Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya
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Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the social media site's parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies for unlawful redundancy, a rights group said on Monday.The 43 applicants say they lost their jobs with Sama, a Ke
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Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya
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Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the social media site's parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies for unlawful redundancy, a rights group said on Monday.The 43 applicants say they lost their jobs with Sama, a Ke
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Law firm sues 'World's first robot lawyer' for lacking a law degree
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The "world's first robot lawyer" powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), DoNotPay, is being accused of operating wi
U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok
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The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, in the latest s
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Nokia changes iconic logo to signal strategy shift
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Nokia (NOKIA.HE) announced plans on Sunday to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo, as the telecom equipment maker focuses on aggressive grow
Government, Civil Society Agree on Joint Digitisation Awareness Plan
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The Government and the civil society have agreed to a joint public sensitization campaign on the planned massiv
First Generation iPhone sells for KSh7.9 million at auction
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A first-generation Apple iPhone has sold for $63,356 (KSh7.9 million) at auction. The 8 GB phone, owned by tattoo artist Karen Green, was sold at LCG Auctions US, for more than 100 times its launch price. It was in its original box - just
Facebook, Instagram verification to cost KSh1,500 a month
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Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue badge, as it looks to help content creators grow and build
How your phone could help you know when to change child's diaper
Rose Gicheru
Over the years, people have transitioned from washable diapers to disposable ones for different reasons, leading to the creat
ChatGPT beats TikTok, Instagram to set record for fastest-growing user base in history
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ChatGPT, the popular chatbot from OpenAI, is estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application
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Tell-Em boss Joel Chacha announced as a judge for 2023 PRWeek Global Awards
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Joel Chacha, General Manager and Chief Strategist at Tell-Em has been announced as a judge for the annual PRWeek Glob
Google to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector
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Google's parent Alphabet Inc is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector.
CS Owalo: Intention of Uhuru's Huduma Namba project was good, but...
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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo now says that former President Uhuru Kenyatta's Huduma Namba project was an excellent idea, only that there was no proper public sensitisation.According to CS Owalo, the idea behind Huduma Namba cards reson
Kalonzo Musyoka: "It's time to revert to exclusively manual voting system"
Michael Majanga
Wiper Democratic Movement Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka now says that Kenya should revert to exclusively-
Musician's app helps Kenyan creatives sell music and merchandise
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In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones.When the curtain drops on the concert i
TikTok bans hit more U.S. states; security firm says most access blocked globally
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State agencies in Louisiana and West Virginia in the U.S on Monday became the latest to ban the use of the popular s
Uncertainty over TikTok's future as it faces ban in U.S
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A Republican Senator in the U.S has announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok. The plan by Marco Rubio ratchets up pressure on TikTok owner ByteD
"Those who disagreed with Kenya Kwanza policies were right, it's how democracy works" - PS Kisiang'ani
Michael Majanga
New Principal Secretary in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications Prof. Edward Kisiang'ani has allayed fears that the Kenya Kwanza government was on a revenge mission against media houses perceived to be against President Wil
Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account
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Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. President, who was banned from the social media service for inciting violence, in a poll organized by ne
After Elon Musk's ultimatum, Twitter employees start exiting
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Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave.In a poll on the workplace app
Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin
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Twitter Inc. temporarily closed its offices and cut workers' access to internal systems on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off.The move follows a week of chaos and uncertaint
Kenya among 37 countries participating in hacking conference at White House, Washington
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The White House will host officials from 37 countries and 13 global companies in Washington this week to address the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, including the illicit use of cryptocurrencies, a senior U.S. official said.
Instagram fixes bug that triggered hours-long outage
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Instagram said on Monday it had fixed a software bug that prevented thousands of users from accessing the photo-sharing platform for about eight hours and led to complaints of accounts being suspended."We've resolved this bug now - it was c
Elon Musk says Twitter will revise how it verifies users
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Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world's most influential social media platforms."Whole verification process is being revamped right now", Musk s
"Multinationals are duping, exploiting young Kenyan university innovators" - stakeholders
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As Kenyan university scholars strive in scaling innovations to new heights in a bid to beat the unemployment dragon, big companies have devised new trickery techniques aimed at defrauding the young innovators in what can be described as intellectu
WhatsApp outage reported across the world
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Popular messaging app WhatsApp has stopped working for many users across the world, with users across India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Asia reporting issues with sending and receiving texts and videos. "We're aware that some peo
Uproar as Safaricom switches off SIM cards
Michael Majanga
The deadline for re-registering of SIM cards is today (Sunday, October 16), and telecom giant Safaricom has started the process of de-activating uncompliant lines.The Communication Authority (CA) says that the purpose of updating registrati
Senator Orwoba: "Operation deactivate SIM cards must stop!"
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Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba wants the Communications Authority (CA) to stop the process of switching off SIM car
Kenyan teams whitewashed in continental ‘Hack the Mara’ Hackathon; these are the winners
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Mara Foundation has announced the winners of the 2022 ‘Hack the Mara’ hackathon. The awards recognise the top three teams with the most viable business proposals that will advance long term beneficial, social and environmental change within th
Woman-led Savabyte launches in Kenya; seeks inclusion, participation of African women in technology
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The tech industry and tech employers have a huge opportunity to be beacons of best practices when it comes to inclusion and diversity. At the West Wood Hotel, Westlands, Savabyte is launching a tech capacity hub on a mission to promote the inclusi
Elon Musk reverses again, ready to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price
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Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc private, a securities filing showed on Tuesday, signalling an end to
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