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Tech Market & VC news — Saturday 31 October 2026

27 stories from 6 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. Apple CEO says the company doesn’t ‘want to ship AI for AI’s sake’
    USTechCrunch

    Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.

  2. 4 days left: How TechCrunch Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale
    USTechCrunch

    On November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, get ready for a full day packed with meaningful networking opportunities, actionable insights, and connections that could change the trajectory of your idea and startup. Register before all…

  3. Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward
    USTechCrunch

    An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

  4. Verve plans phone tap-to-pay and AI agent payments, CEO says
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Verve, Nigeria’s largest card scheme, plans to let customers pay by tapping their phones and, eventually, to let AI assistants make payments on their behalf, its chief executive, Vincent Ogbunude, said on Thursday. Speaking on the Big Tech…

  5. Intra-African payment rails are key to cutting cross-border friction, says Grey
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Grey is building its own payment connections between African markets to make cross-border transfers more reliable and to secure the foreign currency needed to settle them, Idorenyin Obong, its co-founder and chief executive, said at a…

  6. OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round
    USTechCrunch

    OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.

  7. From restaurant guides to payments, here’s how TikTok is building a super app
    USTechCrunch

    TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.

  8. Nigeria’s AI ambitions depend on building for local realities
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Nigeria’s AI progess will be judged by the local problems it solves, as Nigeria can adopt the latest AI tools but still fail to solve the problems that matter most to Nigerians, panellists said at “The State of AI in Nigeria”, a session at…

  9. I took two iPhones on vacation. The Duo won me over.
    USTechCrunch

    The iPhone Duo has its frustrations, but it’s also fun and engaging enough that I didn’t want to switch back to my Pro Max.

  10. SEBI chairman says market regulator keeping eye on Tata Group developments
    INYourStory (India)

    SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Saturday said the market regulator is monitoring developments relating to governance at the holding company level in the Tata Group, and pointed out that the group's listed companies and their promoters…

  11. How Vectar Energy moved from selling solar generators to building carbon-market infrastructure
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    In 2025, Biodun Ogunleye, the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, said that about 30,000 deaths occur annually in the state due to exposure to carbon monoxide. Growing up, Deborah Fadeyi had seen how generators…

  12. Stablecoins gain ground in African trade but face hurdles to wider use
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Stablecoins are giving African businesses an alternative way to pay overseas suppliers, but costs, security concerns and fragmented blockchain networks remain obstacles to wider use, industry executives told Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos…

  13. Otter.ai is moving beyond transcription—and deeper into your workday
    USFast Company Tech

    Eight years ago, Otter.ai’s pitch for its transcription app was pretty straightforward: The Mountain View, California-based startup would turn audio into readable text in real time. And it would do it for free. But in 2026, the company is…

  14. Enterprise AI is waiting for its PageRank moment
    USFast Company Tech

    Let’s try a little thought experiment in technology-fiction: what would have happened if Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s PageRank , back in 1998, had failed to attract its first investors? Google didn’t invent the search engine: there were…

  15. MeitY unveils DEPA handbook to enable trusted data sharing for AI training
    INYourStory (India)

    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a handbook on Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) for AI training, an official release said Saturday. The handbook outlines a techno-legal…

  16. Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
    USWired Business

    Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.

  17. Apple’s ‘Write with Siri’ prompt was driving me crazy. Here’s how I shut it off
    USFast Company Tech

    There’s a lot to love about iOS 27 and macOS 27, the new operating systems released for iPhone and Mac last month. The Liquid Glass design language now has a fluidity and polish that it lacked when introduced last year in iOS 26 and macOS…

  18. Jio Platforms’ first post-listing results: User growth, higher ARPU drive 13.7% profit rise in Q2
    INYourStory (India)

    Jio Platforms on Friday reported a 13.7% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 8,389 crore for the September 2026 quarter, driven by subscriber gains, higher realisations per user and healthy growth in digital services. The digital and…

  19. Reliance Retail focuses on disciplined JioMart expansion, targets profitability from FY28
    INYourStory (India)

    Country's leading retailer Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) is expanding its dark store network, improving delivery speeds and deepening its presence in smaller cities, while maintaining a sharp focus on unit economics and…

  20. Noel writes to Tata Sons to take biz recast, SP Group’s funding plea at Nov 26 meet
    INYourStory (India)

    Noel Tata has written to Tata Sons to take up a business reorganisation plan presented by him to avert listing of the conglomerate's holding company, and Shapoorji Pallonji group's part-exit to raise Rs 25,000 crore at the next board meet…

  21. TVS Capital bets on private credit with Rs 750-Cr fund
    INYourStory (India)

    TVS Capital Funds has launched TVS Alts, a private-credit platform targeting Rs 750 crore for its maiden fund, with a Rs 500-crore green-shoe option that could take the corpus to Rs 1,250 crore. TVS Capital expects domestic capital…

  22. Role Call: OneVentures, Affinda, DX1, BeforePay, Roblox, AI ambassador
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Power seats just got reshuffled across AI, fintech, VC, Roblox and cyber.

  23. This free creative app is like Internet Archive meets Pinterest
    USFast Company Tech

    Do you remember, as a kid, going through a stack of old magazines and clipping out the sections that you liked? There was an art to it. Whether you were in class or just making some decorations for your wall at home, it was important to…

  24. Pile-ins, payouts, and pacing pressure: the investors behind the VCs open up
    USTechCrunch

    The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly.

  25. This art festival reveals why the creative economy is as much about audiences as creators
    INYourStory (India)

    Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 1,025 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. <a href="https:

  26. Binance hit with $6.3B breach; Delhivery reports net profit of Rs 41 Cr in Q2
    INYourStory (India)

    Dear Reader, Atomberg Technologies is gearing up for its public outing. The smart appliance disruptor has officially secured SEBI's green light to float its initial public offering, blending a Rs 450 crore fresh issue with an offer for…

  27. Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia
    USTechCrunch

    When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.