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Samsung Forecasts a 19-Fold Profit Surge as AI Chip Demand Powers Growth
Samsung says its Q2 2026 operating profit will be nearly 19 times higher than a year ago, marking its third straight record quarter. The driver isn't a new phone or chip breakthrough; it's a memory chip shortage so severe that DRAM and NAND prices are both climbing at once
Cloudflare Will Block AI Crawlers From Ad Pages by Default Starting in September
Cloudflare just raised the stakes in the fight between publishers and AI companies. Starting September 15, training and agent crawlers will be blocked by default on any page that carries ads, a change that also catches Googlebot in the crossfire
What the Research Actually Says About AI Coding Assistants and Developer Productivity
AI coding assistants are used by more than 9 in 10 developers today, and the productivity numbers being thrown around range from "55% faster" to "19% slower." Both are backed by real studies. Here's what the research actually shows, and why the honest answer is: it depends
Reuters NEXT Asia 2026 to Spotlight AI, Business, and the Future of Technology
Reuters NEXT Asia returns to Singapore on July 9 under the banner "Shifting influence, defining decisions." Executives from Boeing, HSBC, Grab, and Johnson & Johnson will join government ministers to debate what comes after the AI pilot phase and what Asia's shifting economic centre of gravity means for business
Ayanfeoluwa Odunsi: The Self-Taught Builder Turning Ijebu Into Nigeria's Next Tech Hub
Ayanfeoluwa Odunsi didn't come up through a computer science degree or a big tech company. He built his way into product development through graphic design, data analytics, and football coaching. After a failed first product and a team that fell apart, he's now building AI tools for everyday Africans, with a bigger goal: turning his hometown into a tech hub
AI Isn't Just for Tech Experts: Filipino Mothers Encouraged to Embrace Artificial Intelligence
On BusinessMirror's Freshly Brewed podcast, AI advocate Jaycee Ynares made the case that artificial intelligence belongs in ordinary households, not just offices and dev teams. Her pitch to Filipino mothers: AI is a practical assistant for budgeting, scheduling, and homework help, not a technical skill you need to learn first
A Zimbabwean Developer Built a Lobola Calculator That Went Global
A self-taught developer from Zimbabwe built an app to explain lobola, the traditional bride price negotiated between families in much of Southern Africa. Four years and more than 17,600 downloads later, it's been featured on Nippon TV and is being held up as a case study in building culturally rooted tech.
GoLemon Shuts Down After 28 Months, Highlighting the Challenges Facing Nigeria's Grocery Delivery Startups
GoLemon delivered more than ₦2 billion in groceries to 40,000 Lagos customers before running out of runway. Its founders say the problem wasn't proving one order could turn a profit, it was generating enough of them before the money ran out. That distinction is becoming a familiar epitaph in Nigeria's grocery delivery graveyard
Introducing KiaGo Tech: Building the Operating System for Everyday Commerce in Africa
Lunch from a restaurant, groceries for the house, produce from the market down the road. Getting through a single week of everyday buying in Nigeria often takes five different apps and a dozen WhatsApp chats. Kiago Tech was built to close that gap, not with one product, but with an integrated ecosystem: KiaChow, KiaChow Store, Market Square, KiaVendor, and KiaKart