African Tech Rebound in February 2026: Funding Doubles to $346m as Electric Vehicles and Green Energy Lead the Way

Investment in African startups surged in February 2026, with the continent’s tech ecosystem securing $346.9 million in a month defined by a pivot toward green technology and electric mobility. According to a funding report by Africa: The Big Deal, the total marks a dramatic recovery from the $174 million recorded in January…Continue Reading

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After years of development, Tesla is ramping up production of its electric Semi, and simultaneously beginning to roll out the necessary charging infrastructure. The company currently plans to deploy 66 Megacharger locations across the US. Tesla already has two Megacharger sites operational—one at Gigafactory Nevada and one in Carson, California.Continue Reading

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U Power has completed comprehensive operational testing and full-stack integration of the battery-swapping system for heavy-duty truck prototype vehicles it has designed for sale in Thailand. The completion of testing marks a step forward in U Power’s collaboration with Thailand-based Whale Logistics to deploy 1,000 battery-swapping heavy-duty trucks in theContinue Reading

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote

GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang’s keynote will focus on Nvidia’s role in the future of computing and AI…Continue Reading

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We round up the top features of the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop and point releases in this page. Cinnamon 6.6 released a few months back on November 2025 with month worth of bug fixes and feature enhancements. Linux Mint team is incrementally updating this core desktop environment for their Mint offerings.Continue Reading

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Motion and fluid control system specialist Moog has unveiled a new electronics system for electric construction equipment that combines EV components to save space and cost. Moog’s Adaptive Electrification Management System (AEMS) is intended to help design engineers and product development teams at construction vehicle OEMs to electrify, automate andContinue Reading

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The Utah Department of Transportation will lead a federal pilot program to test eVTOL aircraft and other emerging aviation technologies in real-world operations. The Federal Aviation Administration selected UDOT to lead one of eight projects nationwide for the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program, a three-year initiativeContinue Reading

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The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading