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Clássicos da era Glide e Direct3D 7 rodando nativos em Vulkan — sem engasgos, com texturas fiéis e até no Steam Deck. As camadas D7VK 2.4 e GXVK são preservação de verdade. https://tinyurl.com/2d8gnq8t #AltGames #TechPoint
November 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
GPUs antigas ganham fôlego no DirectX 12! O novo Agility SDK da Microsoft emula comandos assíncronos via software, facilitando a otimização de jogos em hardware legado sem exigir código duplo dos devs. https://tinyurl.com/2rkwz7kv #Hardware #TechPoint
October 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Microsoft lançou o DirectX Dump Files no Agility SDK: dumps padronizados que capturam o estado exato da GPU no momento do crash, sem expor dados do usuário. NVIDIA, AMD e Intel já estão a bordo. Diagnóstico de TDR nunca foi tão direto. 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2y7ehagq #AltGames #TechPoint
November 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Adeus travas artificiais! O mod nv-uefi-unlocker libera os Tensor Cores das RTX 20, 30 e 40 via UEFI, sem tocar na VBIOS. A RTX 4070 Ti Super foi de 57 para mais de 150 TFLOPS em FP16. Veja os prós e riscos: https://tinyurl.com/25axh6z3 #Hardware #TechPoint
October 31, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A Epic Games atualizou o EULA da Unreal Engine e do MetaHuman, autorizando o uso de renderizações 3D e dados sintéticos no treinamento de IA. Isso facilita automação de rigging, texturas e captura de movimento nos games. https://tinyurl.com/2bgad8fz #AltGames #TechPoint
October 29, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NVIDIA lança RTX PT SDK 1.9 com ganho de até 20% em path tracing e suporte nativo a Windows on Arm, elevando o desempenho gráfico! https://tinyurl.com/249mf86r #TechPoint #Hardware
October 28, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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October 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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October 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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October 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Vatar’s $500,000 raise is only the start. Can Lagos Life turn millions of players, virtual billboards and in-game spending into a lasting business?
Lagos Life Has Millions of Players. Can It Make Money?
When Lagos Life went live, it gave players a chance to experience familiar parts of Lagos without leaving their browsers. But the game has become more than a place to play and is now a space where brands can reach an audience via virtual billboards, which command prices that change with demand. Techpoint Africa reported seeing one billboard’s weekly rate rise from ₦5,000 (about $3.75) to ₦50,000 (about $37.50) on October 5. With Lagos Life also attracting a $500,000 investment, the bigger question is whether the opportunity lies in the game itself or in the audience it is building. Lagos Life and 3 More Nigerian Browser Games to PlayLagos Life Is trending, but Nigeria has 3 more games worth tryingTechloyEmmanuel Umahi ## What Investors Really Bought With $500,000 Vatar, the company behind Lagos Life, closed an angel round of $500,000 at a $10 million valuation. That hands investors about 5% of the company. Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola joined through his fund, along with the CEOs of Mono and Terra Industries, and the whole round closed in one day. Vatar’s three co-founders also bring experience from different industries. Shalom Rayhamen, the CEO and CTO, previously built anti-money laundering tools at Napier AI. Owen Rayhamen, the chief product officer, managed products at Citi, while Anderson Oriahi, the chief business development officer, co-founded health tech company Heala. As of October 8th, the game had passed 4.3 million players from 15 countries, with more than 200,000 online at once. Vatar says it has earned or signed over $170,000 in revenue, up from about $46,900 in its first four days. TechCabal reports five income streams, including ads, music promotion, company deals, football streaming, and top-ups, where players pay real money for in-game cash. So, the game pretty much works like a stage, and the crowd is the product. Advertisers and musicians pay to stand in front of it. ## Why Africa’s Gaming Audience Keeps Growing Gaming audiences like this are getting easier to find. Carry1st and Newzoo expect Africa's games revenue to grow 11.9% in 2026, from $1.77 billion to $1.98 billion. That means about 36.6 million new players in one year. Roughly 82% of the money comes from mobile, so a phone is almost all players need. Nigeria sits near the heart of it. The country had 46.5 million gamers and about $300 million in revenue in 2024, up from $249 million in 2022. Maliyo's research says Nigerian mobile revenue has grown fivefold since 2019. Carry1st's CEO points to Southeast Asia, which became a $10 billion gaming market, as a sign of what could come next. Local flavour may be the secret sauce. Lagos Life uses the naira and familiar city scenes, and it was inspired by Lagos Run, where players drive a danfo bus. Copycats, such as a London bus game and a Port Harcourt life game, soon followed. There is also room to grow. A survey cited in that report found that 56% of gamers did not know or play African-made games, so many fans have not met local studios yet. ## The Gap Between Fans and Real Businesses Here is the uncomfortable part. A KPMG and Maliyo Games study found that Africa earns less than 1% of the world's $187 billion in gaming revenue. Among 66 studios sampled across 23 countries, only 3% reached $1 million in revenue. Most of the money Africans spend goes to foreign studios. Developers face a tougher road than the fans do. Over half earn no income from their work, and only 3% get government funding. Poor power supply and costly internet make it harder to turn a hobby into a company. There are bright spots, though. Carry1st raised a $27 million round in 2023, and Sony's innovation fund backed it in 2024. Now compare the smaller cheques. Google's new fund will back only ten studios with $1 million in total, between $50,000 and $200,000 each. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now
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October 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Garanti teknolojilerine odaklanan egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı
Garanti teknolojilerine odaklanan egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı
egaranti'nin 1,1 milyon dolarlık seri A öncesi yatırım turunda Özbekistan merkezli Aloqa Ventures, Techpoint, Hedef Holding ve ismi açıklanmayan 2 melek yatırımcı yer aldı.
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October 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Garanti teknolojilerine odaklanan egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı

Garanti belgelerini dijitalleştiren egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı. Şirketin 1,1 milyon dolarlık seri A öncesi yatırım turunda Özbekistan merkezli Aloqa Ventures, Techpoint, Hedef Holding ve ismi açıklanmayan 2…
Garanti teknolojilerine odaklanan egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı
Garanti belgelerini dijitalleştiren egaranti, 1,1 milyon dolar yatırım aldı. Şirketin 1,1 milyon dolarlık seri A öncesi yatırım turunda Özbekistan merkezli Aloqa Ventures, Techpoint, Hedef Holding ve ismi açıklanmayan 2 melek yatırımcı yer aldı.  İstanbul merkezli egaranti, yeni gelen yatırımı Özbekistan'daki büyümesini hızlandırmak, Kazakistan ve Azerbaycan pazarlarına açılmak ve Türkiye'de yeni tüketici uygulamasını hayata geçirmek için kullanacağını açıkladı.
