No More GTA for Kids? YouTube to Age-Restrict Graphic Gaming Content
NAIROBI, Kenya - YouTube has unveiled sweeping new rules that will see a wider range of gaming videos classified as mature content, a move...
Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia to Rival Wikipedia in the Battle for Online Truth
Elon Musk has launched a new online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, positioning it as a direct challenge to Wikipedia’s dominance in the digital knowledge space. Created by...
Kenya’s Elly Savatia Wins Africa’s Biggest Engineering Innovation Award
NAIROBI, Kenya- Elly Savatia has been named the 2025 winner of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his artificial intelligence-powered sign-language translation app, Terp 360,...
Ruto’s New Cyber Law Sparks Outcry Over Website Shutdown Powers
NAIROBI, Kenya — On October 15, 2025, President William Ruto assented to the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2024, a controversial law granting...
Global AWS Outage Knocks Out Major Apps — Including Snapchat, Canva, and Roblox in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya- A number of popular websites and apps were left inaccessible on Monday, October 20, following a global outage on Amazon Web Services...
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