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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has declared that computer chips are poised to become the next major asset class, comparing their potential to the rise of cryptocurrency. In a concise post on X, Cuban wrote, “Chips as an asset class will be the new crypto.” His statement refers primarily to high-performance AI accelerators, especially advanced GPUs […] The post Mark Cuban Says AI Chips Will Be the New Crypto appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has pushed back against claims that his warnings about artificial intelligence have contributed to growing public opposition to the technology, explaining that the industry’s deeper problem is a longstanding “crisis of trust” rather than the way AI executives communicate its risks. Amodei was responding to investor Gavin Baker, who said on […] The post Anthropic CEO Amodei Rejects Claim His AI Warnings Are Fueling Backlash, Says Industry Faces ‘Crisis of Trust’ appeared first on Tekedia.

The global monetary system may be approaching an important inflection point as central banks continue to accumulate gold at elevated rates. For decades, foreign-exchange reserves have been dominated by the U.S. dollar, supported by the depth of American financial markets. The size of the U.S. economy and the dollar’s role in global trade and finance. […] The post Will Gold Accumulation By Central Banks Lead to Forex Regime Changes appeared first on Tekedia.

Seeing the “iPhone Locked to Owner” message means the device is currently protected by Apple’s Activation Lock. This security feature triggers when a device is reset without first signing out of the associated Apple ID. Here are six proven methods to bypass the Activation Lock and regain access, even without the previous owner. Why Does […]

Whether you are tracking markets from London, Buenos Aires, or New York, there is a distinct sense of unease running beneath global finance. It is not necessarily the panic associated with a market crash, but rather a growing feeling that the assumptions supporting the modern financial system are becoming less reliable. For some investors, the […] The post The Hidden Risks Behind Today’s Global Financial Markets and AI Infrastructure Spending appeared first on Tekedia.

The UK economy expanded by 0.4% in the second quarter, slowing from the 0.6% growth recorded in the first quarter. While the latest figure confirms that economic activity continued to expand. The moderation highlights the increasingly uneven nature of the UK’s recovery and the challenges facing households, businesses and policymakers. Growth of 0.4% is not […] The post UK Economy Expands 0.4% in Q2 as Growth Moderates appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic is asking prospective investors to look unusually far into the future as it prepares for a potential blockbuster initial public offering, with bankers and investors using the company’s projected 2028 revenue to assess how much the artificial intelligence developer could be worth. The Claude maker is projecting revenue of roughly $190 billion to $200 […] The post Anthropic Looks to $190bn to $200bn 2028 Revenue to Justify a Potential Record AI Valuation appeared first on Tekedia.

Berkshire Hathaway made a roughly $17 billion investment in Alphabet during the second quarter, elevating Google’s parent company to its third-largest equity holding and giving investors a clearer view of how Warren Buffett’s successor, Greg Abel, is deploying the conglomerate’s enormous cash reserves. Berkshire’s latest portfolio filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed […] The post Berkshire Makes $17bn Investment in Alphabet as Buffett’s Successor Digresses from Equity Portfolio appeared first on Tekedia.