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AI startups drive Google Cloud’s surge as it signs Lovable and Windsurf

Google Cloud’s deals with AI coding startups Lovable and Windsurf underline a push to attract AI customers; the division boasts strong revenue growth, works with nine of the top 10 AI labs and offers generous credits and GPU clusters to startups.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 18, 2025

Technology

Google brings Gemini to Chrome, promising agentic browsing and AI-powered tasks

Google is bringing its Gemini AI assistant to all Chrome desktop users in the U.S., introducing agentic browsing, AI Mode search and safety features that automate everything from information retrieval to password resets.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 18, 2025

Technology

Google and PayPal forge alliance to pioneer agentic shopping experiences

PayPal and Google inked a multi-year deal to develop AI-powered agentic shopping, integrating PayPal’s payment services into Google products and championing an open protocol for purchases initiated by digital assistants.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 18, 2025

Technology

Nvidia's $5 billion lifeline makes Intel a major AI ally

Nvidia's surprise investment makes it one of Intel's largest shareholders and launches a co-development partnership aimed at redefining AI chips and challenging industry leaders.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 18, 2025

Business

Audit Reveals Counties Spend Billions on Travel While Projects Stall

A new audit of county budgets shows that Nairobi, Machakos, Kitui and other counties have spent hundreds of millions of shillings on domestic and foreign travel while development projects stall, raising questions about priorities.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Education

KMTC Distributes 13,000 Transcripts and Embraces Digital Verification

Kenya Medical Training College has dispatched 13,000 transcripts for June–July 2025 graduates and urged recipients to collect them within three weeks, highlighting new digital systems that allow online verification and faster processing.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Security & Crime

Maralal Shop Robbed at Gunpoint, Police Nab Suspect After Dramatic Shootout

Police in Maralal arrested a 20-year-old man who, along with an accomplice, robbed a shop of Ksh50,000 and shot a cashier. The suspect was found with paramilitary clothing and awaits arraignment, while a manhunt continues for his partner.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Politics

High Court Halts Push to Entrench Public Funds in Constitution

A High Court judge issued a conservatory order stopping Parliament from sending a Bill to entrench the NG-CDF, Senate Oversight Fund and National Government Affrmative Action Fund into the constitution to President Ruto for assent, pending a legal challenge.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Politics

Sakaja Blames Treasury for Delayed Salaries, Vows Pay Soon

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja says delayed salaries are due to the National Treasury’s failure to release Nairobi’s equitable share for two months and promises payments will resume soon, but unions accuse the county of breaking a return-to-work deal.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Politics

MP Wamuchomba Rejects 'UDA Spy' Accusations, Says Compassion Misinterpreted

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba denies allegations that she is spying for the UDA, saying the rumour arose from her condolence visit to Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah and insisting she will not be bullied into joining political factions she does not believe in.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Business

Ruto Advisor Criticised for Suggesting Ban on Tuk-Tuks and Boda Bodas

A social media post by Presidential Advisor Makau Mutua calling tuk-tuks and boda bodas ‘pathetic’ and urging their removal from Nairobi sparked backlash from Kenyans, who say the vehicles are crucial to livelihoods and the bottom-up agenda.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

Sports

Harambee Stars Slide to 111th in FIFA Rankings After CHAN and World Cup Losses

Kenya’s Harambee Stars fell from 109th to 111th in FIFA’s latest rankings after a penalty-shootout loss to Madagascar in the CHAN quarterfinals and a 3–1 defeat by The Gambia in World Cup qualifying, leaving them virtually out of the 2026 World Cup.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

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