Month: August 2026

Wispr has raised $280 million at a $2 billion valuation as it expands from AI dictation into meetings and workflow ...

Uber is investing in Zipline and plans to bring drone delivery into Uber Eats, targeting one million daily drone deliveries ...

Shipping partner breaches at hardware wallet companies have exposed customer data, raising phishing and physical security risks for crypto owners.

South Sudan's central bank is pushing the Draft National Payment System Bill as the country tries to reduce cash dependence.

Microsoft, ILO and partners are backing a 25-week digital skills programme for refugee and host community youth in Kenya.

Hubtel is partnering with MoMo Fintech Lab to support Ghanaian fintech founders through hackathons, mentorship and incubation.

OpenAI has reportedly disbanded its preparedness team as safety duties move into other specialist groups.

A Guardian investigation questions whether Microsoft's installed AI chip capacity matches its huge infrastructure promises.

A new plaintiff has joined legal action alleging Grok was used to generate abusive AI images from childhood photos.

DeepSeek has introduced new peak pricing for V4-Pro, making its low-cost Chinese AI story more complicated.