A new report by Amnesty International has accused the Kenyan government of deploying digital tools to suppress public dissent during the 2024–2025 Gen Z–led demonstrations. The protests, which were largely driven by opposition to the Finance Bill, reportedly resulted in 128 deaths, 83 enforced disappearances, and more than 3,000 arbitrary…
ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo has assured Kenyans that no personal or government data was compromised following a temporary outage affecting several government websites on the morning of Monday, November 17, 2025. In an official statement, Kabogo confirmed that the disruption, which lasted several hours, did not result in any…
Audio streaming giant Spotify is expanding its platform beyond sound, announcing plans to introduce music videos for Premium subscribers in the United States and Canada in the coming weeks. The move marks a major step for the Sweden-based company, which until now has focused primarily on audio streaming, with limited…
Safaricom PLC has announced the full restoration of services on its popular M-Shwari platform following a temporary technical disruption that affected users on Thursday evening, October 30, 2025. The confirmation came through a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, October 31, 2025, after numerous customers reported delays in M-Shwari…
Australian authorities are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to help law enforcement decipher Gen Z slang, emojis, and encrypted messages often used by online predators to disguise illicit conversations. According to Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett, the project being developed in partnership with Microsoft aims to…
Japan has achieved another major milestone in its space program with the successful launch of its most powerful H3 rocket, which carried the newly developed HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft on its maiden mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the H3 No. 7…
General Motors (GM) announced on Wednesday an ambitious step toward the future of autonomous driving and intelligent in-car technology, revealing plans to integrate Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence platform into its vehicles and to debut a car capable of “eyes-off” driving by 2028. The announcement came during “GM Forward,” a technology…
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has officially launched ChatGPT Atlas, an artificial intelligence-driven web browser designed to redefine how users search and interact online and to directly challenge dominant players such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Unveiled on Tuesday, the browser is currently available on Apple’s macOS platform and…