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OpenAI Introduces Paid Sora Video Credits as Free Limit Shrinks
OpenAI’s video tool, Sora, is getting a major update — and it’s not entirely free anymore. The company is introducing paid video-generation credits and reducing the number of free clips users can make. The move signals a shift toward a monetized, creator-driven ecosystem around AI video generation. What’s Changing in Sora Bill Peebles, head of […]
When Ads Target Kids: How Meta’s Threads Used School Photos to Reach Adult Men — and What Comes Next
A recent report revealed that back-to-school photos of teenage girls—some as young as 13—were surfaced in ads promoting Meta’s Threads app and shown to large numbers of adult men. The result: private family photos becoming mass-distributed ad bait. This isn’t just a PR nightmare; it exposes bigger problems in how social platforms handle minors, consent, […]
Altan Raises $2.5M to Democratize Software Development with Autonomous AI Agents
Imagine describing a business idea out loud and watching a team of AI agents design, build, deploy, and operate a production-ready app for you. Altan’s recent $2.5 million pre-seed raise aims to make that a repeatable reality. Backed by VentureFriends and JME Ventures, Altan is betting that “agent-native” platforms — autonomous AI teams that execute […]
MTN Takes Media Training Pan-African with 12-Week Media Innovation Programme
Newsrooms across Africa are navigating rapid change: audiences expect multimedia stories, platforms are evolving, and misinformation spreads fast. MTN’s Pan-African MIP is an industry-scale push to help media professionals meet those demands — offering training in encrypted communication tools, fact-checking workflows, mentorship networks and hands-on exposure to how technology firms operate. MIP at a glance […]
Flock Safety Wants to Blanket the U.S. in AI Cameras — Can Tech Really Solve Crime?
What if every street corner, business, and neighborhood in America was under constant watch — not by humans, but by artificial intelligence? That’s the ambitious (and controversial) vision of Flock Safety, a $7.5 billion startup betting that surveillance at scale could all but eliminate crime by 2035. Whether that’s bold innovation or dystopian overreach depends […]
Google’s Ironwood TPU Breaks Shared-Memory Records — Built for AI Inference at Planet Scale
Google just set a new high-water mark for shared-memory AI systems. Its Ironwood TPU platform, unveiled at Hot Chips 2025 after a preview at Google Cloud Next ’25, scales to 9,216 chips and exposes a stunning 1.77PB of directly addressable HBM. That makes Ironwood not only Google’s most powerful supercomputer to date, but a signal […]
Nvidia Grabs 94% GPU Market Share — Why AMD Is Struggling to Keep Up
Jon Peddie Research’s latest numbers show Nvidia’s dominance has never been stronger. Here’s why AMD is losing ground—and what it means for gamers and the PC market. The Big Picture: Nvidia’s Market Share Hits 94% Nvidia has done it again. According to new data from Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the company now controls a staggering […]
Nepal Blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X: What the Social Media Shutdown Means for Users and Platforms
Big move in a small market with big implications: Nepal has instructed internet providers to block major social networks — including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) — after the companies missed a new local registration deadline. The decision has sparked immediate pushback from press freedom groups and revived fears of broader internet censorship […]
Why Ignoring Little Pepe (LILPEPE) Could Be the Bitcoin-at-$10 Mistake of This Cycle
The crypto market is buzzing once again, with XRP trading around $2.94 and testing resistance near $3.05. But while XRP continues to grind higher, another project is catching attention for its disruptive potential: Little Pepe (LILPEPE), the first meme-powered Layer 2 chain. If XRP today looks like Bitcoin at $1,000, LILPEPE may just be Bitcoin […]
Threading the Needle: Threads Just Took a Shot at X with a Major Feature Upgrade
Remember when Threads launched and was billed as the clean, minimalist alternative to Twitter? Well, it just took a giant leap away from that identity. In a move that’s a direct challenge to its main competitor, Threads is now allowing users to attach up to 10,000 characters of text to their posts. This isn’t just […]
Quantum Leap: Why Nvidia’s Investment in Quantinuum is a Game Changer for Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is one of those futuristic technologies that sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. For a long time, it’s been a field of pure research, with companies struggling to prove its commercial viability. That might be about to change. In a move that’s turning heads across the tech world, Nvidia has joined […]
Nigeria’s Banking Giant Zenith Bank Sets Sights on West Africa: Why This Expansion Matters
Zenith Bank is already a household name in Nigeria, but it’s making a bold move that signals a new era for African banking. Following a massive capital raise of over N350 billion, the banking giant is not just sitting on its new funds—it’s using them to fuel an aggressive expansion into new markets, specifically Francophone […]