OPPO Find X10 could get sub-1mm bezels
The OPPO Find X9 has 1.15mm borders. The Find X10 may go under 1mm.
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One UI 9 beta reaches the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S23 series
Samsung has released the first One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S23 in India. Here is what it includes.
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Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max could double as a USB-C Monitor
Xiaomi says the Pad 9 Pro Max accepts video over USB-C, so a laptop uses it as a second monitor.
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Nairobi shops list Google Pixel 11 Series from KES 99,999
Buying a Google Pixel 11 in Kenya? Compare Nairobi prices for the series and check imported versions before you pay.
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Google Translate adds iPhone earpiece listening and Android background mode
Google Translate now supports background live translation on Android and earpiece listening on iPhones, with Swahili among its supported languages.
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New DStv Kenya prices may cut Premium by KES 4,400
DStv Kenya will cut Premium to KES 7,300, merge Compact tiers at KES 3,000 and introduce Select in November 2026.
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The UN wants to kill the Mercator map. But Silicon Valley still owns the world view
The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 for equal-area maps over Mercator. Only the United States voted against it.
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Sun King EZ 3 and EZ 3 Pro launch in Kenya, Costs KES 55 a day
Sun King’s EZ 3 and EZ 3 Pro launch in Kenya at KES 55 and KES 65 a day. Full specs, total cost, terms.
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Samsung Galaxy S27 Edge Rumored for 2027 with Silicon Carbon Battery
Samsung’s Galaxy S27 Edge is rumoured for 2027 with a 4,300mAh silicon-carbon battery. The S25 Edge had 3,900mAh.
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DeepSeek turns to Huawei for 160,000 AI chips as Nvidia stays locked out of China
DeepSeek plans 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips for a 1GW Inner Mongolia data centre. Training stays on Nvidia. Full timeline.
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Xiaomi Smart Band 11 launches with sleep HRV and a brighter screen
Xiaomi Smart Band 11 launched in China from KES 5,745 with sleep HRV, a 2,000-nit screen and 21-day battery.
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Galaxy Watch 7, Watch 8 and Watch Ultra get One UI 9 Watch beta as older models take security patches
Samsung is beta testing One UI 9 Watch on Galaxy Watch 7, 8 and Ultra in Korea and the US.
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KRA orders businesses to keep stock records in TIMS and eTIMS
KRA will add stock management to eTIMS and TIMS invoicing, with business consultations from September 2026 before any rollout.
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iOS 27 adds iPhone Handoff, letting two iPhones share a single phone number
iOS 27 adds iPhone Handoff, sharing one number across two iPhones. Carriers must enable it, and none in Kenya have.
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Apple puts John Ternus on USD 58 million a year and Tim Cook on USD 47 million
Apple’s filing sets John Ternus’s target pay at USD 58 million and Tim Cook’s at USD 47 million as chair.
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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe costs the same as a MacBook Neo and comes in seven colours
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe starts at $699.99 with OLED, seven colours and upgradeable memory. How it compares with the MacBook Neo.
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Uber is accepting Visa cards in Kenya again
Uber has started asking Kenyan riders to add Visa cards again, eight months after dropping Visa over payment processing costs.
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DStv is splitting sport and movies into separate packages, but only in South Africa
DStv adds standalone Sports and Movies & Series packages in South Africa from 17 September. Kenyan prices and package names stay unchanged.
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Airtel is giving 376 million subscribers in India a free year of Super Duolingo
Bharti Airtel and Duolingo announced a 12 month free Super Duolingo offer for 376 million Indian subscribers on 3 September.
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Anthropic is Paying Students $3,600 to run AI clubs, Apply Now!
Anthropic pays student ambassadors USD 3,600 to run campus AI clubs. Kenyans can apply, and applications close on 12 September.
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Nvidia’s RTX Spark PCs ship in October, and both configurations are the N1X
Nvidia says RTX Spark PCs ship in October in two N1X configurations, 6,144 or 5,120 GPU cores, and no prices
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Xiaomi’s first Xring tablet, the Pad 9 Pro Max, launches 7 September
The 13.3-inch Pad 9 Pro Max is Xiaomi’s first Xring O3 tablet. It launches on 7 September in China only.
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Range Rover finally has an electric car, and it is years behind China
JLR’s first electric Range Rover opens orders at $140,450, with a 118.5 kWh battery and 333 miles of EPA range.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says we are now in the AGI era
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra. President Greg Brockman says the AGI era has started.
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