American voters have sent a clear message about AI data centres. In the November 3, 2026 elections, voters favoured limiting data centre development in 40 of 41 local data center ballot measures. Two days later, OpenAI responded with a new promise to pay the full cost of the electricity its data centres use. Together, these…
Wema Bank Hackaholics 7.0 has ended with 11 Nigerian innovators sharing ₦300 million in prizes and support. The grand finale took place in Lagos on November 6, 2026, under the theme “Festival of the Future.” From AI-powered medical tools to smart glasses for the visually impaired, the winning ideas show how young Nigerians are using…
A serious OpenSSH vulnerability is under active attack, and hackers started exploiting it less than nine hours after it went public. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-123158 and nicknamed “sshole,” lets attackers log into certain Linux systems without knowing any password. Alpine Linux, one of the most popular systems for Docker containers and cloud servers, is…
The Revolut valuation has reached $115 billion, making the London-based fintech Europe’s most valuable private tech company. Revolut confirmed the figure on November 4, 2026, after a secondary share sale. That is a jump of about 53% from the $75 billion valuation it reached in 2025, and more than double its $45 billion value in…
Ransomware AI agents are no longer a theory. New research from Sophos shows that a ransomware gang used AI agents to explore company networks, hunt for passwords and take control of entire Windows domains. The findings, published in early November 2026, are one of the clearest cases yet of criminals letting AI do the hard…
GTA 6 scams are spreading fast ahead of the game’s November 19 launch. Cybersecurity firm Netcraft has found fake leak sites, bogus “early access” offers and fake mobile versions that push malware and crypto cons. In short, if a website offers you GTA 6 before release day, it is almost certainly a scam. Grand Theft…
Apple’s new chief executive wants the company to move faster on artificial intelligence. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, CEO John Ternus told software chief Craig Federighi that Apple must “accelerate” its software plans. In other words, the Apple AI roadmap is about to speed up, and Siri could start acting like a true AI agent…
The DigiCert data breach has exposed archived customer information, including some passports and driver’s licences. DigiCert is one of the world’s largest providers of the digital certificates that keep websites secure. According to the company, a 2025 infrastructure migration accidentally left an internal system open to the internet for about 17 months. DigiCert confirmed the…
Palantir Q3 2026 revenue reached $2.31 billion, up 96% from a year earlier. It is the first time the data analytics company has crossed $2 billion in a single quarter. Palantir reported the results on November 2, 2026, and it also raised its full-year outlook. For the first time in its history, the company now…
SpaceX has chosen Qualcomm to supply the technology for its Starlink Mobile 5G network. The network will be built on the ground across the United States, with rollout planned to begin in 2027. The deal was announced on November 4, 2026. It is the clearest sign yet that Elon Musk’s space company plans to become…
African startup funding reached $2.4 billion between January and October 2026. That is 12% less than the $2.7 billion raised in the same period of 2025, according to new data from Africa: The Big Deal, a tracker that counts deals of $100,000 and above. The headline drop is only part of the story. Fewer startups…
Apple reported record September-quarter results on Monday, November 2, then warned that surging memory costs will weigh on its holiday-quarter profit margin. It was John Ternus’s first earnings call as CEO, MacRumors notes, after he took over from Tim Cook on September 1. The stock fell on the news. Quartz reports that shares dropped about 4% in premarket trading…
Google says a certified Android device maker deliberately infected its own products and sold access to criminals. On Monday, November 2, Google announced that it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes, according to Krebs on Security. The botnet is called XCPE, and Google has cut…