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LinkedIn

LinkedIn to Introduce In-App Puzzle Games

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Networking giant LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, is known for professional connections, learning, and recruitment. With over a billion users, they're venturing into a surprising...
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Gemini Advanced Launched, Free In Kenya for 2 Months

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The AI dish Google has been cooking is now served. Last year, Microsoft ran off with ChatGPT and Copilot. Google's response at the time...
Oracle cloud region in Africa

Oracle Picks Kenya as Its Data Centre Site in East Africa

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Oracle has announced plans to establish Kenya as a site for its data centers. This will make Kenya Oracle's second public cloud region in...
Microsoft Azure and ICTA MoU

Kenya Chooses Microsoft Azure for Cloud Services, But No “Exclusive” Package

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The government of Kenya through The ICT Authority (ICTA) and Microsoft East Africa Limited (Microsoft)  signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU is to...
Sam Altman fired by OpenAI board

ChatGPT Founder Sam Altman Is Now A Microsoft Employee

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Sam Altman the founder of OpenAI has a new job. The ex-CEO of the company behind ChatGPT was fired by the OpenAI board on...
Microsoft 365 Copilot AI Assistant

Microsoft Launches AI Assistant Sparking Job Loss Concerns

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Microsoft 365 Copilot offers the ability to summarize meetings held in Teams for those who opt not to attend. Additionally, it can efficiently draft...
Job cuts in LinkedIn, Qualcomm, T-Mobile and Kenya Start ups

Tech Job Cuts Continue: LinkedIn, T-Mobile, and Qualcomm Slash Workforce

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In the last 12 months, tech companies across the globe have been in a downsizing spree. Unfortunately, this job cuts trend continues unabated. Microsoft...
ai data centres using too much water

Microsoft, Google’s AI Data Centres Are Too Thirsty

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Microsoft's data centres in West Des Moines, Iowa, have come under scrutiny for their substantial water consumption. According to a report by the Associated...
Ruto San Francisco meeting with silicon valley execs

San Francisco: Ruto Meets Top Big Tech Leaders

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Kenyan President William Ruto held a series of meetings with the big names of San Francisco. This was a case of Silicon Valley leaders...
Microsoft will no longer release WordPad in coming windows

Closing the Book: Microsoft WordPad 3 Decade Story is Ending

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Microsoft has announced that they are sunsetting Microsoft WordPad. WordPad is a rich-text editor that has been shipped out with every Windows release for...
Skype flaw is a vulnerbility exposing IP addresses to hackers

Beware! Skype Flaw Might Leak Your IP to Hackers

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A security researcher has discovered a skype flaw that enables hackers to grab IP addresses. Alarmingly, it does not matter where the IP address...
Call of Duty

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Restructure Proposed Acquisition to Appease Regulators

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Microsoft has announced it is restructuring its acquisition of Activision Blizzard to address concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), about...
Microsoft BCE and Search Progress

Microsoft Launches Bing Chat Enterprise and Search Progress to Enhance Search Experience in Education

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Microsoft has announced Bing Chat Enterprise and a new learning accelerator, Search Progress, to enhance the search experience for education purposes. Bing Chat Enterprise...
Team TAWI from Kenya was crowned the winner of the annual Imagine Cup World Championship.

Team TAWI from Kenya Wins Microsoft’s Innovation Award

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Team TAWI from Kenya was crowned the winner of the annual Imagine Cup World Championship. The team consisting of John Onsongo Mabeya, Muna Said, Syntiche...

Microsoft Fires Unknown Number of Devs, Managers in Nairobi

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It has emerged that Microsoft Kenya, mainly at its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi, has fired several employees. This development was noted at the...

Microsoft, Liquid Intelligent Technologies to Expand Internet Access in Africa by 20 Million

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In this story... Microsoft has announced new partnerships and initiatives for the 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Initiatives include expanding high-speed internet access to 20...

It’s now Bard vs Chat GPT, the Browser wars have begun

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Recent developments have transitioned to from AI taking jobs to now AI wars, which is is an interesting narrative to follow up for the...

Microsoft ADC to Amend JKUAT Computer Science Curriculum to Meet Market Demands

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Computer skills, mainly programming have become attractive and highly lucrative in the world we are living in now. Global tech corporations and many other...

Shadrack Kiprotich Crowned Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional

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Shadrack Kiprotich is the 2022 recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for actively sharing his expertise with other technology professionals. With just over...
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Why Users Are Unable to Access Microsoft Services Right Now

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Various Microsoft services such as Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Graph, and Azure are currently experiencing downtime. Microsoft's...
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State of Tech Layoffs: Firing Spree Continues in 2023

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We argued that tech companies have been copying each other in terms of the number of workers they lay off, starting as early as...

Microsoft Kicks Off 2023 By Firing 10K Employees

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Remember when we said that we are not sure why tech companies are firing people all of a sudden in 2022? The spree has...

ChatGPT to be Available on Azure OpenAI Service for Businesses to Utilize Advanced AI Models

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Microsoft has made Azure OpenAI Service, which includes access to advanced AI models like GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL-E 2, available to businesses. These models...

Microsoft 365 Basic Will Cost as Low as KES 250 Monthly

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Microsoft will launch a new, budget-friendly version of its productivity software package Microsoft 365 called Microsoft 365 Basic. The plan will debut on January...

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard: The Largest Gaming Deal Worth More Than 15 Others Combined

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Mergers and acquisitions in the gaming industry have been a significant trend in recent years, with many of them being worth billions of dollars....
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft to Stop Sending Security Updates to These Two Windows Operating Systems

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As is tradition to cut off some people each new year, tech giant Microsoft is doing the same for two of its Windows Operating...
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Microsoft Brings its Global Digital Skills Program to Kenya

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Microsoft has announced the launch of its global skilling program in Kenya with the goal of increasing access to digital and foundational skills. The...

Liquid, Microsoft New Cloud Services Collaboration to Boost Hybrid Work in Africa

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Cloud-based services are in demand across the world, including in Africa. This has been accelerated by hybrid work, so cloud service providers are looking...

Microsoft Picks Kunle Awosika to Head Africa Transformation Office

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Microsoft has announced that Kunle Awosika will be the new Managing Director of the Africa Transformation Office (ATO), its subsidiary tasked with driving digital...

Microsoft Kenya Replaces Kendi Ntwiga With New Country Manager

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Microsoft appoints Phyllis Migwi as the Kenya Country Manager. She replaces Kendi Ntwiga who left for Meta. Kendi is the Global Head of Misrepresentation for...

Microsoft Kenya Targets Recent Software Engineering Graduates in Renewed Hiring Spree

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Global tech companies have been on a path to hiring as many Kenyan software engineers as possible. One of them is Microsoft Kenya, which...

Safaricom, Microsoft Launch One of a Kind and Ambitious Digital Training Program

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There are tens of programs that have been developed to train Kenyans in digital skills. Some of them are backed by the government (Ajira,...

Kenya’s Agritech Receives Boost From Microsoft

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Microsoft says it is committing to working with both the private and public sectors to accelerate digital transformation in African agriculture to increase food...

Microsoft Enterprise Autopatch Is Now Available For Public Preview

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In April 2022, Microsoft said that the Autopatch service will be released later in July this year. The service will automatically keep Windows and...

Catherine Muraga Replaces Jack Ngare As Microsoft ADC MD

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The African Development Centre (ADC), Microsoft’s engineering hub, has announced the appointment of Catherine Muraga as its Managing Director effective 01 June 2022. Catherine, an...

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