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Bitcoin is entering the second half of the year with its support system, which powered its last rally, under pressure.Data from CryptoSlate shows that the largest digital asset has fallen about 33% this year and more than 50% from its October record high above $126,000, trading near its weakest level since September 2024 at around $58,600 as of press time.This price action has pushed Bitcoin below key long-term trend levels and made the first half of 2026 its worst start to a year since the 2022 crypto crisis.Bitcoin Price Performance in H1 2026 (Source: Tradingview)That makes July a test of whether the market…

Meta is adding built-in protections against impersonation as WhatsApp prepares to roll out its new username feature, aiming to prevent scammers from exploiting one of the messaging platform’s biggest updates in years. The company said high-profile usernames, including those belonging to public figures, celebrities and well-known brands, will only be available to their legitimate owners. The move is designed to reduce impersonation and fraud as users begin adopting usernames instead of phone numbers. The announcement comes days after WhatsApp opened username reservations for its more than three billion users globally. The usernames are expected to become fully functional later this…

For the past couple of years, I have been a big fan of Samsung’s One UI design language on Galaxy phones. That changed with the update to version 8.5. I’m not alone. Many people are swapping out their home screens for custom launchers and replacing Samsung apps with alternatives. What did Samsung get so wrong? One UI 8.5 isn’t a massive failure There are just too many inconsistencies I like the general look of Android, but I’ve actually preferred Samsung’s modifications in recent years. Everything from the choice of widgets to the quick status icons to the design of stock…

Tshandu Ramusetheli, CEO at Maia Capital** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **Maia Capital Partners has provided R150 million ($9.12 million) mezzanine debt funding to Nesa Power, a South African commercial and industrial renewable energy group delivering integrated solar, storage and energy solutions under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs).The mezzanine debt funding will be used by Nesa as growth capital to fund the acquisition of solar photovoltaic sites and expand its PPA portfolio. Since its inception, Nesa and its founders have built over 46 megawatts-peak (MWp) of solar PV generation capacity…

Mogadishu — The Somali Future Council congratulated Somalis on the 66th anniversary of the country’s independence and unification, while warning that Somalia continues to face deepening political and security challenges. In a statement marking July 1, the council paid tribute to the struggle that led to the independence of the former British and Italian territories and the creation of the Somali Republic in 1960. The group said Somalia remained confronted by political disputes, social divisions and constitutional disagreements, accusing the federal government led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of exacerbating those challenges. The council also expressed concern over what it…

Africa’s next phase of economic transformation will depend less on the availability of capital and more on how effectively that capital is deployed, according to Marsha Wulff, co-founder of Lofty Inc. Capital Management.Delivering the keynote address at the 2026 Ghana Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (GVCA) Annual Industry Conference in Accra, she said investors must move beyond traditional risk frameworks and embrace a more entrepreneurial approach to financing innovation.“The job of an investor is to anticipate the future. If you live long enough, you begin to understand cycles,” she said.The conference convened more than 450 participants, including investors, policymakers,…

Botswana Minerals says AI found copper clues in old drill cores first drilled for uranium and diamonds. The company says the tool reviewed decades of scattered geological reports in days, helping teams focus their next fieldwork. AI has helped Botswana Minerals turn more than 50 years of old drilling records into a fresh copper hunt under the Kalahari. The company says an AI-driven review found signs of copper in historic drill cores that were first drilled during searches for uranium and diamonds. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Botswana Minerals said the tool reviewed more than…

Latest NewsPublishedJun 30, 2026The project, supported by Visa, Mastercard and many crypto companies, could be in a position to challenge Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, currently the two largest stablecoins by market capitalization.More than 140 companies have signed onto a US dollar-pegged stablecoin project that allows them to “receive all of the earnings” from its reserves.In a Tuesday notice, Open Standard said it was launching the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin, a US dollar-pegged coin supported by financial companies including Visa and Mastercard, as well as crypto companies Coinbase, Ripple, OKX and Bybit. The project will allow businesses to mint OUSD…

SIM-swap fraud has been a persistent problem in Nigeria, and although numerous measures have been put in place to address it, the search for a viable solution continues. Between 2019 and 2023, Nigerians reportedly lost about ₦12.5 billion to telecom-related financial crimes, according to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). These crimes are usually perpetrated through a combination of SIM-swap fraud and other social engineering practices. MTN Nigeria says it has a solution to the niggling SIM-swap fraud, but banks and their customers must pay the telcos to build a security layer. Understanding SIM-swap fraud and how it works There are…

is fewer tokens than , so absent a constraint, the model takes the cheap path.Here’s the thing about AI-generated UI: it’s inaccessible by default. Not occasionally — by default. A developer writing in Frontend Masters tested AI-generated React components across multiple tools and documented the pattern. A typical AI-generated sidebar had ten distinct accessibility failures in twenty-nine lines: no landmark, no heading, no list structure, elements with click handlers instead of buttons, no aria-expanded, no keyboard handling, and unlabeled icons. The accessibility tree — the structure screen readers actually read — came back as flat, unstructured text. “Same pixels” as…