not always true. One year ago, it was a top-level crypto project backed by big investors. It looked like […] The post Avalanche Struggled With $1,000, But BlockDAG Could Turn $1,000 Into $50K! Why Buyers Are Rushing In appeared first on Tekedia.
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Thiel’s Hedge Fund Takes $76M Stake in Argentina’s Vista Energy, Shares Rise
Shares of Argentine oil producer Vista Energy rose in premarket trading Monday after a regulatory filing revealed that billionaire investor Peter Thiel’s hedge fund had acquired a stake in the company, adding to growing investor interest in Argentina’s rapidly expanding shale industry. Thiel Macro LLC held nearly 1.2 million American depositary shares of Vista Energy […] The post Thiel’s Hedge Fund Takes $76M Stake in Argentina’s Vista Energy, Shares Rise appeared first on Tekedia.
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Trump-Backed World Liberty Ties Up With WorldClaw, Platform Offering Chinese AI Models
President Donald Trump-backed cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial is collaborating with Hong Kong-based AI platform WorldClaw, which provides access to dozens of artificial intelligence models developed by Chinese technology companies that the U.S. government has flagged over national security and technology concerns. The relationship is drawing scrutiny because it places a business linked financially to […] The post Trump-Backed World Liberty Ties Up With WorldClaw, Platform Offering Chinese AI Models appeared first on Tekedia.
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Ethereum’s Roadmap: Privacy, Quantum Security and a Simpler Future
Ethereum’s long-term roadmap is expanding beyond its traditional focus on scalability. As the network matures, developers are increasingly prioritizing privacy, quantum security, native rollups and protocol simplification, reflecting a broader effort to ensure Ethereum remains resilient, efficient and competitive for decades to come. For years, Ethereum’s most visible challenge was scalability. The network’s roadmap became […] The post Ethereum’s Roadmap: Privacy, Quantum Security and a Simpler Future appeared first on Tekedia.
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Institutional Demand Returns to Bitcoin and Ether Funds
U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ether funds attracted a combined $1.1 billion in their strongest weekly inflows since April, providing a powerful signal that institutional appetite for digital assets may be returning. After months of uneven flows, the renewed demand suggests that professional investors are once again becoming more comfortable allocating capital to crypto through regulated […] The post Institutional Demand Returns to Bitcoin and Ether Funds appeared first on Tekedia.
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Chinese AI Models Gain Ground Globally as Alibaba’s Qwen Reportedly Surges Ahead of Google, Meta
Chinese artificial intelligence models are gaining a stronger foothold among developers worldwide, with Alibaba’s Qwen emerging as one of the most widely used open AI model families and other Chinese systems including DeepSeek, Kimi, Zhipu AI and MiniMax rapidly expanding their global reach. The growth is occurring while the United States continues to impose restrictions […] The post Chinese AI Models Gain Ground Globally as Alibaba’s Qwen Reportedly Surges Ahead of Google, Meta appeared first on Tekedia.
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Alibaba Challenges Meta’s Open-AI Push With New Models for Consumer Devices
Alibaba is stepping up its challenge to Meta in the global open-weight artificial intelligence market, launching a smaller model designed to run on consumer devices while releasing the weights of its most powerful system for developers to download and deploy. The move puts Alibaba directly in competition with Meta as the U.S. technology giant attempts […] The post Alibaba Challenges Meta’s Open-AI Push With New Models for Consumer Devices appeared first on Tekedia.
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Nigerians are returning to ATMs as PoS transactions fall 20%
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Africa is building a single payments market but its currencies remain divided 
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Six Betting Trends to Watch at GEFA Dakar
GEFA returns to Dakar from 14 to 16 October 2026, running alongside Sports Betting West Africa+. The official programme focuses on Francophone African markets and highlights localisation, payment innovation and product strategies adapted to regional needs. For readers comparing betting interfaces, navigation, market access and mobile flow are practical checkpoints, while 1xbet singapore betting offers […] The post Six Betting Trends to Watch at GEFA Dakar appeared first on Tekedia.
