News reaching our desk this evening is that Nairobi governor Mike Sonko wants digital entrepreneurs in his county to start paying taxes. From the 1st of July 2019...
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Before we dive into the details of how can it be possible, let’s go back to 2012 where building their own operating system to overcome the dependency on Android was a...
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, which also makes it all the more prone to malpractices. Recently we saw how this app was being misused...
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – As Nayib Bukele waged an underdog bid for the presidency of El Salvador, savvy use of social media helped propel his rise. Now, in his...
Twitter has lifted the suspension of popular account @WanjikuRevolt, Two months after suspending him after a malicious DMCA Report as we reported a few days ago. We had...
The site’s torrid week shows what a challenge moderation has become for big tech firms. The news YouTube announced new rules around hate speech on Wednesday that...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it...
At least 17 government websites faced a major security breach on Monday morning by online hackers going by the name ‘KURD ELECTRONIC TEAM’. The multiple government sites...
Twitter’s weak systems have seen malicious actors take advantage of its weak reporting and policy system leading to the suspension of many innocent users as the...
Below is a narration by Twitter User Wanjiku Revolt on how Twitter and malicious actors united to bring down his account My account has been suspended due to multiple...
Facebook on Wednesday reportedly argued that it didn’t violate users’ privacy rights because there’s no expectation of privacy when using social media...
The United States President Donald Trump has always called out social media platform Facebook and Twitter for shadowbanning or banning conservative voices from their...
Over the weekend the internet became crazed by reports that Google was cutting ties with giant Chinese Tech firm, Huawei. The decision came shortly after an...
Precocious 14-year-old YouTuber going by the handle Soph has been producing videos for some time, but after she made a video titled “Be Not Afraid”, satirizing Islam and...
The introduction of a new cellular generation is a delightful, and meaningful, event. The 1st generation introduced mobility. The 2nd generation [or: 2G] brought us into...
Google has dealt a major blow to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei by blocking the firm from using critical apps and services like Gmail and YouTube on its range...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except...
Governments around the world are hacking phones to spy on citizens voicing dissent using Israeli spyware called Pegasus, an Al Jazeera Fault Lines investigation revealed...
The Russian founder of popular messaging app Telegram has warned that WhatsApp, the world’s top messaging app, will continue to be open to surveillance after the...
Breitbart Reports Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to break up the social media giant. In an interview with a French...
More than 60 researchers from 30 institutions will get access to Facebook user data to study its impact on elections and democracy, and how it’s used by advertisers and...
Safaricom launched their home internet services, known as Safaricom Home Fibre, twice. The first time it flopped. But many complaints from Kenyans have confirmed that...
In the recent past, there have been numerous complaints about poor Safaricom internet. Many Kenyans have been getting very low speeds when compared to what the company...
Sweden’s state prosecutor will announce on Monday whether she will reopen a preliminary investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks...
Majority of social media influencers have always relied on Instagram to make a good amount of money out of likes from their followers through online advertising of...
