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$920 Million a Month: Why Google Is Renting Elon Musk's Computers to Power Its AI
Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month for access to 110,000 Nvidia GPUs — driven by surging demand for its Gemini Enterprise AI platform. The deal reveals just how ferocious the scramble for computing power has become in 2026.
The $965 Billion Bet: Anthropic Just Filed for an IPO — and the AI Race Is Coming to Wall Street
Anthropic — the AI lab behind Claude — has filed confidentially for an IPO at a near-$1 trillion valuation, just one week after raising $65 billion in its Series H. With SpaceX and OpenAI also heading to public markets, the AI IPO season of 2026 is unlike anything Wall Street has seen before.
30 Million Students. One Ransom. How ShinyHunters Crashed the Classroom During Exams
The ShinyHunters hacking group breached Instructure's Canvas learning platform, stealing data on 30 million students and staff — then defaced school login screens during final exams when the company refused to pay. The lesson for every organisation is stark.
Meet Siri AI: Apple Just Rewrote the Rules of What a Phone Assistant Can Do
Apple unveiled 'Siri AI' at WWDC 2026 — a ground-up rebuild that can handle complex multi-step tasks, remember your conversations, and even change your passwords automatically. Here is what every business owner and professional needs to understand.
No Signal, No Problem: The Galaxy S26 Ultra Is Betting Big on AI That Works Offline
Every Nigerian smartphone user knows the dance: you ask your phone to do something clever, the network drops to one bar, and the 'smart' assistant goes quiet. Samsung's new Galaxy S26 Ultra is trying to end that frustration.
This Chip Could End MacBook's Dominance — Nvidia's RTX Spark Superchip Is Coming for Apple's Crown
Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip, unveiled at Computex 2026, combines an Arm CPU, a Blackwell GPU, and 128GB of unified memory in a single package — targeting Apple's M5 dominance and promising to run 120-billion-parameter AI models locally on a laptop.
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430 Startups. $10.6 Billion. Nigeria Is Officially Africa's Fintech Capital — Now What?
ChatGPT Just Became an Ad Platform — and Your Marketing Budget Should Pay Attention
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Intelligence Reports
Glasses That Talk Back: Google's Android XR Eyewear Is Shipping This Fall — and It Pairs With Your iPhone
Google, Samsung and Qualcomm just unveiled Android XR smart glasses designed by Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, with Gemini live translation, navigation and notifications. The audio version ships this fall — and yes, they work with your iPhone.
The CBN's Quiet Rewrite: 8 New Rules Reshaping How Nigerian Fintechs and Banks Operate in 2026
From a mandatory cybersecurity self-assessment to tighter BVN-phone rules and updated FX manuals, the CBN has quietly rewritten the playbook for Nigerian fintechs and banks. Here is what every operator needs to absorb before the next deadline.