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News
Court Blocks US Restrictions to Chinese Tech Company Xiaomi
Earlier this year, towards the end of former US President Donald Trump’s term, the US Department of Defense placed Xiaomi…
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BUSINESS
U.S Government Adds New 5G Licensing Restrictions to Huawei Suppliers
The U.S. government has imposed new licensing restrictions to some Huawei suppliers regarding technology components meant “for use in or…
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Gadgets
Nokia Phones Lead on Software Updates, Counterpoint
Ever since HMD Global, the official licensee of Nokia branded phones, joined Google’s Android One program in 2018, it has…
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News
The Web Turns 32 Today, but a Third of Young People Don’t Have Internet Access
The worldwide web, simply known as the Web, turns 32 today. Its inventor Tim Berners-Lee has a message about the…
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News
Telkom Kenya Freedom Friday Bundles Offer More Data for Less
Telkom Kenya is running a new promotion offering its customers more data for less. Known as Telkom Freedom Friday, the…
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BUSINESS
Apple to Build ‘state-of-the-art’ Chip Design Facility in Germany
American technology giant Apple has announced its plans to invest in a new chip design plant in the European country…
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Gadgets
Nokia Phones Sport Robust Build Quality
Buying a smartphone is subjectively becoming a hard task because of massive competition across all price segments. All smartphone manufacturers…
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Gadgets
Everyone Should Buy Smartphones with Guaranteed Android and Security Updates
On February 18th, 2018, at MWC in Barcelona, HMD Global, the licensed maker of Nokia branded phones, entered a partnership…
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Apps
Latest Huawei AppGallery Update Brings an Easier Search Experience
Huawei has launched a new version of AppGallery – its application store – running on Huawei Mobile Service, a GMS…
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Blockchain
PayPal is Pushing Further into Cryptocurrencies
For the last few years, American online payments firm, PayPal, has been among behemoth digital payment companies with a growing…
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Tech
Smart Glasses Could Help Combat Climate Change, Facebook’s CEO Believes
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO at Facebook, believes augmented reality technology could help address the rising climatic change concerns that…
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Apps
Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.4.1 With Serious Security Fixes
Apple has rolled out its latest update for the iPad and iPhone. The new update, version iOS and iPadOS 14.4.1,…
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Gadgets
Nokia Phones Are the Industry’s Most Trusted, Counterpoint Research
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, leads the smartphone industry in trust rankings. The statistics come from Counterpoint Research’s…
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Social Media
Twitter Working on an “Undo Send” Button
Twitter made the headlines in 2020 when its CEO Jack Dorsey said they’re considering rolling out premium features that users…
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BUSINESS
Huawei’s smartphone struggles are also affecting it in China
The ongoing US sanctions on Chinese technology giant Huawei are hitting the company hard. It’s smartphone sales have plummeted in…
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News
Telkom Kenya’s New Subscribers Offer Now Comes With 500MB Free Monthly Data
Telkom Kenya has launched a new Welcome Offer for subscribers joining the network for the first time. The Welcome Offer…
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BUSINESS
AAR Insurance Goes Digital with New Mobile App
AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a new mobile app available on Google Play Store and the App Store. The new…
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News
Huawei Petal Search Engine Gets a Massive Upgrade
Huawei Petal Search engine is getting a massive upgrade, improving important aspects of the app. The new updates makes the…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Expanding Food Delivery Business to Egypt
Jumia wants to deliver more food across Africa, one of its executives said in an interview. According to co-Chief Executive…
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News
Twitters Starts Labelling Covid-19 Vaccine Misleading Tweets
Twitter has announced that it will start labelling tweets that contain misleading information about the covid-19 vaccine. The latest update…
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Apps
Facebook’s New App Lets Users Rap to Premade Beats
I bet you didn’t see this coming. But neither did I. Facebook has launched a new app that lets users…
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Gadgets
HMD Global Advocates 5G to Keep Everyone Connected from Anywhere
The fifth generation of mobile networks, also known as 5G, is slowly but steadily rolling out to countries worldwide. 5G…
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Apps
TikTok to Pay $92 Million Over Alleged Privacy Violations
TikTok will pay $92 million in the U.S to settle a nationwide class-action suit alleging that the company violated several…
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Gadgets
Huawei Mate X2 Foldable Smartphone Launched
Huawei Mate X2 is the latest foldable phone from the Chinese manufacturer with an external and internal display. Unlike the…
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Apps
This New Twitter Feature Allows Users to Charge Their Followers for Additional Content
Twitter has announced two new big features coming on the platform soon. They include a new way for users to…
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Gadgets
OPPO Reno 5 and Reno 5F Specifications Price and Availability in Kenya
Oppo Reno 5 Specifications: OPPO Kenya debuted its Reno 5 series in Kenya in an event streamlined online on Monday.…
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Gadgets
