Squishy toys are soft, colorful and endlessly squeezable, designed to give children a tactile distraction that can be calming, entertaining and strangely addictive. But as their popularity has exploded, so too has a darker problem: some squishy toys can become dangerous when they rupture, overheat or break apart. Reports this year of children suffering burns […] The post Exploding Squishy Toys Put Kids at Risk as Parents Warned of Burns and Toxic Exposure appeared first on Tekedia.

Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT said Sunday that its fifth-generation technology platform has entered mass production, marking a significant advance in Beijing’s effort to build a domestic competitor to Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology in the global DRAM market. The Hefei-based company said the new platform can produce more powerful memory chips at lower […] The post China’s CXMT Says New DRAM Platform Enters Mass Production, Challenging Samsung and SK Hynix appeared first on Tekedia.

The most unsettling part of the quantum-security problem is not that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer might eventually break today’s cryptography. It is that defenders have to prepare for an attack whose technological timetable remains uncertain while the information being protected is already moving through hostile networks. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology […] The post The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin, Digital Assets and Modern Cryptography appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI expects to burn through $278 billion in cash between 2026 and 2030 as it pours money into computing power and infrastructure, underscoring the extraordinary capital requirements behind the race to build and operate powerful artificial intelligence systems. The projection, reported by the Financial Times on Friday based on a company presentation, highlights the scale […] The post OpenAI Projects $278 Billion Cash Burn Through 2030 as AI Infrastructure Costs Soar appeared first on Tekedia.

Amazon’s next move could reshape how America shops — all over again. The company has already transformed retail by making the internet feel like a shopping mall that never closes. Now, its next phase appears less about putting more products on a website and more about changing how consumers discover, evaluate and ultimately purchase them. […] The post Why Amazon’s Next Innovation Could Change Consumer Behavior appeared first on Tekedia.

Gold is no longer moving through this market as a quiet insurance policy. At roughly $4,390 an ounce, the metal remains dramatically above where it began its latest cycle, even after retreating from its January peak. Yet the more important story is not the distance gold has already travelled. It is whether the forces behind […] The post Gold’s Next Move Is About Demand, Not Round Numbers appeared first on Tekedia.

The biggest warning signal in the U.S. equity market right now may not be a dramatic stock-market selloff. It is the money quietly leaving the funds that own those stocks. U.S. equity funds recorded their fourth consecutive week of outflows, with investors withdrawing $31.44 billion in the latest week, according to LSEG Lipper data reported […] The post US Stocks Under Pressure as Investors Rebalance Portfolios Amid Higher Rates appeared first on Tekedia.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has challenged warnings from leading artificial intelligence companies that the technology requires additional government oversight, saying that calls for new regulation are being presented in a misleading way and could ultimately weaken the rules already on the books. In an interview with CBS News aired on Sunday, Huang said AI executives […] The post “They Must Be Doing It For Ulterior Reasons:” Nvidia Huang Dismisses AI Companies’ CEOs’ Safety Warnings appeared first on Tekedia.

For years, the African continent has found itself caught in a high-stakes cultural paradox. Its rhythms dominate global streaming charts, its football stars anchor Europe’s elite clubs, and its cinematic stories captivate international audiences. Yet, beneath this global explosion of soft power lies a quiet infrastructure crisis. When we zoom out and connect the pieces […] The post Screaming for Streaming — The Illusion of the Digital Leapfrog appeared first on Tekedia.

The Accessories You Actually Need for the iPhone 18 If you have just bought an iPhone 18, there is a good chance the phone itself was only the beginning of the spending. There are cases, screen protectors, chargers, MagSafe stands, wallets, power banks, grips, car mounts and enough different cables to make a simple phone purchase surprisingly complicated. Apple’s current accessory range covers most […] TechCity

Artificial intelligence has become one of the most complicated investment stories of the modern technology cycle. Consumers remain divided, with concerns about job displacement, privacy, misinformation and the reliability of increasingly powerful models. Yet beneath that uncertainty, an enormous amount of capital continues to flow into the companies building the physical and financial infrastructure required […] The post AI’s Real Gold Rush Is Happening Behind the Screens appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic is considering launching a new artificial intelligence model to counter OpenAI’s growing momentum following the release of GPT-6 Astra, three people familiar with the company’s plans told Reuters, as the AI developer prepares for a potential initial public offering and weighs how aggressively to spend on new products. The deliberations come at an awkward […] The post Anthropic Weighs New AI Model As OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Threatens Enterprise Lead appeared first on Tekedia.

WSO2 today announced the general availability of WSO2 Agent Manager, an open control plane that governs AI agents across any framework, model, or deployment, helping enterprises put agents in production with confidence and regain control of agent sprawl. Fully open source and deployable anywhere, Agent Manager gives enterprises complete sovereignty over how they manage their […]

Paramount and 12 US states challenging its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could reach a settlement as soon as this weekend, with independent monitoring of CNN’s content and commitments on theatrical film releases among the terms under discussion, according to people familiar with the talks cited by Reuters. The negotiations could remove a […] The post Paramount, States Weigh CNN Oversight In Possible Deal To Clear $110bn Warner Bros. Takeover appeared first on Tekedia.

Wall Street’s enthusiasm over strong corporate earnings and the AI investment boom may face a tougher test next year, as Goldman Sachs warns that the forces responsible for a large share of the S&P 500’s earnings growth in 2026 are unlikely to provide the same lift in 2027. Ben Snider, Goldman’s chief U.S. equity strategist, […] The post Goldman Sachs Warns AI Earnings Boom Is Losing Steam as S&P 500 Faces 2027 Reality Check appeared first on Tekedia.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned that the artificial intelligence industry could be heading toward a point where sophisticated systems become difficult for their creators to control, adding his voice to a growing group of technology leaders calling for greater restraint and stronger safeguards around frontier AI. “It’s surreal that I have to say […] The post Microsoft AI Chief Suleyman Warns Controlling Advanced AI Will Be a ‘Really, Really Big Challenge’ appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s artificial intelligence boom could deepen and prolong the economy’s long-running imbalance between strong industrial supply and weak domestic demand, a central bank adviser said, highlighting a growing tension between the country’s push to expand high-tech production and its struggle to get households spending more. Huang Yiping, a member of the People’s Bank of China’s […] The post China’s AI Boom Risks Worsening Supply-Demand Imbalance, Central Bank Adviser Warns appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s market regulator has opened investigations into several major online travel and hotel-booking platforms, including units of Meituan and Alibaba, over suspected violations of unfair competition laws, widening Beijing’s scrutiny of an industry it sees as important to both consumer spending and digital-market competition. The Beijing branch of the State Administration for Market Regulation is […] The post China Widens Online Travel Crackdown, Investigates Meituan and Alibaba Units appeared first on Tekedia.

Think running an online store is cheap? Most new retailers do. Free store rent. No store employees. Low electricity costs. Here’s the problem: Money doesn’t vanish…. it just moves.  If you don’t know where it goes your profit slowly leaks away one petty expense at a time. This post explains exactly where your money goes […] The post The Economics of Running an Online Store: Where the Money Really Goes appeared first on Tekedia.

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.