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Activists Seek Court Orders to Halt High-Risk AI Rollout in Kenya
KERUGOYA, Kenya — A group of activists has moved to the High Court seeking urgent intervention to halt the rollout of what they describe...
Pinterest Fires Employees Over Layoff Tracking Tool Amid AI-Driven Workforce Cuts
Pinterest, the popular image-sharing platform, has sparked controversy after firing employees who developed an internal tool to track company layoffs, at a time when...
Kenya Space Agency Opens Call for Sessions Ahead of Global Data Festival and Space Expo
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has opened a call for session applications ahead of the Global Data Festival and the Kenya...
Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI in Bid to Build Space-Based Data Centres for Artificial Intelligence
NAIROBI, Kenya — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, bringing his space, artificial intelligence, internet, and social media ventures under a...
Big Tech Layoffs Are Rewriting the Rules as Fintechs Fight for Talent
By Joseph Elvis A. Lamptey,Recent layoffs across global technology firms have been widely misunderstood.When companies like Amazon cut headcount, the instinct is to interpret...
The Scoop- Walls Have Ears
The Scoop by Y News is a one-page online magazine that takes you straight into Kenya's corridors of power. Each edition delivers sharp, thrilling stories – secrets, deals, and behind-the-scenes intrigues shaping the nation. Designed for the fast reader, The Scoop is made to be consumed in a glance and shared in a click.