Nokia 1.4 Specifications, Price and Availability in Kenya
Nokia 1.4 Specifications: HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, is bringing the budget Nokia 1.4 in Kenya. Nokia 1.4…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi 9T Specifications and Price in Kenya
Xiaomi Redmi 9T Specifications: Xiaomi’s Redmi series is one of the company’s popular smartphones due to the value for money…
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Social Media
Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Group after Coup
Facebook has indefinitely banned a Myanmar military group that staged a coup on February 1st, overthrowing the rightfully elected government.…
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Gadgets
Oppo Bringing its Proprietary Flash Charging Technology to More Devices, including Cars
Oppo has announced that its proprietary VOOC flash charging technology, launched in 2014, is making its way to more devices…
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Gadgets
LG WebOS Smart TV Platform is Coming to Other TV Brands
WebOS, LG’s acclaimed Smart TV platform, is spreading its wings, and you’ll soon see it on more platforms. LG announced…
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Apps
Samsung Tops the Global TV Market for 15 Consecutive Years
Samsung has been named the number one global TV manufacturer in 2020. The company finished at the top of the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Thousands of Macs Infected with Mysterious Malware
A new strain of malware has affected around 30,000 Macs, but its intentions remain mysterious to security researchers. The malware…
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News
Huawei Partners with Kenya’s ICT Authority to Offer Digital Training
Chinese technology giant Huawei has partnered with Kenya’s ICT Authority to provide digital training to students. The five-week virtual program…
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Gadgets
Apple Becomes World’s Biggest Smartphone Maker Again
Due to the disruptions caused by the covid pandemic, smartphone sales declined in the final quarter of 2020, during the…
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News
Oppo Reno 5 Series Launched in Kenya
Oppo Kenya has launched two new devices in the country today under the Reno series. The company recently teased on…
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Gadgets
This One Feature Makes HMD Global’s First 5G Phone, Nokia 8.3 5G, Stand Out
Last year, HMD Global, the licensed maker of Nokia phones, launched its first 5G capable device, the Nokia 8.3 5G.…
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Tech
Apple Recruiting Engineers to Work on 6G Wireless Technology
Apple is currently recruiting engineers to help develop 6G, the next generation of wireless technology that will take over 5G.…
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Gadgets
HMD Global Plans to Democratize 5G in 2021 with Nokia Smartphones
HMD Global, the home of Nokia Smartphones, launched Nokia 8.3 5G in September 2020. While it was HMD’s first 5G…
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News
Ethiopia Denies Shortlisting Safaricom for Telco License
A report emerged on Wednesday that Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom had made it to the shortlist of six firms selected…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Online Shopping Score Drops
Kenya has dropped in rankings on the UN’s latest e-commerce Index in Africa, which indicates a country’s readiness to support…
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Tech
5G Explained: What It Is, Spectrum Bands, Speeds, Availability and Applications
Everyone is excited about 5G, the up-and-coming wireless standard set to improve various technological services worldwide through ultra-high speeds and…
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News
Kenya Prepares its 5G Mobile Policies Ahead of Launch
The worldwide hype around 5G still lives, but the rollout is still in nascent stages. The situation is even worse…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Joins Shortlist of Firms Qualified for Ethiopia Telco License Bid
Safaricom has been shortlisted in the final list of firms that will bid for one of the two telecom license…
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News
TikTok in trouble over potential Violation of Data Protection Laws
TikTok could be into some serious GDPR chargers for violating some policies that govern how tech companies collect and use…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cybercrime cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020 – Report
The cost of cybercrime continues to increase, and in 2020, it reached a staggering $1 trillion, a new report has…
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News
iPhone Users can pay for Goods and Services with Bitcoin
Apple device owners can now pay for goods and services using their crypto wallets. That is courtesy of the new…
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Gadgets
Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Raise Concern Over Nvidia’s Proposed $40bn ARM Acquisition
Three American tech companies, Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, have raised concerns with regulators in the US, EU, UK, and China…
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News
Twitter CEO, Jay-Z Offer 500BTC to Support Bitcoin Development in Africa and India
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted that he will offer 500BTC, in partnership with US rapper Jay-Z, to a newly created…
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Apps
US President Joe Biden Pauses TikTok and WeChat Ban
The last two years of the Trump administration have been fixated on banning any company with alleged Chinese Communist Party…
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BUSINESS
Absa Kenya to Invest Ksh1.6 Billion in Digital Products
People are reluctantly visiting bank halls due to proliferation of mobile banking that has made it easier for customers to…
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BUSINESS
Court Clears Regulatory Hurdle for Stalled Telkom, Airtel Kenya Merger
Telkom and Airtel Kenya’s merger plan came to a halt in August last year following a series of regulatory hurdles.…
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News
