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Your Daily Dose Of Technology News – November 10, 2025.

1. Local Tech Story (South Africa) – FNB (First Rand Bank) named SA’s Best Digital Bank:

In South Africa, FNB was recognized as the best digital bank for mobile & online services, based on the SITEisfaction® survey of digital-banking users.

– Highlights: 7.78 million digitally active customers; 1.7 billion logins via the banking app; strong growth in mobile/online transaction volumes.

– Trust/Security (especially in the face of rising fraud), personalised digital experiences, integrating AI with human support.

– This underscores the shift in banking from branch/physical to digital, and in emerging markets, the digital channel is increasingly the main interface. For fintech and banking tech vendors, the demand for smarter apps, better UX, strong security is growing.

In Other News:

2. Global Tech stocks rebound amid easing US-shutdown concerns:

Technology shares in Asia and Europe rose on Monday as markets responded positively to tentative progress in the US Senate moving toward ending the federal shutdown.

For example: South Korea’s Kospi surged, and major chip/AI-related companies gained.

Tech companies are disproportionately sensitive to macro policy, export/regulation risks and investor sentiment. The rebound suggests some relief of short-term political/operational risk.

The underlying fundamentals (e.g., chip supply chains, AI valuations) still carry large uncertainties.

3. Apple Inc. & Google LLC: A secret billion-dollar AI collaboration-

Apple is reportedly paying Google around US$1 billion annually to integrate Google’s large-AI model (its “Gemini” model) into a next-generation version of its Siri voice assistant, code-named internally “AFM v10”.

Apple intends to keep this deal confidential, signalling the strategic sensitivity of its AI-moves.

The collaboration hints at Apple accelerating its AI efforts through Google instead of relying solely on in-house modelling, at least in the short term.
For users, this could mean a significantly smarter Siri; for competitors, a stronger Apple/Google tie-up in AI; for regulators, possibly increased scrutiny given the size and secrecy of the deal.

4. BIO‑key International, Inc. shows up at Africa Tech Festival with passwordless biometrics:

BIO-key (NASDAQ: BKYI), in partnership with Altron Arrow, will demonstrate its latest identity & access management (IAM) innovations specifically passwordless, phoneless and tokenless biometric authentication at the Africa Tech Festival 2025 (10-13 Nov) in Cape Town, South Africa.

– The key technologies being exhibited include Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB), the PortalGuard® IAM platform, and Passkey:YOU™.

– As digital identity becomes more central (especially in emerging markets), solutions that reduce reliance on phones/tokens could leap-frog existing systems.

– For South Africa and the broader African region, this signals growing investment in advanced IAM infrastructure and could influence how enterprises and governments approach digital identity.

5. Cybersecurity: Large-scale ransomware campaign exploited unsecured AI model endpoints.

– Security firms reported a ransomware campaign that leveraged unsecured AI model endpoints and misconfigured cloud storage to exfiltrate model weights and training data before encrypting backups. Attackers targeted AI startups and research groups with weak access controls.

– Incident response teams urge immediate audit of model endpoints, enforce least-privilege IAM, rotate credentials, and adopt encrypted model storage. Several cloud providers issued emergency guidance and hotfixes.

Odds And Ends:

6. Technology Hardware:  Solidion Technology unveils high-performance battery pouch cell for drones & UAVs.

Solidion Technology announced a new high-performance pouch-cell battery designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones.

– This hardware news highlights how the energy-storage and mobility sectors continue to intersect with drone/robotics tech.

– As drones become more ubiquitous (for delivery, inspection, mapping), battery technology is a key limiting factor (weight, capacity, safety). Innovations here matter for scaling drone use.

– The hardware/energy supply chain continues to be a bottleneck for many “future tech” use-cases. Strong new battery tech helps unlock more applications.

7. Chip industry: TSMC opens next-gen fab expansion; Intel adjusts foundry roadmap.

– Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) formally began construction on a new advanced-node fab expansion to increase N3E and N2 capacity, responding to persistent high demand for AI accelerators. Intel revised its foundry timeline, focusing on specialized processes for AI chips and promising higher-yield tiles for data-center accelerators.

– Continued fab investment underscores sustained demand for AI-oriented silicon. Customers may face waiting times; pricing for leading-edge nodes likely to remain firm.

8. Tesla unveils full self-driving (FSD) v13 limited beta and hardware compliance update:

– Tesla announced a limited FSD v13 beta showing improvements in multi-intersection handling and unprotected left turns, but emphasized regional rollouts and data-driven validation. The company also disclosed a hardware compliance plan for older vehicles to meet updated regulatory requirements in certain markets.

– Regulators in the EU and parts of the U.S. continue to scrutinize FSD claims; Tesla’s staged approach aims to collect more telemetry before wider deployments.

9. Google launches Bard Suite upgrades and expanded Gemini Pro availability:

– Google announced feature updates to Bard Suite (better multimodal editing, integrated Sheets/Docs AI helpers) and widened availability of its Gemini Pro and Ultra tiers for enterprise customers, with new safety guardrails and data residency options.

– Enhanced multimodal editing in Workspace apps, faster reasoning for complex queries, and support for user-provided private models via Vertex AI. Google also highlighted improved on-device inference on Tensor-powered Chromebooks and Pixel devices.

– Google continues to push Workspace AI to enterprises and compete with Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s enterprise offerings.

10. Meta announces Glasses 2 consumer AR wearable and new Threads features:

– Meta revealed a consumer-ready version of its AR glasses (Branded “Glasses 2” in some coverage) with improved optics, a slimmer design, and deeper integration with its Threads and Instagram ecosystems. New social AR features include shared spatial stickers and more robust content moderation controls.

– Meta emphasizes social and creator monetization, offering developer SDKs for AR effects, and tying eyewear purchases to exclusive content/commerce incentives. Analysts note Meta’s bet on social AR as a differentiator from Apple’s more productivity-focused XR pitch.

Summary:

Today’s tech news spans from big-league AI deals (Apple + Google) to identity/security innovations in Africa, to local digital banking leadership and hardware/energy innovation. A few themes stand out:

* AI acceleration and competitive positioning – The Apple/Google deal suggests even major companies are increasingly dependent on partnerships for AI capability.

* Digital identity & security – Moving beyond passwords is a major frontier, especially in markets with less legacy infrastructure.

* Macro/market context matters – Tech doesn’t operate in a vacuum; government shutdowns, export controls, investor sentiment all spill into tech valuations and strategy.

* Regional/market nuance – The South-African digital-banking story shows that innovation isn’t just in Silicon Valley; emerging markets are rapidly evolving digital-services landscapes.

* Hardware & infrastructure continue to matter – Even as “software/AI” dominate headlines, hardware (batteries, biometrics) remain foundational.

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