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OpenFlix Wants to Turn Your Phone's Messy Video Folder Into a Personal Netflix
September 14, 2026

OpenFlix Wants to Turn Your Phone's Messy Video Folder Into a Personal Netflix

A new open-source app out of Nairobi-linked developer Caleb MS Group is betting that Kenyans sitting...

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Google Rushes Out Chrome Patch After Hackers Exploit V8 Engine Flaw
September 5, 2026

Google Rushes Out Chrome Patch After Hackers Exploit V8 Engine Flaw

Google has shipped an emergency security update for the desktop version of Chrome after confirming t...

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Google Is Opening Its Controversial Nudity-Scanning Tech to Third-Party Android Apps
August 26, 2026

Google Is Opening Its Controversial Nudity-Scanning Tech to Third-Party Android Apps

Google is developing a new public API that would let any Android app tap into the same on-device con...

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ChatGPT May Soon Let Users Lock Sensitive Chats Behind a PIN or Fingerprint
August 24, 2026

ChatGPT May Soon Let Users Lock Sensitive Chats Behind a PIN or Fingerprint

OpenAI appears to be building a feature that would let ChatGPT users hide individual conversations b...

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WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Animated Emoji Reactions to Android Beta Testers
August 21, 2026

WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Animated Emoji Reactions to Android Beta Testers

WhatsApp has begun rolling out animated emoji reactions to some Android beta testers, according to W...

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X and YouTube Just Rewrote How Creators Get Paid, and Publishers Are Reminded Who Really Owns the Platform
August 11, 2026

X and YouTube Just Rewrote How Creators Get Paid, and Publishers Are Reminded Who Really Owns the Platform

Two of the biggest distribution platforms for publishers announced sweeping changes to how they pay ...

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The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Lending: How Mobile Loan Apps Are Making and Breaking Kenya's Small Businesses
May 24, 2026

The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Lending: How Mobile Loan Apps Are Making and Breaking Kenya's Small Businesses

The scale of Kenya's digital lending ecosystem is staggering. As of April 2026, the Central Bank of ...

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WhatsApp Has Ads Now. Here Is Why I Switched to Signal (And You Should Consider It Too)
May 15, 2026

WhatsApp Has Ads Now. Here Is Why I Switched to Signal (And You Should Consider It Too)

If you have been using WhatsApp lately, you may have noticed something new and unwelcome showing up ...

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The Dangerous Rise of AI Slop Apps: When "You Are a Doctor" Becomes a System Prompt
April 27, 2026

The Dangerous Rise of AI Slop Apps: When "You Are a Doctor" Becomes a System Prompt

There is a quiet but growing crisis unfolding on your smartphone's app store. It does not look like ...

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Kenya Is the World's Top User of AI Apps. Here Is Why Kenyans Chose Utility Over Entertainment.
March 12, 2026

Kenya Is the World's Top User of AI Apps. Here Is Why Kenyans Chose Utility Over Entertainment.

According to the July 2025 Global Digital Report by DataReportal and Meltwater, 42.1% of Kenyan inte...

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Kenya's 4GB RAM reality: How to build lightweight apps
December 26, 2025

Kenya's 4GB RAM reality: How to build lightweight apps

With the AI bloom making RAM a luxury and RAM sticking to 4GB for most budget in the foreseeable fu...

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