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TechCabal Africa needs cheaper AI to reap economic gains, says Enzi’s Udezue

Udezue said reducing the cost of inference, the process through which AI models generate responses and perform tasks, was essentia...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Acecore wins $10,000 at Moonshot

In todays edition: Acecore wins $10,000 at Moonshot || Moonshot day 2 recap from Muktar’s POV || Herotel ordered to open up its fi...

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TechCrunch Waymo taps Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan and the UK

Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partners...

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TechCabal From salary splits to loans: How Grey plans to turn FX paychecks into credit

Grey wants to turn foreign salary records into a path to credit for remote workers whose earnings traditional lenders struggle to...

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TechCabal Breet makes case for simpler crypto payments at Moonshot

Breet is making the case for simpler crypto payments, allowing businesses to accept digital assets and receive settlements in loca...

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TechCabal Banks must become ‘invisible’ to compete in digital finance

Banks must anticipate customers’ needs and embed financial services into everyday transactions to compete with digital platforms,...

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TechCrunch You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

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TechCrunch Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto

Some estimates say hackers stole billions in crypto from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, during a cyberattac...

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TechCrunch Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius,’ says Vladimir Putin

Putin said that he and Musk are in "close contact" about Rassvet, Russia's Starlink-like satellite connectivity project.

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TechCabal Inside Nigeria’s $7.5M Gates-backed AI scaling hub

At Moonshot by TechCabal 2026, the Nigeria AI Scaling Hub (NAISH) showcased five organisations developing artificial intelligence...

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TechCrunch Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’

The success of blockbuster hits like "Project Hail Mary" and "Verity" is only part of the story, Amazon's CEO says.

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TechCrunch GM reaches $220M settlement over selling drivers’ private data

As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data.

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TechCrunch Amazon reported booming cloud revenue but otherwise missed expectations

The biggest ouch of the report was its negative free cash flow of $2.4 billion.

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TechCrunch AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says — but first, it will spend big

Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have t...

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TechCrunch Where was my invite to the — wait, what? Airbnb had a gala?

Airbnb’s nonprofit held its inaugural gala on Wednesday in Los Angeles, and the internet had one reaction — the *what* gala?

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TechCrunch OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings is buying ADT in a $15.3 billion deal, with plans to bring AI to the home security business.

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TechCrunch Fan-fiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) could be offline for up to 4 weeks after security incident

The site has such a passionate user base that, within two hours of the announcement, its status page's posts had garnered millions...

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TechCrunch Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant

Rivian doesn't disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.

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TechCrunch Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch

The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapp...

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TechCrunch Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr

Uno reverse! After Wispr added meeting notes to its dictation app, Granola is adding dictation to its meeting notetaker. The voice...

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TechCrunch As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience

As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.

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TechCrunch The R2 SUV is already Rivian’s best-selling vehicle

Rivian is seeing strong enough sales of the new EV that it improved its guidance to Wall Street for the second time this year.

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TechCabal Raenest wants users to earn from their money, not just receive it

Raenest wants users to do more than receive money from abroad, its co-founder and CEO, Richard Oyome, said at Moonshot 2026.

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TechCabal Cirquu opens AI business platform with subscriptions from $7 a month

Cirquu has opened its AI-powered business management platform to public sign-ups, offering African companies tools for sales.

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