Safaricom Wins Big in Sh1.6bn CA’s Network Upgrade Tender
Safaricom has won the lion’s share in a network upgrade tender awarded to a total of five companies. Safaricom and…
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News
Turns Out Huawei’s “Brand-new” Harmony OS is Just an Android Fork
Huawei has been hyping its brand new, and upcoming Android competitor, HarmonyOS (or Hongmeng OS in China) since the US…
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Social Media
Twitter is Considering Paid Subscriptions, Again
Twitter Inc.’s business is strongly supported by advertising, but it has been mulling to expand revenue streams for a while.…
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Blockchain
Banks in Nigeria Start Closing Accounts Used for Crypto Transactions
Following a circular from the Central Bank of Nigeria last week, warning financial institutions of engaging with crypto, banks have…
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Blockchain
MasterCard to Start Enabling Customers Transact with Select Cryptos Through its Network
Mastercard is the latest corporation to join the cryptos bandwagon following previous public interests in digital assets. The digital payments…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi 9T Goes on Sale in Kenya
Who needs a valentine’s smartphone upgrade? Xiaomi has just released their new Redmi branded phone, Redmi 9T, available at all…
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News
Safaricom Increases Home Fibre Speeds
Safaricom has announced changes to its Fibre to the Home customers increasing speeds, but retaining prices as they currently are.…
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News
Kenya Bets on ICT for Economic Transformation
Kenya is championing ICT to aid economic transformation. During the 2021 Africa Business Forum held virtually, President Uhuru Kenyatta praised…
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News
Google Considering Anti-Tracking Feature on Android
Apple’s anti-tracking feature seems to be the go-to standard in the OS world right now. The feature announced during the…
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Blockchain
Nigeria bans banks from dealing with cryptocurrencies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) shocked the local cryptocurrencies community on Friday when it issued a regulatory warning to…
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News
Update your Google Chrome Browser ASAP
Google has released an update to its ubiquitous browser Chrome, which tags along with an important security patch. Chrome 88,…
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News
Airtel Africa to Sell Minority Stake in Airtel Money
Airtel Africa, the African subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel wants to sell a minority stake in its mobile services platform…
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BUSINESS
LG’s Profit Sets New Record Despite Continued Lose in Smartphones
South Korean tech company LG Electronics Inc. has released its 2020 full-year earnings report. The company’s business performed exceptionally well…
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News
Buy These itel Smartphones and Win a TV, shopping voucher, or gift hamper
Valentine’s day is coming (yes, it’s February 2021), and itel Kenya has announced a new promo to gift buyers of…
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Startups
Google to Invest $5 million in Kenyan Start-Ups
American tech giant Google has pledged to invest $10 million in Kenya – about Ksh 1.1 bn – to support…
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News
Facebook Seeks to Join the Newsletter Trend
Newsletters are booming. In 2020 the Post published a story on the growing trend of journalists giving up their jobs…
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News
CA Puts Telkom and Airtel Kenya on Notice Over Service Quality
Kenya’s ICT regulator, Communication Authority of Kenya, CA, has put two of the country’s telcos on notice over service quality.…
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Blockchain
India Mulls Ban on Bitcoin and Other Private Cryptocurrencies
India plans to ban what it calls private cryptocurrencies, including the populous Bitcoin, and thousands of other altcoins, in favour…
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News
Xiaomi Challenges US Ban as “Unlawful and Unconstitutional”
Xiaomi was listed in the US among the list of Chinese military-backed companies, which prevent US investors from backing the…
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Gadgets
Tablet and Chromebook Demand Soars to New Highs Driven by Pandemic
It’s no secret that the pandemic driven disruption led to more demand for devices best suited for working, learning and…
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Social Media
Twitter Working on Newsletter Integration after Revue Acquisition
Twitter acquired Revue, a paid newsletter platform, earlier this week at an unspecified amount to expand its Ad-dependent business. The…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Smartphones Lose Second Spot to Apple
Huawei has had a rough time since My 2019 Sanctions by the US Government. The escalation of the sanctions in…
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BUSINESS
Apple’s iPhone 12 Series Help Secure Global Smartphone Top Spot
Apple had a spectacular quarter towards the end of the year. Canalys estimates the firm sold 81.8 million iPhones in…
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BUSINESS
Samsung Reports Profit Increase in 2020 Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
Samsung’s business did experience growth in 2020, despite the presence of covid-19, which affected nearly every industry worldwide. The company…
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Tech
Pandemic-Driven Tech Innovations and Solutions
Before the world nearly bent the knee to the coronavirus pandemic, tech was already penetrating different economic sectors. Technology has…
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Gadgets
The Best of LG’s Updated InstaView Refrigerator
Suppose you’re in the market looking for a new refrigerator that packs all the technology bells and whistles you can…
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CYBER SECURITY
Why You Need to Upgrade your iPhone to iOS 14.4, ASAP!
