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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Anthropic is Paying Students $3,600 to run AI clubs, Apply Now!
Anthropic pays student ambassadors USD 3,600 to run campus AI clubs. Kenyans can apply, and applications close on 12 September.
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Nvidia’s RTX Spark PCs ship in October, and both configurations are the N1X
Nvidia says RTX Spark PCs ship in October in two N1X configurations, 6,144 or 5,120 GPU cores, and no prices
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Xiaomi’s first Xring tablet, the Pad 9 Pro Max, launches 7 September
The 13.3-inch Pad 9 Pro Max is Xiaomi's first Xring O3 tablet. It launches on 7 September in China only.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says we are now in the AGI era
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra. President Greg Brockman says the AGI era has started.
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Xiaomi 18 Fold launches next week with in-house XRing 03
Official Xiaomi 18 Fold images show a 5.38-inch cover screen, 7.58-inch folding display and a pill-shaped triple camera module
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Samsung launches cheaper $800 Galaxy Book 6, with a huge spec drop
Samsung's new USD 799.99 Galaxy Book6 has a 15 TOPS NPU, while the Galaxy Book6 launched at CES has 49
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Telcos will have to wait six months before recycling your line
Kenya's Communications Authority proposes six months before telcos recycle dormant lines. Comments close 11 September, rules take effect 19 September.
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Uber quits Nigeria and Uganda
Uber shut down Nigeria and Uganda on 2 September 2026, leaving four African markets. Kenya is now one of them.
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Glovo Kenya launches ‘She Delivers’ to train 16 women as electric bicycle couriers
Glovo Kenya and eBee trained 16 women as electric bicycle couriers, aiming to lift female riders from 1% to 5%.
