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.

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

Egypt’s bourse has granted a temporary listing to MNT Tech Holding for Financial Investments, the parent of fintech unicorn MNT-Halan, clearing the main regulatory hurdle before a Cairo debut. The EGX listing committee signed off at its 14 September meeting, covering issued capital of EGP160 million (about $3 million) split into 1.6 billion shares at […] The post MNT-Halan has six months to pull off Egypt’s biggest tech IPO appeared first on Tech In Africa.