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Cape Town FinTech Happy Pay Raises $5M To Reinvent BNPL In South Africa

Today at 20:25 PM, via Tech Financials

Happy Pay, one of Africa’s fastest-growing Buy Now Pay Later platforms, has secured a $5 million seed round led by global technology investor Partech. The round also included participation from Futuregrowth Asset Management, 4Di Capital, E4E Africa, Equitable Ventures, Summit Deals, the University Technology Fund and Felix Strategic Investments. The Cape Town-based startup, with more […]

BlockDAG Keynote 5 & TRADEMAY30 Code Builds Global Market Trust! Ethereum Stays Steady & ADA Targets $0.50

Today at 20:13 PM, via Tech Financials

The Ethereum price today stays steady as Vitalik Buterin explains the new ETH Foundation mandate, focusing on keeping the network safe but slow-moving. Simultaneously, the latest Cardano news today highlights the success of the Midnight token, though investors still wait to see if ADA can finally hit the $0.50 mark.  While these coins show uncertainty, […]

Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent To Help Him Be CEO

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone inside and outside his company to eventually have his or her own personal artificial-intelligence agent. He is starting with himself. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta Platforms, is building a CEO agent to help him do his job (source paywalled; alternative source), according to a person...

Walmart: ChatGPT Checkout Converted 3x Worse Than Website

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Walmart found that purchases made directly inside ChatGPT converted at only one-third the rate of traditional website checkouts, leading it to abandon OpenAI’s Instant Checkout in favor of routing users through its own platform. Search Engine Land reports: Starting in November, Walmart offered about 200,000 products through OpenAI’s Instant Checkout. Users could complete purchases inside...

ICE Invades Airports Across the US

Today at 18:52 PM, via Wired

Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.

OnlyFans Owner Dies At 43

Today at 18:30 PM, via Slashdot

Computershack shares a report from NBC News: Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of adult-content platform OnlyFans, has died of cancer at the age of 43, the company said in a statement on Monday. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” an OnlyFans spokesperson said. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult...

Uber’s Deal Blitz To Stop a Robotaxi Monopoly

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Uber is aggressively partnering with multiple robotaxi companies to avoid a future dominated by Waymo or Tesla. The ride-hailing giant has struck deals with at least a dozen autonomous vehicle players in recent years. Just last week, it announced a $1.25 billion partnership with Rivian, with plans to deploy up to 50,000 driverless vehicles over the next decade. Business Insider reports: Uber...

Reddit Is Weighing Identity Verification Methods To Combat Its Bot Problem

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit’s CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it’s a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with...

Scotland becomes first part of UK to screen newborns for spinal muscular atrophy

Today at 13:22 PM, via The Guardian

Hope Scottish pilot will result in heel prick test for rare genetic condition being approved across Britain

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to screen newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle wastage.

Campaigners, who have long advocated for newborn testing because early detection is critical for treatment outcomes,...

The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

Today at 13:00 PM, via Wired

Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.

Will AI Force Source Code to Evolve – Or Make it Extinct?

Today at 12:34 PM, via Slashdot

Will there be an AI-optimized programming language at the expense of human readability? There’s now been experiments with minimizing tokens for “LLM efficiency, without any concern for how it would serve human developers.” This new article asks if AI will force source code to evolve — or make it extinct, noting that Stephen Cass, the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum, has even been...

7 Best Phones You Can’t Buy in the US (2026)

Today at 12:30 PM, via Wired

Wondering what you’re missing out on? Here are our favorite smartphones that aren’t officially sold stateside but are available in markets like the UK and Europe.

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