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A new investigation from the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus has raised serious questions about what LG televisions are doing behind the scenes. Working alongside the tech channel Level1Techs and independent security researchers, the team…
Kenya’s education sector runs on data, and for years that data lived in a platform called NEMIS, the National Education Management Information System. NEMIS tracked enrollment, learner records, and institution details across the country,…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) wants your input on new technical rules for network equipment sold and used in the country. The regulator has published a draft document called Technical Specifications for Network Equipment,…
Wild symbols are probably one of the easiest slot features to understand. They basically substitute for other symbols and help create winning combinations. Developers decided that wasn’t interesting enough. They started making them move,…
For years, journalists and bloggers in Kenya have had to worry that getting something wrong in a sensitive story could turn into a criminal case. That concern largely centered on sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes…
Kenya has launched a new manual meant to help police officers and prosecutors handle cybercrime cases from the moment they are reported until they reach court. The Rapid Reference Guide on the Investigation and Prosecution of Offenses…
TikTok moves faster than most platforms when it comes to enforcing a ban whereby even a single serious violation can end in a permanent ban rather than the escalating warnings other apps use. That speed cuts both ways, though, since the…
Kenya now has one of its clearest legal statements on what happens when AI helps create a book, an image, or any other creative work. The Copyright Tribunal has ruled that AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted on its own. A human has…
The Communications Authority (CA) wants to create a brand new license category just for data centers, and it’s now asking the public to weigh in before making it official. Right now, data centers that offer colocation services (renting out…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has rolled out a new framework governing how telecommunications numbering, naming, addressing, and identification resources are administered in the country, marking a shift in how short codes get…
James Mworia, the man who has run Centum Investment for nearly two decades, has a new job. Starting September 7, 2026, he is the founding CEO of Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), a new state-backed institution meant to pull in…
Australia is preparing legislation that would let people on social media choose whether they want to keep seeing algorithm-picked content at all or switch to a feed made up only of posts from accounts they actually follow. The government…
The people who helped build social media are now trying to fix it. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, and Evan Sharp, co-founder of Pinterest, created Tangle through their company West Co. The pitch is a direct critique of the platforms…
On the morning of September 3, 2026, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all broke at roughly the same time. For a few hours, three of the biggest names in AI were struggling or completely unreachable, and nobody had a clear answer for why it was…
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has raised concerns over the abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich. Armed men intercepted him along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway on the night of September 1, held him for several…
X (Twitter) has spent much of 2026 trying to deal with a problem that has grown rapidly over the past year. Popular posts are increasingly filled with replies written by software pretending to be people. Some of these accounts are built to…
The Women in STEM Africa Summit 2026 opened in Nairobi on September 3, with organizers and government officials pressing for concrete investment in women’s education, research, and enterprise across Africa’s STEM sector. The two-day event…
Uber is going through one of the biggest shake-ups in its history. The company is cutting about 3,300 jobs globally, roughly 10% of its entire workforce, while at the same time walking away from two of its oldest markets on the African…
President William Ruto has told the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to reverse a recent hike in customs charges on consolidated cargo, bringing relief to small traders who import goods collectively. The directive came on Wednesday, September…
Kenya’s High Court has paused enforcement of the 18% commission cap that ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Bolt were required to charge drivers. It also blocked a rule forcing platforms to store detailed driver and passenger data and…
For a platform engineer, “which testing tool is best?” is the wrong question. The one that matters is narrower and more practical: which tool slots cleanly into my pipeline without becoming a bottleneck, a flaky mess, or a piece of…
Uber has exited Nigeria and Uganda, bringing an end to its operations in two markets after first launching in Lagos in 2014 and later expanding into Kampala. The exit takes effect on September 2, 2026, ending 12 years in Nigeria and 10 in…
Kenyan-founded electronic invoicing firm DigiTax has set up offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following receipt of pre-approval by the UAE Ministry of Finance as an e-invoicing service provider. DigiTax’s arrival is timely, as the…
DStv appears to be preparing a major shake-up of how it sells sports. A new five-tier streaming lineup is set to launch in South Africa on September 17, built around Starter, Select, Sports, Movies & Series, and Premium packages. The…
