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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Crypto winter at Luno

In this edition: Layoffs at Luno || Airtel Money Kenya appoints acting MD || Sport powers DStv comeback || Kenya drafts labour pol...

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TechCrunch Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents

The deal is Cyera's third acquisition this year.

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TechCrunch The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope tumbled out of control

According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems wi...

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TechCrunch Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy

Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new slee...

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TechCrunch Sam Altman is ready to decelerate

His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."

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TechCrunch MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.

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TechCrunch Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight

Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bo...

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TechCrunch Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors

The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied.

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TechCrunch HBO Max embraces vertical video with a new ‘Shorts’ feed

HBO Max, like other streaming platforms, is rethinking content discovery as large libraries are making it hard for viewers to find...

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TechCrunch These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era

Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. Fr...

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TechCrunch eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019

Ina and David Steiner inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newslette...

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TechCrunch Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures

Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed a bill that would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety st...

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TechCabal Africa no longer wants to import technology. It wants to write the rules

Over two days at the African Telecommunications Union's Conference of Plenipotentiaries, officials from across the continent argue...

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TechCrunch Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid

The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power.

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TechCrunch PayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover offer following earnings beat

After reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, PayPal said it remains focused on its AI-driven turnaround, but would consider a...

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TechCrunch Elon Musk’s X Money app is rolling out in the US

Users get an X Visa debit card, which they can immediately add to Apple Pay and use to make instant peer-to-peer transfers within...

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TechCrunch Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models,...

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TechCrunch WhatsApp now lets you make calls using its web app

Similar to the smartphone and desktop apps, the web app will support calling features such as screen-sharing and reactions.

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TechCrunch Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon

Recursive’s emphasis on self-improving AI systems means much of the budget that would traditionally go toward headcount and operat...

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TechCrunch Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna

The rollout of the program comes as Apple has been struggling with supply chain issues related to "RAMageddon," which refers to th...

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TechCrunch Granola launches an Apple Watch app

AI note-taking app Granola is launching an app for the Apple Watch in hopes that its users will want to record meetings and take n...

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TechCabal Airtel Money wants a $1 billion IPO. Can London deliver?

Airtel Africa has finally settled on where it wants to take one of Africa’s biggest fintech businesses public. The bigger question...

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TechCabal Cape Verde got the world’s attention. Francophone African tech still needs it.

Cape Verde’s sudden global visibility mirrors a bigger problem: Francophone African startups are still fighting for investor atten...

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TechCabal Egyptian startup Fincart raises $2.8 million to expand AI commerce platform

The raise comes one year after Fincart's undisclosed pre-seed round and coincides with the startup’s pivot from a logistics manage...

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