TikTok Hosts 1st Digital Well-being Summit to Boost Mental Health Support
TikTok held its inaugural Digital Well-being Summit, uniting policymakers, mental health experts, NGOs, and tech leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa to champion community safety and emotional resilience on the platform. Delegates from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and beyond converged to drive open discussions around online safety, mental
Read moreStandard Bank Group Adjusts its Executive Retirement Age
Standard Bank Group has announced an adjustment to its executive retirement age, increasing the normal retirement age for executives from 60 to 63 years. This change forms part of the Group’s ongoing commitment to attracting, retaining, and nurturing top-tier talent. This change will take effect on 1 January 2026. All
Read moreGerman data protection official wants Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country’s app stores
Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users' data to China illegally.
Read moreOpenAI hires team behind AI recommendation startup Crossing Minds
Crossing Minds, a startup that provides AI recommendation systems to e-commerce firms, said its team is leaving the company to join OpenAI.
Read moreMeta in talks to acquire voice cloning startup Play AI
Meta is in talks to acquire a voice cloning startup called Play AI, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
Read moreTyme Group Named One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025
South African-born digital banking Tyme Group has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies for 2025, a global honor that recognizes organizations making an extraordinary impact through bold innovation and transformative scale. Founded in South Africa and now operating across two continents, Tyme joins the ranks of global
Read moreRedwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers
Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses.
Read moreThis AI-powered startup studio plans to launch 100,000 companies a year — really
Henrik Werdelin has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurs build big brands like Barkbox through his startup studio Prehype. Now, with his new, New York-based venture Audos, he’s betting that AI can help him scale that process from “tens” of startups a year to “hundreds of thousands” of aspiring
Read moreAt TechCrunch All Stage, Jahanvi Sardana shares how top startups reshape markets
TechCrunch All Stage — the ultimate founder summit — is shaping up to be a powerhouse event where 1,200 founders and VCs across all stages will come together to forge meaningful connections and gain practical insights they can immediately apply to scale their startups. Join us on July 15 at
Read moreGoogle launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
Google is launching a new experimental app called Doppl that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you.
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