Why only 26 African startups raised $174 million in January
African startups raised $174 million in January 2026, trailing last year’s tally by $102 million and well below the 12-month…
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Your Sales Team Isn’t a Growth Hack (2/9/2026) | HackerNoon
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 9, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage…
China-Linked UNC3886 Targets Singapore Telecom Sector in Cyber Espionage Campaign
Ravie LakshmananFeb 09, 2026Cyber Espionage / Virtualization The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore on Monday revealed that the China-nexus…
Seattle startup uses clinical expertise to make AI models safer and reduce dangerous responses
Grin Lord, co-founder and CEO of mpathic. (mpathic Photo) As millions of users — including large numbers of young people…
Gaode Map launches industry’s first online cycling map of China · TechNode
Gaode Map, also known as Amap, a widely used Chinese web mapping and navigation app, launched the industry’s first online…
Wrong number, wrong airtime? CBN, NCC propose 24-hour refunds
Nigeria’s telecom and financial regulators are moving to mandate 24-hour refunds for everyday airtime and data mistakes, from over-purchases to…
How AI Is Atomizing Society: A Look Back at Stand on Zanzibar | HackerNoon
In this article, I want to discuss how AI (not only LLMs, but also advancements in data analysis) impacts the…
Seahawks, Satya, and scary Alexa: GeekWire’s Super Bowl LX notebook
This one’s for Paul. We were waiting for Seahawks owner Jody Allen to pay homage to her brother, the late…
GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Deals With More Firmware Blobs In Intel Xe, IWLWIFI & NVIDIA Nova
Building off yesterday's Linux 6.19 release is now the GNU Linux-libre 6.19-gnu downstream release that strips out support for open-source…
103 ByteDance employees dismissed for corruption and other misconduct · TechNode
ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, stated in its latest corporate discipline report that the company had fired 103…

