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Apple has been on the back foot on voice and AI assistants ever since the launch of SIRI. However, a proposed partnership between the company and Open AI may be looking to rectify that path. According to Bloomberg, Apple is close to…
Over the past couple of years one trend that has seemingly engulfed the whole world is Artificial Intelligence. This has in turn powered a hardware revolution of sorts. AI (Artificial Intelligence) is slowly making its way into hardware.…
A massive internet outage has hit East Africa, leaving over 80 million users across multiple countries without connectivity. The disruption has been occasioned by faults in several undersea cables providing critical connections to systems…
Kenya, Africa’s proverbial Silicon Savanna is about to experience another shakeup affecting digital service providers. Technology startups, betting services, e-commerce players and businesses that purvey services via digital mediums are…
Mastering the Art of the Deal: Best Practices for Tech Contracts Mastering the art of drafting and negotiating tech contracts requires a blend of strategic foresight, meticulous planning, and clear communication. In the fast-paced world of…
Security researchers have found 20 dangerous vulnerabilities affecting various apps and system components within Xiaomi mobile devices. Some of the security flaws reported could allow the theft of arbitrary files, and leak information…
It seems that developers are not too pleased with the recently announced partnership between the popular question-and-answer platform for developers, Stack Overflow, and OpenAI. Part of the partnership aims to improve ChatGPT’s technical…
Automated trading systems are becoming an increasingly attractive prospect to traders. Seasoned traders can leverage such systems to engage in more markets and speculate on a broader range of trading instruments. Otherwise known as…
Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco, has released its group financial results for the 2023/2024 fiscal year. For the financial year ending 31st March, Safaricom Kenya made Ksh139.9 billion (~$1.06B) before interest and tax, representing a 20%…
Google and its OEM partner Samsung launched the Circle to Search feature earlier this year which is available on the Pixel and Galaxy devices. This feature is now accessible on iPhones as well. Circle to Search feature is a new way to…
The Kenyan government has formed a special unit inside the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to track threats against bloggers who express themselves online. The Cabinet Secretary of Interior, Kithure Kindiki, informed senators…
The Government has announced the latest steps it’s taking to protect bloggers from both online threats and physical violence. While addressing the Senate Plenary yesterday, the Interior CS, Kithure Kindiki revealed the establishment of a…
Launched in late January this year, the Samsung Galaxy S24 is the base model in the flagship S24 series by the South Korean tech giant. It fills the compact flagship segment in the smartphone market and still packs a lot of power and…
Apple took to the stage on Tuesday this week to present to the world its new line of iPad Air and iPad Pro tablets which hadn’t seen a new upgrade since October 2022. So, it must have been an exciting time for users of the tablets. As…
Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, announced its partnership with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), a tier one East African commercial banking franchise. DTB and Paymentology are partnering to provide a combined Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS)…
Kenya’s biggest mobile money platform is working to simplify sending money home for Kenyans abroad. M-Pesa is working on a feature to enable direct global remittance to its customers. The feature will be part of M-Pesa Global. It will…
Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 8a a week ahead of its annual developer conference, Google I/O. Similar to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, the latest mid-range also comes with Google’s promise of 7 years of software updates.…
Apple took to the stage once again to announce and launch some of their new products during their May event dubbed “Let Loose”. This event was headlined by their new iPad line of tablets that will now see some interesting upgrades…
Hilda Moraa, founder and CEO of fintech startup, Pezesha, has been appointed as the eTrade Women Advocate for the English-speaking Africa region to the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The award-winning entrepreneur will serve as an…
Semiconductor maker, MediaTek has officially launched its latest flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9300+ which is set to compete with the industry’s best like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. The new processor is set to generate higher…
Google has recently been making moves that suggest an aggressive move away from the traditional Google Fit Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). This was made even clearer this week when the company fully detailed how the “Google Fit…
Popular AI startup, OpenAI, is teaming up with Stack Overflow in a new partnership that seeks to improve ChatGPT’s technical knowledge. By using Stack Overflow’s vast developer content, OpenAI aims to improve its AI foundational models’…
Infinix has been trying to crack into the premium midrange space with its slew of devices in the past few years with the Zero and Note lineup. They recently launched the Note 40 series and we got our hands on the Infinix Note 40 Pro 4G.…
Amazon has gone live in South Africa. The global tech company with a focus on digital streaming, e-commerce and cloud computing has launched its dedicated marketplace platform in South Africa. The firm will offer direct delivery and on…
