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Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra launch today with smaller batteries than the Redmi phones they are built from
Poco launches F9 Pro and F9 Ultra today at 3pm Kenyan time, both with smaller batteries than their Redmi originals.
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Huawei has put a 10,400 mAh battery inside a 4.7mm tablet
Huawei's MatePad Pro 12-inch is 4.7mm thin with a 10,400 mAh battery, thinner and lighter than Apple's own iPad Pro.
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Apple’s $2,000 foldable without Face ID is a compromise the Ultra name shouldn’t carry
Apple's foldable iPhone Ultra reportedly drops Face ID for a Touch ID button. On a $2,000-plus phone, that's backwards
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Xiaomi debuts LPDDR6 with CXMT outpacing Samsung and SK Hynix
Chinese memory maker CXMT has begun LPDDR6 mass production ahead of Samsung and SK Hynix, with Xiaomi 18 Fold first.
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Tim Cook leaves Apple today, and this is the fifteen-year record
Tim Cook leaves Apple's top job today after fifteen years. The supply chain, the FBI letter, and Apple Silicon.
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ChatGPT is now a search engine in the eyes of EU law. Here is what that actually means
The EU designated ChatGPT a search engine and Reddit and Roblox platforms. What that means, what they must do, explained.
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Everything new in ColorOS 17, the Android 17 update coming to OPPO, OnePlus and realme phones
OPPO confirms ColorOS 17 for September with Floating Island navigation, finger-led animations and frosted glass, after promising no big redesign.
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vivo X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max launch in September: everything confirmed so far
vivo confirmed the X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max for September, with a 200MP ZEISS periscope on top.
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Android apps that use too much memory lose Play Store visibility from 2027
Google Play will penalise Android apps that use too much memory from February 2027, and require sign-in restoration from April.
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Google to withhold 5% AdSense earnings for the taxman
Google will deduct 5% tax on AdSense from September earnings. India, Nigeria and South Africa have no such platform withholding.
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Huawei launches HarmonyOS 7 and a third tri-fold on 7 September
Huawei launches HarmonyOS 7 and the Mate XT 2 tri-fold on 7 September, in a category Samsung already abandoned
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Samsung Galaxy S26 FE costs KES 103,100 for 8/256GB Model
Samsung Electronics East Africa has priced the Galaxy S26 FE at KES 103,100 for 256GB, on sale from 4 September.
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Xiaomi has built a box that replaces your cloud storage subscription
The Smart Storage holds up to 60TB, backs up your phone on its own and plays 4K video straight to…
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS is now the world’s third-largest mobile operating system
China's government says HarmonyOS is the world's third-largest mobile OS, though Huawei phones sold in Kenya still run Android-based EMUI.
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Microsoft has named Angela Ng’ang’a its East Africa country lead
Microsoft has named Angela Ng'ang'a its East Africa country lead, a Nairobi-based regional role covering governments, enterprise customers and startups.
