Dipo Owolabi

Britain is preparing one of its toughest digital regulations yet with plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms, while Nigeria’s AI ecosystem scores a win as Bluechip Technologies acquires voice-AI startup YarnGPT. Elsewhere, SpaceX is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a $60 billion acquisition of coding startup Cursor, and the IMF is warning that the growing use of dollar-backed stablecoins could weaken demand for the naira. All this and more in today’s Read It And...

Britain is preparing one of its toughest digital regulations yet with plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms, while Nigeria’s AI ecosystem scores a win as Bluechip Technologies acquires voice-AI startup YarnGPT. Elsewhere, SpaceX is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a $60 billion acquisition of coding startup Cursor, and the IMF is warning that the growing use of dollar-backed stablecoins could weaken demand for the naira. All this and more in today’s Read It And...

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