Apple reached a $5 trillion market capitalization on July 28 Eastern Time, reclaiming its position as the world’s most valuable company. Unlike cloud-heavy peers, Apple’s capital-light AI strategy—prioritizing on-device features and leveraging existing hardware ecosystems—has shielded it from mounting infrastructure costs. While its stable cash flows and services revenue support long-term growth, the current 41x…
Author: Ewang Johnson
The story so far: In late July, 1,319 employees working at some of the world’s frontier AI companies signed and released an open letter titled ‘Pacing the Frontier.’ In it, they called on the U.S. government to help address the lack of technical and governance tools to regulate the speed at which frontier-wide progress was…
UK flood intelligence specialist Previsico has announced its entry into the African market, beginning with South Africa, as part of its ongoing international expansion.
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): India is set to play a leading role in the development of 6G technologies and the formulation of global standards for next-generation telecommunications, backed by active efforts from the Government of India and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), India Mobile Congress (IMC) CEO Ramakrishna P. told ANI on Wednesday.…
From predicting droughts and floods to helping farmers plan planting seasons, space-based technologies are becoming practical tools for addressing some of Africa’s development challenges, according to a North-West University (NWU) space scientist.
A humanoid robot conducts box-carrying training at a data collection pre-training center for humanoid robots in Hefei, East China’s Anhui Province, on December 4, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Marvell Technology, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed firm in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, will invest $250 million in India over the next three years to expand its capabilities across technology, talent and infrastructure.
N.H., July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leia Inc., the company behind the Immersity Platform, which enables immersive experiences on everyday devices through Spatial AI Software and Switchable-Display Hardware, today announced the appointment of Andrew Cole and Hatem Dowidar to its Board of Directors
Start-ups across Africa raised approximately US$1.36bn in the first half of 2026 through transactions of at least US$100k, including equity, debt and grants but excluding exits. This was broadly in line with the US$1.44bn raised in H1 2025, representing a modest -6% year-on-year decline. The apparent stability is noteworthy after the recovery recorded in 2025,…
Last week, two of OpenAI’s most advanced AI models were reported to have “escaped” a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face, a totally separate AI company, moving from one computer system to another to complete their task.
