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September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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.
September 4, 2026
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…
September 4, 2026
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.
