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Get the latest updates and breaking news from the tech industry. This category covers everything from new product releases to major industry developments.
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Kenyan innovator Elly Savatia wins KES 8.6M for AI app that translates speech into sign language
Kenyan tech innovator Elly Savatia, 25, has won the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, earning…
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YouTube rolling out Reddit-style comments and custom like animations widely
YouTube is rolling out a major visual update to its app, introducing Reddit-style comment threading and custom like animations. The…
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iPhone 17 sales outpace iPhone 16 by 14% driven by strong base model demand
Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is off to a strong start, outselling last year’s iPhone 16 series by 14% in its…
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Spotify app freezing and crashing on Wi-Fi for Pixel and Samsung users
Spotify is currently investigating a widespread issue that’s causing its Android app to freeze or crash when connected to certain…
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Binance launches direct USD deposits and withdrawals in over 70 countries
Binance is making it easier for users to move between crypto and cash. The company today announced the rollout of…
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MultiChoice delivers first DStv price cut under Canal+ with up to KES 9,000 discount
MultiChoice is finally slashing DStv decoder prices in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria by as much as 40% online and…
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Airtel’s CEO says Africa’s ‘digital decade has begun’
Airtel Africa's CEO says Africa's new "digital decade" moves from access to productivity, requiring AI, data centers, and broad collaboration.
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Lovense brings AI to the bedroom with real-time moan translation and fake orgasm detection
In today’s episode of “things we didn’t know we needed,” sex tech company Lovense has announced a new feature that…
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Hayo’s New Platform Aims to Unlock the eSIM Revolution for African Operators
Hayo's white-label eSIM platform enables African telecom operators to launch services faster, cheaper, without building infrastructure from scratch.
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Samsung launches Galaxy XR headset with Android XR and Gemini AI at half the price of Apple Vision Pro
Samsung has officially entered the extended reality (XR) space with the launch of Galaxy XR, the first-ever headset powered by…
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Safaricom bets KES 15M on trees to clean up its network footprint
Safaricom is out to prove that rolling out 5G towers and laying fibre cables doesn’t have to come at nature’s…
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HIROH phone launches as a fully de-Googled, privacy-first smartphone
The privacy-centric smartphone market just gained a bold new entrant. A new device called the HIROH phone, powered by the…
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X to start showing your location on profiles
X (formerly Twitter) is prepping a new transparency feature, and it’s already stirring conversation. Head of Product Nikita Bier previewed…
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Samsung to discontinue ultra-slim line after poor Galaxy S25 Edge sales
When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge back in May, we already knew one thing — it wasn’t coming to…
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Elon Musk refutes claims of ending X creator payouts, says a YouTube-like model is needed
Two weeks ago, Nikita Bier, head of product at X, sent creators into panic mode when he responded to a…
