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Apple’s Future Metaverse Ventures Bring Solace to Shareholders

Apple Inc is joining the race of pursuing its ambitions in what could be the next big thing, the metaverse, reaping the benefits of the hype emulating from the digital alternate reality. According to investors and analysts, the iOS developer is marking its presence in the next monumental project for tech giants. Apple has been […]

Futures Edge Higher Ahead of Key U.S. Inflation Data

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, with investors bracing for consumer prices data that is expected to show an almost four-decade high in December, while big technology stocks bounced after a bruising selloff at the start of the year. Growth and technology stocks, hit by rising Treasury yields and hawkish commentary from the […]

Africa to Ride the Wave of Digital Transformation

The rising level of technological innovations has finally reached Africa, bringing to the table a new wave of modernization to a continent that was once overlooked by some of the biggest companies worldwide. One thing the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted – and proceeds to linger – is the technological rage that came with it, as it […]

Wall Street Tumbles with Nasdaq Leading Declines

Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled on Monday with Nasdaq leading the declines as technology stocks dropped on expectations of a sooner-than-expected rate hike that pushed U.S. Treasury yields to fresh two-year highs. While the Nasdaq pared its losses in the afternoon session it had earlier fallen as much as 10.37 percent below its intraday record […]

Futures Mixed as Tech Stocks Still Weak, Banks Rally

U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday, with economy-linked banking and energy shares leading gains, while interest rate-sensitive growth names remained under pressure from the Federal Reserve’s hawkish signals. The tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged more than three percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day percentage drop since February, while the Dow slipped from an intra-day record […]

Samsung Likely to Report Best Q4 Profit on Solid Chip Demand

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to post a record fourth-quarter profit thanks to solid demand for server memory chips and higher margins in contract manufacturing, analysts’ estimates showed. Operating profit for the world’s biggest memory chip and smartphone maker likely hit 15.2 trillion won ($12.7 billion) in the quarter ended December, according to a […]

The Ascent of Apple’s $3 Trillion Valuation

In its intraday trading on Monday, Apple became the first to reach a $3 trillion valuation when its shares hit $182.86 per share, followed by a dire drop below its milestone, as the company seeks out to fortify its capital reign on the market. The Big Tech giant welcomes the new year with hopes of […]

The 4 Most Promising Metaverse Crypto Coins of 2022  

Many of today’s most commonly used tools and technologies, such as mobile phones, the cloud, or the internet itself, all started off as either a science fiction concept, or something seemingly useless to the average person, dismissed as a trend. Those supposed trends are the Metaverse, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and metaverse crypto coins.   An excellent way […]

In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores

Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex questions. At least, that is, so long as you speak English or another of the world’s dominant languages. But try talking to your phone in Yoruba, Igbo or any number of widely spoken […]