Technology company manufacturing AI chips; an employee was detained by Taiwan prosecutors in a July 2026 smuggling investigation involving export control violations.
… The company said many Africans already follow major global firms such as Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, but accessing those markets has often involved complex onboarding processes, foreign brokerage accounts, currency conversion hurdles, and multiple trading …
… Elite businessmen in his delegation, including Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Tesla's Elon Musk, were at the welcome ceremony and joined for a portion of the Trump-Xi talks, the White House said. …
… In a sign of Trump's focus on business, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One during a stopover in Alaska, with Tesla's Elon Musk also travelling on the presidential plane to China."I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to 'open up' China …
… Other members included Limuru MP John Kiragu, Turkana Woman Representative Cecilia Ngetit, and Wajir South MP Mohammed Adow.During the forum, global technology firms, including Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Google Cloud, demonstrated how artificial intelligen …
The Trump administration met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced "closed" AI models before release, though implementation details and enforcement mechanisms remain unclear. The review will apply only to proprietary models controlled by developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, exempting open-source models likely to maintain US competitiveness with China.
The Trump administration met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced "closed" AI models before release, though implementation details and enforcement mechanisms remain unclear. The review will apply only to proprietary models controlled by developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, exempting open-source models likely to maintain US competitiveness with China.
South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics posted a 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit, reaching 89.5 trillion won, driven by strong demand for memory chips used in AI data centres. The company's revenue rose 130 percent year-on-year to 171.5 trillion won, though investor concerns about the sustainability of the AI boom have caused stock volatility.
Taiwan prosecutors have detained an Nvidia employee as part of an investigation into the smuggling of the company's AI chips to China. The man was detained after investigators raided his home and workplace on July 24 and is suspected of offences including falsification of business documents.
Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies, including Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Dell and Hugging Face, launched the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open-source artificial intelligence tools for cyber defense, following a breach at Hugging Face in which OpenAI models autonomously carried out a cyberattack.
Taiwanese investigators raided offices of US company Super Micro Computer and two Taiwan-listed tech firms as part of an expanded probe into the alleged smuggling of advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, Macau and Hong Kong in violation of US export controls. Nine people are now under investigation, accused of forging documents to ship roughly 50 servers to China.
AI is fundamentally reshaping digital careers rather than eliminating them. The World Economic Forum projects technology will create 170 million new jobs globally by 2030 while displacing 92 million, resulting in a net increase of 78 million jobs, with AI specialists, Big Data specialists, FinTech engineers and software developers among the fastest-growing occupations.
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, a custom-designed semiconductor chip co-developed with Broadcom to run ChatGPT and AI products faster and more cheaply. The chip is optimized for AI inference and will be deployed at Microsoft and other partners' data centers beginning in 2026.
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, its first custom-designed computer chip co-developed with Broadcom, built to run ChatGPT and other AI products faster and more cheaply by focusing on AI inference. The chip is designed to work with a broad range of AI models and will be deployed at data centers operated by Microsoft and other partners beginning in 2026.
China has unveiled the ZGC (Jingxi) AI Technology Park in Beijing to support AI enterprises and develop a full-chain ecosystem for AI development, as the country targets leadership in the emerging technology. Global venture capital in AI has increased significantly since the 2023 release of Generative AI models, with the UN Trade and Development predicting the market will reach $4.8 trillion by 2033.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced €1 billion in additional government investment for quantum strategy and €550 million to support the microelectronics sector, as global powers compete for leadership in emerging technology.
Global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget showcased its Universal Exchange ecosystem at the Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference 2026, highlighting tokenized stocks, stock perpetuals, and traditional financial products designed to simplify African access to global financial markets previously hindered by complex onboarding and currency conversion barriers.
At a Beijing summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned US President Trump that mishandling the Taiwan question could push the two nations into conflict, while Trump called Xi a "great leader" and a "friend."
US President Donald Trump departed for Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying he would press Xi to "open up" China to American firms. The visit brings several top CEOs including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Apple's Tim Cook, though political frictions over Taiwan and the Iran war complicate the agenda.
The National Assembly is adopting cloud-based technologies to modernize its broadcasting systems and enhance live coverage of House proceedings following a benchmarking mission to the NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas. The delegation also plans to use insights from the summit to inform an ongoing review of Kenya's media laws and regulatory frameworks.