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A political group linked to Zanu PF in Harare's Mbare suburb announced a new unit targeting presidential criticism. This self-appointed vigilante team claims a mandate to monitor public opinion. Observers see this as a dangerous move toward authoritarian control, essentially creating a thought...

Kazang is now rebranding under a single name, Lesaka. The payment tech company says this unifies its services under one digital ecosystem. They stress that their people and core services are not changing. The idea is to build a more integrated platform for daily commerce and finance. The new...

NVIDIA and Synopsys announced a major expansion of their partnership, with NVIDIA purchasing two billion dollars in company stock. The CEOs, Jensen Huang and Sassine Ghazi, detailed the strategic move. They aim to combine NVIDIA's AI computing power with Synopsys's engineering software. The...

Lumen Technologies has a new security product on the AWS Marketplace called Lumen Defender Managed Rules. It uses threat data from their research team, Black Lotus Labs, to protect cloud networks. This tool lets companies using AWS Network Firewall block cyber threats faster. It applies...

NVIDIA and Synopsys are deepening their partnership, with NVIDIA buying two billion dollars' worth of Synopsys stock. The CEOs, Jensen Huang and Sassine Ghazi, announced the multiyear deal. They plan to merge NVIDIA's AI computing with Synopsys engineering tools. The goal is to help R&D teams...

PacketFabric launched a new platform called PacketFabric.ai, calling it the first fully AI-native network service. Their lead investor, Digital Alpha, supported the development. The CEO is Chad Milam. This tool lets companies set up network connections using plain English. A user can just type...

Hytera and Vodafone Qatar just inked a deeper partnership deal at a tech conference in Doha. Their new agreement focuses on critical communications for industries like public safety and utilities. The plan combines Vodafone's network with Hytera's gear for more reliable professional...

Abidjan launched a digital trade project called Tradepost, aiming to create a West African e-commerce hub. The event was overseen by a cabinet manager, Assoua Raymond, representing the digital ministry. This platform intends to simplify cross-border business for Ivorian companies. Its goals are...

Rology, a teleradiology platform using AI, secured a growth funding round with some big names involved. Investors include the Philips Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, and Sanofi's Global Health Unit. The CEO is Amr Abodraiaa. This company provides remote radiology reports across...

A Dubai meal startup named Funch just got half a million bucks in early funding. Angelspark led the round, with cash from investors like Swvl's founder, Mostafa Kandil, and others. The company was started by Ahmad Joehnny and Ghada Zanaty. Funch sells a lunch subscription for 19 Dirhams daily...

MTN Uganda is teaming up with Letshego Uganda and DFCU Bank for a loan program aimed at mobile money agents. They are calling this new thing the MoMo Agent Loans Marketplace. The CEO, Richard Yego, and a product chief, Jemima Kariuki-Njuguna, were involved in the launch. The point is to fix...

Cooler Master's new COSMOS ALPHA case uses a modular internal layout for better cooling and easier builds. Dubbed FreeForm 2.0, it fits huge graphics cards, big power supplies, and extensive water-cooling setups. The I/O panel includes four USB-A and two USB-C ports plus an audio jack. A glass...

The latest Steam survey shows Nvidia's RTX 5070 just overtook the 4070 in user share. This marks a faster-than-expected jump to the new 50-series cards for mainstream gamers. Stronger performance and better power efficiency helped drive the shift. Unlike the 4070's lukewarm reception, the 5070...

Thermalright added a screen to one of its popular air coolers. The Peerless Assassin 120 Vision Max keeps the same dual-tower design with six heat pipes but now features a built-in 5-inch display. This lets users show CPU temps or custom images. The cooler fits modern AMD and Intel sockets. It...

Area's new NVMe enclosure has a built-in screen for live SSD stats. The SMART M.2-METER shows things like total writes, temperature, and drive health without any software. It costs around 37 bucks and uses a USB 3.2 Gen 2 connection for up to 10 Gbps speeds. It works with common M.2 sizes and...

Silicon Power launched a new portable battery called the MP10 with some clever built-in features. It has two attached USB-C cables, an extra USB-C port, and magnetic wireless charging, letting you power up to four gadgets at once. The 10,000 mAh battery offers 20 watts of wired power and 15...

Samsung just announced the Galaxy Z TriFold, a phone with three panels. Closed, it's a 6.5-inch device. Fully opened, it becomes a 10-inch tablet. It packs a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 16GB of RAM, and a massive 5,600 mAh battery, the biggest in any Samsung foldable. The triple-camera setup...

Samsung's research lab is prototyping a new type of flash memory that ditches traditional charge-based storage. This tech uses ferroelectric transistors, flipping a material's polarization to store data with almost no power. Their tests show energy use dropping by up to 96 percent. The design...

Sony quietly updated the PS5 Slim's cooling design to stop liquid metal leaks. Newer models, coded CFI-2100 and 2200, now use the same method found in the PS5 Pro. Instead of a basic blob, the metal is secured within engraved grooves around the processor. This fix tackles a common issue where...

TSMC revealed its new C-HBM4E memory stacks paired with N3P logic dies, targeting next-gen AI hardware. The design focuses on tighter integration between compute and memory to slash energy waste and boost bandwidth, claiming roughly double the efficiency of older methods. The logic dies use an...