IBM shares crash 25% as AI upends software spending

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 15, 2026 | Arvind Krishna, Enterprise software, IBM, News, Sections

The company suffered a steeper one-day fall than during the 1987 Black Monday crash.

Jony Ive’s first OpenAI device: an AI smart speaker

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 15, 2026 | Apple, Electronics and hardware, Jony Ive, LoveFrom, News, OpenAI, Sections

OpenAI will reportedly launch a portable, screen-free smart speaker as its first consumer hardware product.

Stripe, Advent in talks to buy PayPal for $53-billion

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 15, 2026 | Advent, Advent International, Financial services, News, PayPal, Sections, Stripe

Stripe and private equity firm Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings, according to sources.

How One South African Startup Saved 200,000 Meals from Landfill in Just One Year

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | Retail, Southern Africa, Top Stories

South Africans have saved R12.5 million on groceries while preventing 200,000 meals from ending up in landfill through Refreshi, a local startup that built a surplus-food marketplace that has expanded from just 35 partner stores to 700 nationwide in the space of a...

The AI Memory Chip Supercycle Just Hit — And $476 Billion Is on the Line

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | AI News, News

Memory chip prices have quadrupled in the past year, and AI is the reason. The race to build bigger, faster data centers has created a supply crunch so severe that it’s rewriting the rules for the entire semiconductor industry — and two companies are riding the wave...