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Dangote炼油厂于周一在尼日利亚交易所上市,提供41亿股,价格为525奈拉,计划筹集2.15万亿奈拉,截止日期为10月13日。黑色执行杂志 — 每日版
丹戈特炼油厂在尼日利亚交易所开启2.15万亿奈拉首次公开募股
## 关键要点 * **Dangote Refinery 今天在尼日利亚交易所开放其首次公开募股** — **41亿股,每股₦525** ,筹集**₦2.15万亿(≈ 14亿美元)** ,最低认购**10股(₦5,250)** ,认购截止**2026年10月13日** (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). * **Remita 被 NGX 批准为 Dangote IPO 的电子申请渠道** ,允许符合条件的尼日利亚零售和企业投资者通过 Remita 平台和移动应用进行数字认购;参与者必须提供中央证券清算系统(CSCS)详细信息 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). * **赞比亚金融科技 Zoyk 于9月10日获得刚果中央银行(BCC)授权** ,通过其 Zoykpay 平台在刚果民主共和国提供支付聚合服务,扩展其在赞比亚、刚果民主共和国、坦桑尼亚、马拉维、津巴布韦和南非的足迹,安哥拉是下一个目标 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月11日). * **尼日利亚金融科技 CreditChek 于2026年9月9日收购了乌干达的核心银行初创公司 Algosys** ,这是其进入东非的第一步 — Algosys 为乌干达的22家金融机构提供服务,并支持超过10,000个SACCO贷款 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月10日). * * * # 重要新闻 * * * ## 尼日利亚 — Dangote Refinery 在 NGX 上开放 2.15 万亿奈拉 IPO Dangote Refinery,这座位于莱基半岛的日处理65万桶的石化设施,位列全球最大的单列炼油厂之一,正式**今天开放认购** ,在**尼日利亚交易所** 进行首次公开募股 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). 交易规模为**41亿股,每股₦525** ,目标**筹集₦2.15万亿** — 约**14亿美元,按当前汇率计算** 。最低认购为**10股(₦5,250)** ,旨在广泛开放零售参与。 认购窗口从**2026年9月14日到10月13日** 。 符合条件的个人和企业投资者必须提供股票经纪和中央证券清算系统(CSCS)详细信息以参与 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). **尼日利亚交易所** 批准**Remita** 作为该报价的电子申请渠道之一,此外还有传统的经纪渠道。 Remita 的母公司 Remita Payment Services Limited 运营着为尼日利亚的个人、企业、政府、金融机构和金融科技公司提供服务的支付基础设施。 总经理 DeRemi Atanda 将此次批准视为一种零售包容机制,旨在减少交易所、经纪人和首次零售认购者之间的摩擦。 此次 IPO 是近期尼日利亚交易所最大的一次上市,正值中央银行货币政策委员会准备于**9月21日至22日** 召开会议,货币政策利率为**26.50%** (非洲中央银行新闻 — 利率跟踪器). 定价隐含测试了尼日利亚零售股权需求在接近10.6%的实际利率环境下的深度。 ### 为什么重要 对于侨民投资者、尼日利亚市场运营商和跨境企业财务主管来说,Dangote IPO 是近年来最大的一次奈拉计价零售股权认购,也是少数足够大以实质性影响尼日利亚交易所综合指数的非洲资本市场事件之一。 零售参与将被密切关注,作为家庭信心的一个代理指标,以迎接下周中央银行货币政策委员会的决定。 * * * The Business of Ideas Has a Balance Sheet, and We’re Not On ItA handful of institutions turn donor capital into government policy for a living. Black business capital funds almost none of them, on any continent. (Part 1 of 6)The Black Executive JournalNoah Carmichael * * * ## 加纳 — dLocal 从加纳银行获得增强支付服务提供商许可证 **dLocal Ghana Limited** ,乌拉圭总部的跨境支付公司 dLocal 的加纳子公司,于**2026年9月9日** 获得**增强支付服务提供商(EPSP)许可证** ,来自**加纳银行** 。 该许可证允许 dLocal 直接连接到银行和移动支付网络,入驻商户,收集本地支付,执行支付和处理入境汇款 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月10日). 加纳的移动支付交易价值在2025年达到**GH¢4.54万亿** ,比前一年**增长超过50%** — 是撒哈拉以南非洲增长最快的移动支付市场之一。 即将到来...加纳 — dLocal 从加纳银行获得增强支付服务提供商许可证赞比亚 / 刚果民主共和国 — Zoyk 获得 BCC 授权以在刚果民主共和国进行支付聚合乌干达 — CreditChek 收购坎帕拉核心银行初创公司 Algosys美国 — 联邦公开市场委员会为期两天的会议开始 其他持有增强 PSP 许可证的公司包括 Flutterwave、Paystack 和 Fincra(2026年5月获得许可证),使 dLocal 与市场上最大的非洲本土支付基础设施参与者并列。 