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The State of Solana Validator Delegation in 2026
Solana’s staking ecosystem is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and understanding how validators attract delegated stake is now essential for anyone seeking to evaluate the network’s decentralization, incentives, and validator economics. A major refresh of the Solana Stake Pools Research by independent researcher Viktor offers a more transparent way to examine that landscape, bringing together detailed information […] The post The State of Solana Validator Delegation in 2026 appeared first on Tekedia.
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Oui Capital’s Olu Oyinsan on why African VC remains in an existential crisis 
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7 Account Cleanup Workflows X Power Users Can Automate
Power users rarely create a messy X history on purpose. It happens through volume. Replies, reposts, launch updates, commentary, and promotions build up fast. After several years, manual cleanup becomes a productivity problem. A useful cleanup starts with rules about what stays and what needs review. The TweetDelete tool supports that process with filters, bulk […] The post 7 Account Cleanup Workflows X Power Users Can Automate appeared first on Tekedia.
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Nigeria is not trying to stop crypto. It wants to know where the money goes.
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Airtel Africa gains 178% as analysts differ on target price
Key Points Main Story Airtel Africa shares have gained 177.53% year-to-date on the Nigerian Exchange, as analysts diverge on the stock’s valuation ahead of the planned Airtel Money IPO, The telecoms company closed at N6,300 per share on Friday, its latest 52-week high, giving Airtel Africa a market capitalisation of N23.676 trillion based on 3.758 […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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EkPlus8: Is This the Best Free Credit No Deposit Casino for Malaysian Slot Players
Ask a room of Malaysian slot players what they want from a casino and the answers are pretty consistent. Free credit to start, a wide slot library, and a smooth path to actually withdraw what they win. Plenty of sites claim all three. Fewer deliver. We took a closer look at EkPlus8 to see whether […] The post EkPlus8: Is This the Best Free Credit No Deposit Casino for Malaysian Slot Players appeared first on Tekedia.
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Masakhane African Languages Hub Awards 26 LINGUA Africa Grants to Advance Inclusive AI
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Meta, FMCIDE, 3MTT and RAIN Partner to Accelerate AI Skills and Innovation in Nigeria
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Defence-tech startup Terra Industries closes seed round at $52 million
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Next Wave: The next media business will be a strange one
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Ransomware Attacks Double Year over Year as July 2026 Cyber Threat Volumes Continue to Rise Worldwide
Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., today released its Global Threat Intelligence insights for July 2026, revealing that organisations worldwide experienced an average of 2,336 cyber attacks per week, representing a 3% increase month on month and a 16% increase year on year. African organisations recorded 3,237 attacks […]
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Storage is no longer an IT decision. It’s a business decision
For years, storage was viewed as a back-office technology decision. Organisations bought additional capacity when they needed more space, upgraded ageing infrastructure every few years and largely left storage discussions to IT departments. Today, that thinking no longer holds. Artificial intelligence, cyber resilience and the rapid growth of enterprise data have fundamentally changed the role […]
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Mozambique: Southern Africa’s emerging industrial platform
Mozambique has spent a decade being defined by one story. It may be time to pay attention to another. The first is well known. The discovery of vast offshore gas reserves in the Rovuma Basin attracted TotalEnergies, Eni and significant long-term capital, positioning Mozambique as one of Africa’s most consequential energy stories. That trajectory was […]
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NiYA, Cascador Partner to Back Nigeria’s Next Generation of Startup Founders
The Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD), through the Nigerian Youth Academy (NiYA), has partnered with entrepreneurship platform Cascador to support early-stage Nigerian founders with business training, mentorship and access to non-dilutive funding. The partnership will launch the NiYA × Cascador Founders Program, a pilot initiative targeting 20 young Nigerian entrepreneurs, including founders who may […]
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Phones running Android 17 right now (2026)
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Android 17 QPR2 features confirmed so far
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What’s new with Samsung One UI 9 Beta 5 update
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – ICASA rolls over
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Mind the gap: The space between profit and connectivity has widened
If connectivity is now only a fraction of a viable ISP’s revenue, where does the business go from here, and what should companies be changing to ensure they remain relevant to South Africans? asks Jacques du Toit, Chief Executive Officer, Vox. Over the past few years, mobile and fixed connectivity have delivered low to moderate […]
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