Africa’s largest fintech, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono. The deal, valued between $25 and $40 million, is a strategic move to integrate payments with financial data, reshaping the continent’s digital finance infrastructure.
Samsung has launched its new Galaxy Book6 series of laptops, headlined by Intel’s first 18A node processors. The Pro and Ultra models promise up to 30 hours of battery life and major performance jumps, with the Ultra offering optional Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs.
After a year dominated by megadeals, the action is shifting to the middle market. Private equity firms are now overwhelmingly confident and planning to initiate a wave of new acquisitions, particularly in tech and financial services.
Email is the cockroach of the internet that just won’t die. With over a trillion collective hours spent in inboxes yearly, it’s become a unique data trove that AI companies are desperate to mine.
The competition for jobs at top AI companies is reaching insane levels. ElevenLabs, the voice AI startup, reportedly had an acceptance rate lower than Harvard University last year.
AMD has detailed its next-generation Ryzen AI 400 Series processors, built for AI PCs and slated for a 2026 release. Meanwhile, developers are showcasing how current AI coding tools are already unlocking new, practical capabilities, from controlling smart homes to accelerating personal projects.
NVIDIA is supercharging its RTX Remix modding platform with a new “Logic” system that lets visual effects respond to in-game events. Modders can use over 900 triggers based on 30+ common game actions to dynamically change lighting, weather, and even add new gameplay systems. The update is slated for
CES 2026 showcases a major transition where artificial intelligence moves out of the cloud and into physical products. The focus is on practical robotics, spatial computing, and energy independence, signaling a move from novelty to utility.
AMD has unveiled its Ryzen AI 400 series laptop processors. They’re a modest refresh of the current AI 300 chips, with slight frequency bumps and a faster NPU in the top models. Laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are due in the first quarter of 2026.
Asus is teaming up with Kojima Productions for a special edition of its ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet. The design is pure Yoji Shinkawa, with a metallic gold and black color scheme and Death Stranding-inspired details. It’s slated to launch in mid-to-late Q1 2026.
