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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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Starlink is looking for hosts to sell hourly and weekly internet passes
Starlink wants interested parties to host paid internet passes. Prices, host pay and launch countries are unpublished.
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POCO C95 Pro Vs Redmi 17C 5G: bigger battery or 5G?
POCO C95 Pro: 7,500mAh, no 5G, about KES 40,800. Redmi 17C 5G: 5G, about KES 29,100
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Telcos must send government emergency texts to all phone users, even those who opted out
Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya and Jamii Telecommunications must deliver the texts whatever a customer's opt-out or Do Not Disturb…
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Apple is changing Full Disk Access on Mac: safer from AI agents, but backup apps may feel it
Apple will add clearer Full Disk Access consent on Mac against AI agents. Backup apps may feel it. No date.
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Kenya funds study to launch space rockets from Kipini
Kenya has funded a study into a Kipini spaceport, but the amount, the advisor and the exact site are unpublished.
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Galaxy Buds On are official: what Samsung’s clip-on earbuds do and what they cost
Galaxy Buds On clip-on earbuds cost KRW 299,000 (about KES 28,700) in South Korea from 27th October.
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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates from 13th October
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates on 13th October. Enrolled Windows 10 PCs keep them until 2027.
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Galaxy Tab S12+ launches in Kenya from KES 176,000, Ultra from KES 203,200
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12+ and Ultra have Kenyan prices listed from KES 176,000, ahead of an expected October sales launch
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Nearly half of people on a video call with Tavus’s Griffin AI thought they were talking to a human
Tavus says 26 of 54 people took its Griffin AI for a real person on a live one-minute video call.
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Samsung Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra now cost USD 100 more as memory prices rise
Galaxy S26 prices rose in the US and Korea on 1st October 2026 as memory costs doubled. Kenya is next.
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KRA stops passenger from Dubai with 40 undeclared iPhone 18 Pro phones at JKIA
KRA says it stopped a passenger from Dubai at JKIA with 40 undeclared iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max phones,…
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You can now Tap or Scan and Go with M-PESA at Pesapal machines
Safaricom and Pesapal roll out M-PESA tap and dynamic QR payments on Pesapal card machines. Customers still enter a PIN
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Galaxy S26 Series starts getting Android 17 in Kenya
Samsung has started sending Android 17 to the Galaxy S26 Series in Kenya.
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Equity Bank outage hits Kenya and Rwanda with no cause or restoration time given
Equity Bank has posted outage notices in Kenya and Rwanda but has not given a cause or a restoration time.
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Stanbic Bank is bringing Ne-Yo to Nairobi on Mashujaa Day, and Gold tickets cost KES 15,000
Stanbic Bank is title sponsor of Ne-Yo's Nairobi concert on Mashujaa Day, 20th October 2026. Gold tickets cost KES 15,000.