加纳的批准是 dLocal 自2018年开始的非洲扩张历程的一部分。 在2026年2月,dLocal以大约**$2370万美元** 的价格收购了总部位于肯尼亚的AZA Finance的部分资产,此交易在2025年6月宣布。 ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now
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September 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Dangote炼油厂于周一在尼日利亚交易所上市,提供41亿股,价格为525奈拉,计划筹集2.15万亿奈拉,截止日期为10月13日。黑色执行杂志 — 每日版
丹戈特炼油厂在尼日利亚交易所开启2.15万亿奈拉首次公开募股
## 关键要点 * **Dangote Refinery 今天在尼日利亚交易所开放其首次公开募股** — **41亿股,每股₦525** ,筹集**₦2.15万亿(≈ 14亿美元)** ,最低认购**10股(₦5,250)** ,认购截止**2026年10月13日** (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). * **Remita 被 NGX 批准为 Dangote IPO 的电子申请渠道** ,允许符合条件的尼日利亚零售和企业投资者通过 Remita 平台和移动应用进行数字认购;参与者必须提供中央证券清算系统(CSCS)详细信息 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). * **赞比亚金融科技 Zoyk 于9月10日获得刚果中央银行(BCC)授权** ,通过其 Zoykpay 平台在刚果民主共和国提供支付聚合服务,扩展其在赞比亚、刚果民主共和国、坦桑尼亚、马拉维、津巴布韦和南非的足迹,安哥拉是下一个目标 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月11日). * **尼日利亚金融科技 CreditChek 于2026年9月9日收购了乌干达的核心银行初创公司 Algosys** ,这是其进入东非的第一步 — Algosys 为乌干达的22家金融机构提供服务,并支持超过10,000个SACCO贷款 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月10日). * * * # 重要新闻 * * * ## 尼日利亚 — Dangote Refinery 在 NGX 上开放 2.15 万亿奈拉 IPO Dangote Refinery,这座位于莱基半岛的日处理65万桶的石化设施,位列全球最大的单列炼油厂之一,正式**今天开放认购** ,在**尼日利亚交易所** 进行首次公开募股 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). 交易规模为**41亿股,每股₦525** ,目标**筹集₦2.15万亿** — 约**14亿美元,按当前汇率计算** 。最低认购为**10股(₦5,250)** ,旨在广泛开放零售参与。 认购窗口从**2026年9月14日到10月13日** 。 符合条件的个人和企业投资者必须提供股票经纪和中央证券清算系统(CSCS)详细信息以参与 (Vanguard Nigeria — 2026年9月10日). **尼日利亚交易所** 批准**Remita** 作为该报价的电子申请渠道之一,此外还有传统的经纪渠道。 Remita 的母公司 Remita Payment Services Limited 运营着为尼日利亚的个人、企业、政府、金融机构和金融科技公司提供服务的支付基础设施。 总经理 DeRemi Atanda 将此次批准视为一种零售包容机制,旨在减少交易所、经纪人和首次零售认购者之间的摩擦。 此次 IPO 是近期尼日利亚交易所最大的一次上市,正值中央银行货币政策委员会准备于**9月21日至22日** 召开会议,货币政策利率为**26.50%** (非洲中央银行新闻 — 利率跟踪器). 定价隐含测试了尼日利亚零售股权需求在接近10.6%的实际利率环境下的深度。 ### 为什么重要 对于侨民投资者、尼日利亚市场运营商和跨境企业财务主管来说,Dangote IPO 是近年来最大的一次奈拉计价零售股权认购,也是少数足够大以实质性影响尼日利亚交易所综合指数的非洲资本市场事件之一。 零售参与将被密切关注,作为家庭信心的一个代理指标,以迎接下周中央银行货币政策委员会的决定。 * * * The Business of Ideas Has a Balance Sheet, and We’re Not On ItA handful of institutions turn donor capital into government policy for a living. Black business capital funds almost none of them, on any continent. (Part 1 of 6)The Black Executive JournalNoah Carmichael * * * ## 加纳 — dLocal 从加纳银行获得增强支付服务提供商许可证 **dLocal Ghana Limited** ,乌拉圭总部的跨境支付公司 dLocal 的加纳子公司,于**2026年9月9日** 获得**增强支付服务提供商(EPSP)许可证** ,来自**加纳银行** 。 