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Nairobi launches Beijing-inspired underpass network to unclog central business district

Construction has begun on the Greenpark Terminus Pedestrian Underpass, a 500-metre Beijing-inspired walkway at Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway designed to protect pedestrians, improve traffic flow and complement other major road projects aimed at easing Nairobi’s congestion.

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Safaricom Tops 50 Million Subscribers Ahead of 25th Birthday

Safaricom surpasses 50 million Kenyan subscribers and 10 million in Ethiopia as it gears up for its 25th-anniversary celebrations this October.

SOStreamline Official

Jul 23, 2025

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Kenya Leads World With 42 Percent ChatGPT Adoption

Analysis shows 42 percent of Kenyans used ChatGPT last month—double the global average—spurring regulation, taxes and debate over AI’s impact on education and business.

SOStreamline Official

Jul 25, 2025

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Humanoid Robot Runs 24/7 by Swapping Its Own Batteries

China’s Walker S2 robot detects low power, walks to a station, removes its depleted pack and inserts a fresh one, enabling true 24/7 autonomous operation.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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Zero-Day Hack Hits 100 Firms via Microsoft SharePoint Flaw

Attackers exploited an undisclosed SharePoint vulnerability to infiltrate about 100 organisations, prompting Microsoft to rush emergency patches and experts to urge immediate updates.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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Fusion Nears Reality as Reactors Break Confinement Records

Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the UK’s JET sustained super-hot plasma for record durations, fuelling optimism that affordable fusion power could arrive within two decades.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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First AI-Designed Drug Enters Human Trials, Transforming Medicine

Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spin-off, will test the first molecule created entirely by AI, potentially slashing the cost and time of drug discovery.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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Quantum 'Magic State' Achieved, Unlocking Fault-Tolerant Qubits

Researchers at startup QuEra demonstrated magic state distillation on logical qubits — a pivotal breakthrough toward powerful, fault-tolerant quantum computers poised to outclass classical machines.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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Alibaba Open-Sources AI Coding Model to Challenge U.S. Rivals

Alibaba has released Qwen3-Coder, an open-source AI that autonomously writes code and rivals leading Western models, escalating the global AI arms race.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 26, 2025

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Quantum Leap: New Chip Brings Practical Quantum Computing Closer

Microsoft's new “Majorana 1” quantum chip, built on revolutionary topological qubits, marks a major breakthrough in quantum computing, with the potential to scale to a million qubits and accelerate the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 25, 2025

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Tech Titans Battle for Extended Reality’s Future

2025 is set to be a transformative year for extended reality, as Apple, Google, and Meta compete to create the dominant XR ecosystem, driving innovation in mixed-reality headsets and AI-powered immersive experiences.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 23, 2025

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Magnate Ventures Unveils Kenya’s First 3D Anamorphic Billboard in Westlands, Nairobi

Magnate Ventures launches Kenya’s first 3D anamorphic billboard in Westlands, Nairobi—ushering in a new era of immersive outdoor advertising and brand storytelling.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 22, 2025

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Invisible Watermarks to Expose Deepfakes as New AI Rules Arrive

With the rise of hyper-realistic deepfakes, researchers are creating invisible watermarking techniques to identify AI-generated media, while regulators like the EU are mandating transparency for all synthetic content.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Jul 21, 2025