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TechCrunch Web host Squarespace lays off 19% of its employees

The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.

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TechCrunch Germany says lawmakers’ iPhones may have been hacked with spyware

German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have bee...

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TechCrunch Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs

Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having "the fastest growth of a product that I've ever seen in my life."

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TechCabal Nigeria’s stablecoin demand has scaled. Its liquidity hasn’t, says Obiex

Nigeria’s stablecoin market is far more efficient than it was in 2018 and 2019, but the supply behind it is still spread across ma...

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TechCabal Spending and regulation hold back stablecoins in Africa, Moonshot panel says

Stablecoins already move money in and out of Africa fast, but a lack of mainstream use holds back its adoption.

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TechCabal No one company will make stablecoins mainstream, says Paga’s Tayo Oviosu

Stablecoins are moving beyond crypto trading to become part of how African businesses move money across borders, panellists said a...

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TechCabal Moonshot 2026 goes fashion, too stylish to ignore

Moonshot 2026 was as much a celebration of style as it was of technology, with attendees bringing bold prints, vibrant colours and...

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TechCrunch In one of the largest deals in tech history, Marvell buys Lumentum for $115B

Marvell's planned purchase of Lumentum is one of the biggest acquisitions in tech history. And they both have the same strategic i...

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TechCrunch Readwise takes on Amazon’s Kindle and Goodreads with its new app for book lovers

Readwise Books combines an e-book store, reading tracker, detailed reading stats, and AI features in a bid to challenge Amazon's e...

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TechCrunch SpaceX reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

SpaceX has been looking for new ways to use its Starlink network, and a tie-up with cellular operator Boost Mobile could give it t...

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TechCrunch 42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can ‘predict human behavior’

Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a comp...

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TechCabal Juicyway pitches connected capital markets to finance African growth

Juicyway has received an approval from the Nigerian SEC to build a blockchain-based exchange connecting African assets with global...

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TechCrunch 2 days till TechCrunch Founder Summit: Boston founders don’t need a Silicon Valley address to build something big

TechCrunch Founder Summit happens on November 4 in Boston for a founder-focused agenda and impactful connections. Save up to $100...

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TechCabal INEC blames registration officers, but AI photos are the least of its worries

AI-generated photographs in Nigeria’s preliminary voter register expose a problem beyond synthetic images: weaknesses in access co...

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TechCrunch OpenAI is finally merging ChatGPT’s Chat and Work tabs

OpenAI said that ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool after this change.

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TechCabal The Next Wave: The problem with putting an African fintech on Wall Street

This is an awkward explanation for a company whose bankers had just abandoned its biggest capital markets transaction. Whatever th...

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TechCrunch Ninja’s first-ever microwave just replaced two of my kitchen appliances at once

The Ninja Crispi Microwave stands out for its FusionCrisp technology, which combines the speed of a microwave with the crispy resu...

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TechCrunch Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition

Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.

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TechCabal MTN Nigeria earns more but keeps less cash

MTN Nigeria’s profit after tax rose 55.3% to ₦1.17 trillion in the first nine months of 2026, but its cash reserves fell nearly 40...

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TechCabal South Africa’s AI regulation problem is bigger than its delayed policy

South Africa’s revised AI policy must go beyond ethical principles to address regulatory capacity, consumer protection and the enf...

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TechCabal MTN Nigeria moves MoMo to new platform as fintech revenue falls 26%

MTN Nigeria’s fintech revenue has yet to recover to pre-suspension levels after the company temporarily halted its airtime and dat...

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TechCabal At Moonshot 2026, Africa’s tech future walked through the doors

Moonshot’s move to the National Theatre was an achievement. Over 7,000 people came through a venue whose size now leaves room for...

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TechCrunch A fresh wave of cyberattacks has hit Europe’s supermarket refrigerators, destroying food across countries

This is the second wave of cyberattacks to hit supermarket refrigerators in a month, spoiling food and disrupting supplies.

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TechCrunch Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at a $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ Growth

Space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Ho...

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