Technology

Global music streaming service Spotify is making a giant leap into Kenya and other 38 African countries with the launch in a matter of days. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Capo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Estwani, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The rest are…

Tesla has officially finally agreed to recall 134,951 Model S and Model X vehicles due to touchscreen display failures. The displays can fail, resulting in a number of potential problems for Tesla owners, according to Reuters. The move begrudgingly comes after U.S. auto safety regulators sought the recall a month…

American technology giant Google has announced a 10 million US dollar package to support Kenya’s post Covid-19 recovery efforts. The announcement was made Wednesday evening by Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during a virtual meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the sidelines of a public discussion on digital transformation…

Kenya’s health ministry on Friday launched smart anti-epidemic robot technology to reduce exposure of health workers to COVID-19 patients under their care. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health said the robots will be deployed at the country’s main referral hospital, the Kenyatta National Hospital and Jomo Kenyatta…

A pilot project in Kenya meant to provide internet access to remote areas will be discontinued from March – six months after its launch. The move comes following a decision by Google’s parent-company Alphabet to close its sister firm, Loon, which was set up to build giant balloons to beam…

Kenyan students who emerged among the World’s best at the Huawei ICT Competition Global Final held in November 2020, were on Monday awarded in Nairobi. Five teams later proceeded to the regional finals and eventually three teams represented Kenya at the global stage. One team from Kenya shared the First…

Tech giant Apple plans to start production of a self-driving car using its own battery technology in 2024, according to reports. Apple has been developing its own electric car since 2014 under the codename Project Titan. It has remained tight-lipped about the venture but according to reports, the iPhone maker…

Makers of cars and electronic devices from TVs to smartphones are sounding alarm bells about a global shortage of chips, which is causing manufacturing delays as consumer demand bounces back from the coronavirus crisis. The problem has several causes, industry executives and analysts say, including bulk-buying by U.S. sanctions-hit Chinese…

Google services including Gmail, YouTube, and Google search were restored after a close to 45-minute global outage Monday. Gmail and other Google services stopped working after a major outage for the technology giant. Google said the issue affected “a majority” of the 1.5 billion users of its email platform. Gmail…

Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving-car unit to a Silicon Valley competitor, Aurora Innovation Inc., in the latest business exit by the ride-hailing company as it aims to deliver on a promise to shareholders to become profitable. The two companies on Monday said that as part of the deal for…