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In documents submitted to the National Assembly Delegated Committee, Murkomen said the frequency and sophistication of cyber and ICT-related attacks continue to increase as more sectors shift operations online.
The platform converts satellite imagery, climate data, and mobile usage information into financial profiles that allow previously excluded farmers to access formal financial services
The summit will run from June 22 to 26, bringing together policymakers, network operators, technical experts, and industry stakeholders to address key challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s digital ecosystem
The top honour was won by the Kenyan team competing in the Cloud Category, comprising Kevin Tuei, Catherine Atieno, Brian Ngugi Kamau, and Salem Kim Lumumba.
ICT Principal Secretary John Kipchumba Tanui said the recognition demonstrates Kenya’s rising influence in the global digital economy and the progress made in building a competitive outsourcing sector.
ICT expert Mohamed Omar said Kenya has five submarine cable landing stations in Mombasa and needs faster fibre expansion under the Digital Super Highway. He warned AI could reshape jobs while noting growth and access opportunities.
Google said the latest developments are part of its long-term strategy to become an AI-first company, adding that the journey began more than a decade ago.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced “Incognito Chat” for Meta AI on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app. He says it uses a Trusted Execution Environment so conversations are inaccessible to Meta and disappear after sessions end.
The latest data shows an increase from 42.8 million cases reported in the previous quarter, marking an 8.4 percent rise. The attacks involve criminals trying different combinations of usernames, passwords, or encryption keys until they succeed, a method commonly referred to as brute-force attacks.
Meta says it logged a milestone quarter with more than 3.5 billion people using its apps daily. It links gains in Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp to new AI models, while citing user declines tied to outages in Iran and Russia restrictions.
The surge is part of a steady upward trend recorded over the last three years. In 2023, total internet traffic stood at 1.74 billion GB. This figure rose to 3.60 billion GB in 2024 before jumping again to 5.19 billion GB in 2025, showing continuous acceleration in data consumption.
Kindiki said Africa must urgently align itself with global technological shifts that have placed digital systems at the centre of economic and institutional progress.
The report points to a major legal development this year, where the Court of Appeal of Kenya nullified Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, which had for years been applied to regulate online content considered “false” or “misleading.”
Speaking on Radio Generation on Thursday, Mutemi said the challenges go beyond individual companies, pointing to a wider system that exposes workers to poor conditions, mental health risks, and weak protections, even as global demand for AI-related work continues to rise.
In recent years, a growing trend known as “digital resurrection” has emerged, where AI is used to recreate the voices, images, or behaviour of people who have died.
In a statement issued Saturday, the agency confirmed that the Climate Camera (ClimCam) was among several payloads transported aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL commercial resupply mission (NG-24), which lifted off from Cape Canaveral.
Google said the models are designed to support advanced reasoning and can carry out agent-style tasks by connecting with external tools and software. The models are developed using research aligned with the systems behind Gemini 3 and are compatible with a broad range of hardware, including smartphones, laptops, developer machines, and accelerator-based systems.
Under the new policy, users can update their Gmail username up to three times within a 12-month period, offering greater flexibility in managing their online identity.
This clarification comes after public reaction to earlier communication that indicated all phones sold in Kenya would be required to adopt USB Type-C charging, raising concerns that older or lower-priced phones could be phased out or become unusable.
The tools can now generate designs, write code, build interfaces and create presentations from prompts, reducing the need for multiple teams and tools and allowing companies to move from idea to product much faster than before.
The Communications Authority of Kenya has issued updated technical specifications for mobile phones, setting safety and quality standards for all devices sold and used in the country.
Terafab, a manufacturing facility based near Austin, Texas, intends to bring logic, memory and advanced packaging under one roof.
The issue emerged during a session of the National Assembly Communication and ICT Committee, chaired by Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie on Thursday, where legislators pressed the two agencies to explain why several hubs meant to provide digital services to communities remain incomplete or inactive.
The device also includes music recognition capabilities. Users can identify songs, artists, albums, and release years simply by using voice or search features, without downloading additional applications.
Google has launched Lyria 3 in the Gemini app, letting users turn text and media into 30-second songs, while adding SynthID watermarks, audio checks, and new translation and study tools.
Of the videos removed in Kenya, 99.7% were taken down before any user reports, and 94.6% were removed within 24 hours of being posted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inaugurating the Summit 2026, the fourth edition of the annual gathering. Previous meetings were held in France, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
Data from TikTok shows that over 200 Kenyan creators collectively earned more than $350,000 (Sh45.1 million) in the year ending January 2026 through deals facilitated under TikTok’s business framework.
According to information shared by Elon Musk, the Batch API is suited for work such as nightly report generation, summaries, bulk document translation, large-scale question-and-answer tasks, embeddings at scale, and data processing that can be done offline.
The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,” Musk wrote in an update.