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Biashara Vault Positions Itself as a Key Player in Kenya's Property Sector
Biashara Vault Realtors is positioning itself to tap into Kenya's growing appetite for real estate investment as demand for strategically located land...
Boniface Mwangi Questions Kenya’s Moral Character in a Candid Interview on Faith
Activist Boniface Mwangi sparked a wave of online conversation after sharing his raw reflections on spirituality, religion, and the current state of Kenya’s moral values. Speaking during an interview on Monday, June 8, 2026, Mwangi drew a sharp line between organized religion and personal spir...
Paramount accuses Netflix of "scorched-earth campaign" against WBD merger
Paramount Skydance is accusing Netflix of maintaining a campaign against its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). In a June 5 letter (PDF) addressed to Jared A. Hughes, acting section chief of the Media, Entertainment, and Communications Section of the US Department of Justice's (DO...
Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
The scientific community has a plan for achieving fusion power. It involves getting a better understanding of how to control fusion in a tokamak-style reactor using the currently under construction ITER reactor , and then using that knowledge to build DEMO-style plants . But ITER isn't even expected...
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View AllParamount accuses Netflix of "scorched-earth campaign" against WBD merger
Paramount Skydance is accusing Netflix of maintaining a campaign against its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). In a June 5 letter (PDF) addressed to Jared A. Hughes, acting section chief of the Media, Entertainment, and Communications Section of the US Department of Justice's (DO...
Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
The scientific community has a plan for achieving fusion power. It involves getting a better understanding of how to control fusion in a tokamak-style reactor using the currently under construction ITER reactor , and then using that knowledge to build DEMO-style plants . But ITER isn't even expected...
Three key vital signs make up the "urban pulse" of a city
People often speak metaphorically of the heartbeat or pulse of a city, but according to the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cities do indeed have an "urban pulse"—an indication of urban "metabolic activity" that can be measured to suss out tel...
Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for two high-severity zero-days that were disclosed by a researcher who has been locked in a testy beef with the software giant. Nightmare Eclipse, the pseudonym the researcher goes by, released a handful of high-severity vulnerabilities in recent months, making t...
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CBK maintains 8.75pc rate, cuts 2026 growth forecast
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 9 – The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has retained its benchmark lending rate at 8.75 percent, citing rising inflation linked to higher global energy prices while noting continued stability in the foreign exchange market and banking sector. The decision was made by the Monetary Po...
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
JUNE 9 – The EU has told Meta that it must allow AI chatbots operated by rival firms to use WhatsApp for free. The European Commission said the firm would need to maintain that access while it concluded an antitrust investigation into the tech giant’s decision to bar access for AI provid...
Condom sales boost PS Kenya revenue to Sh747mn
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 9 – Strong demand for condoms helped Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) increase revenue from its health products portfolio to Sh747 million in 2025, even as sales of its leading oral contraceptive brand declined. According to the organisation’s latest annual repor...
German industrial output slightly inches up in April
BERLIN, June 9 (Xinhua) — Germany’s industrial production in real terms went up slightly by 0.4 percent in April, compared with the previous month, but the overall production remains subdued, according to figures released by the German statistical office (Destatis) on Tuesday. The total ...
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The Canal+ Strategy Taking Shape After Showmax
The French media group Canal+ ended 2025 with 42.3 million subscribers worldwide, a figure that tells two different stories depending on where you look. Strip out the 14.4 million subscribers attached to MultiChoice, and the Canal+ base rises to 28.0 million, up from 26.9 million the year before. Th...
Southern Africa Starts Lowering Mobile Roaming Costs Under SADC One Network Area
In the past, crossing a border in Southern Africa meant an immediate jolt to a mobile phone bill. A short call, a few photos uploaded, a map opened in a hurry. The meter would spin. Now several countries in the Southern African Development Community are trying to dismantle that friction. Botswana, L...
Telecom AI Meets Mobile Money in Safaricom–Indosat Deal
The Safaricom–Indosat partnership brings together two operators that arrived at the digital economy from different directions. Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) operates one of Indonesia’s largest mobile networks, with a customer base of 98.5 million as of early 2026. Its recent strategy has revolved ...
Iladho Galgallo Returns to Marsabit to Encourage Girls in STEM Through Safaricom Mentorship
The road to Marsabit tests a lot of drivers thanks to how long it takes to reach there. It’s dusty, with trucks moving slowly on sections without asphalt. School-going students must start their commute before the first bell. Iladho Galgallo went back to her alma mater, Moi Girls’ High Sc...
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In defense of hip-hop | Roland Fryer
Hip-hop often gets blamed for its controversial lyrics. What if there was a way to actually measure its impact on people's lives? Analyzing 40 years' worth of radio station data and lyrics from rappers like Tupac, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, economist Roland Fryer puts one of culture's most n...
The language you're fluent in — but forgot how to hear | Louis VI
What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn't a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring ... a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature's sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back i...
Why can't we better prepare for extreme weather? | Catherine Nakalembe
Thanks to advanced technology, we can now see droughts and crop failures months before they hit. So why are millions of people still going hungry? TED Fellow Catherine Nakalembe, director of the NASA Harvest program in Africa, exposes the blind spots that keep life-saving climate intelligence from r...
Budget Paradise
Filmed and set in Oakland, Budget Paradise follows Chester, a Black, nonbinary painter as they search for space and permission to exist within their hometown. Written…