Apple has released its newest iOS 14 build, version 14.4, which doesn’t bring any notable external changes but carries critical…
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Social Media
Twitter Acquires Newsletter Startup to Expand Business
Twitter Inc.’s acquisition spree continues with the purchase of Revue, a newsletter platform. Revue helps anyone start publishing on the…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Launches new M-PESA Bill Management Platform for Businesses
Safaricom has today unveiled a new platform targeted at businesses that involve repeat payments. M-PESA Bill Management service is built…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Founder Talks of the Company’s Future Following US Ban
After listing the company, together with its affiliates, in the so-called Entity List, Huawei’s definite dream to become the number…
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News
Kenya Receives “Anti-pandemic” Robots to help Fight Covid-19
Kenya has received three trial robots to help fight the ongoing pandemic. The ‘anti-pandemic’ robots, presented on Friday to Health…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya’s Plans After Loon Shutdown
Telkom Kenya will forge ahead with plans to scale up to 80 per cent of its userbase to 4G, after…
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BUSINESS
Loon is shutting down its Balloon-powered Internet Project in Kenya
Project Loon, the ambitious project by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, in partnership with Telkom Kenya is shutting down. The project…
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News
Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ will Review Trump’s Indefinite Suspension
Facebook’s oversight board, formed last year, will look at the social media company’s decision to suspend the account of former…
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Apps
This Chat App Promises to Bring iMessage Support on Android, and Windows
Heard of Beeper? If not, don’t fret. You’re not alone. Beeper is a new universal chat app promising to unify…
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News
Global 5G Deployment to be “Ignited” in 2021
The fifth generation of wireless networks, or simply 5G, has been commonplace talk by research firms for most of the…
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Gadgets
A Closer Look at Microsoft’s Upcoming Windows 10X OS
In case you missed it: Microsoft has been working on a Windows 10 variant known as Windows 10X build from…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra Price and Specifications
Last week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S21 series, its newest flagship phones. The series has three models; the Galaxy S21,…
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News
Uganda Begins Restoring Internet Access after 5-day Nation-wide Shutdown
Internet connectivity in Uganda is currently being restored after a 5-day nation-wide blackout. Major Ugandan ISPs blocked internet access to…
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News
5G Myths Busted: Conspiracy theories about 5G and the Coronavirus
Unfortunately, the onset of the 5G commercial launch by ISPs around the world in late 2019 collided with the first…
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CYBER SECURITY
Apple ditches macOS feature that allowed its apps to bypass VPNs and Firewalls
Apple is known for its stringent privacy policies, but it has made some controversial moves in the past, even with…
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BUSINESS
Google Completes Fitbit Acquisition
Google has officially completed the acquisition of Fitbit, a wearables company, for an eye-popping $2.1 billion. Announcing the news, Rick…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Blacklisted in the US
The United States government has blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi for alleged ties with the Chinese military. Comac, a Chinese…
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Apps
TikTok User Accounts of Under16 will be made Private
All TikTok users aged 16 and below will automatically have their accounts set to private, as the popular video-sharing platform…
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Social Media
YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel
Last week’s storm at the US Capitol has given US President Donald Trump an uneasy time in his country, as…
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Blockchain
Horror Stories of Millionaires Locked Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes
In Bitcoin’s early days, it wasn’t as popular and with massive value to it as is today. Few people got…
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Gadgets
ASUS ROG Launches new Laptops with Ultrafast High-Resolution Displays
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand has been known for its high-end gaming hardware. At CES 2021, ROG refreshed several…
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Gadgets
ASUS Debuts A Series of New Laptops at CES 2021
Many gadgets have been introduced as this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, and ASUS is among the many brands that paraded…
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Social Media
Ugandan Government Orders Internet Service Providers To Block Social Media Ahead of Elections
A day after Facebook confirmed the suspension of dozens of pages and accounts affiliated with the ruling party in Uganda,…
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