该许可证允许 dLocal 直接连接到银行和移动支付网络,入驻商户,收集本地支付,执行支付和处理入境汇款 (Techpoint Africa Digest — 2026年9月10日). 加纳的移动支付交易价值在2025年达到**GH¢4.54万亿** ,比前一年**增长超过50%** — 是撒哈拉以南非洲增长最快的移动支付市场之一。 即将到来...加纳 — dLocal 从加纳银行获得增强支付服务提供商许可证赞比亚 / 刚果民主共和国 — Zoyk 获得 BCC 授权以在刚果民主共和国进行支付聚合乌干达 — CreditChek 收购坎帕拉核心银行初创公司 Algosys美国 — 联邦公开市场委员会为期两天的会议开始 其他持有增强 PSP 许可证的公司包括 Flutterwave、Paystack 和 Fincra(2026年5月获得许可证),使 dLocal 与市场上最大的非洲本土支付基础设施参与者并列。 加纳的批准是 dLocal 自2018年开始的非洲扩张历程的一部分。 在2026年2月,dLocal以大约**$2370万美元** 的价格收购了总部位于肯尼亚的AZA Finance的部分资产,此交易在2025年6月宣布。 ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now
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September 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Microsoft Is DESTROYING ITSELF As Court Papers EXPOSE A Windows SPY ID
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انسحاب أوبر من نيجيريا وأوغندا: تحديات السوق أم إستراتيجية عالمية جديدة؟ | اقتصاد

تم النشر بتاريخ 6/9/20266/9/2026 أنهت شركة "أوبر" الأمريكية لخدمات النقل عبر التطبيقات عملياتها في نيجيريا وأوغندا اعتبارا من يوم 2 سبتمبر/أيلول الجاري، منهية حضورا امتد 12 عاما في نيجيريا منذ عام 2014، وعقدا في…
انسحاب أوبر من نيجيريا وأوغندا: تحديات السوق أم إستراتيجية عالمية جديدة؟ | اقتصاد
تم النشر بتاريخ 6/9/20266/9/2026 أنهت شركة "أوبر" الأمريكية لخدمات النقل عبر التطبيقات عملياتها في نيجيريا وأوغندا اعتبارا من يوم 2 سبتمبر/أيلول الجاري، منهية حضورا امتد 12 عاما في نيجيريا منذ عام 2014، وعقدا في أوغندا منذ يونيو/حزيران 2016، وفق ما أوردته منصة "تك بوينت أفريكا" (Techpoint Africa)، المختصة في الأخبار التكنولوجية في أفريقيا. ونقلت المنصة المذكورة عن متحدث باسم الشركة قوله إنها اتخذت، بعد مراجعة شاملة، القرار الصعب بإنهاء العمليات في نيجيريا وأوغندا، مضيفا أن "هذا القرار يقتصر حصرا على هذين السوقين ولا يمس عملياتنا في بقية القارة"، ولا يعني انسحابا أوسع من أفريقيا.
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"The ISO 10218-1:2025 and ISO 10218-2:2025 standards,
which took effect in 2025,
consolidate previously separate safety rules for collaborative and industrial robots into a single framework" #manufacturing
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August 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
One of the things that I think has yet to happen with the physical media revival is for storage to catch up.

So for my new batch of CDs I'm looking at... this...

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Vintage Techpoint Wooden CD Rack 50 Disc Double Sided Media Storage Holder Stand | eBay UK
Very good vintage condition Fast postage
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August 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM