Monthly Archives: August 2025

Nigerian profitable food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator

Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana. … Continue reading

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Musk’s Tesla applies to supply power to British homes

If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow the US firm to take on the UK’s dominant suppliers.

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SoftBank founder Son makes his biggest bet by staking the Japanese giant’s future on AI

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has been thinking about AI in various forms for more than a decade, according to former executives and public commetnary.

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Chip giants Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China revenue to US

The agreement is part of a deal to secure export licences to the world’s second biggest economy.

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Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in the carmaker’s centralized dealer portal exposed vast access to customer and vehicle data. With this access, Zveare said he could remotely take over a customer’s account and unlock … Continue reading

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Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy

Truemeds has taken a different route from other Indian online pharmacies — and it has helped the startup double its revenue.

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Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales revenues to the U.S. government, FT reports

The arrangement comes as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to reverberate through the global economy.

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Gen Z and gambling: the first generation of online sports betting

Gen Z is the group that was raised on social media and smartphones, with online sports betting and gambling being just another thing that they’re used to. Unlike their parents, for whom sports betting was something they did exclusively in … Continue reading

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Nvidia claps back against Chinese accusations its H20 chips pose a security risk

Nvidia pushed back Sunday in response to allegations from Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips are a national security risk for China.

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The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M compound

Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood, according to a New York Times report detailing how the Meta CEO has purchased 11 properties for over $110 million to create his own personal fiefdom in … Continue reading

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