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Zain KSA and Huawei unveil Riyadh Antenna to advance digital infrastructure
Zain KSA teams up with Huawei to roll out their new Riyadh Antenna Platform across Saudi Arabia. The telecom company named this high-tech antenna after the Kingdom's capital city. This cutting-edge gear helps Saudi Arabia move closer to its Vision 2030 goals. The timing comes right after Zain KSA grabbed 30 MHz of valuable spectrum during a recent government auction. Saudi Arabia leads all G20 nations when it comes to mobile frequency allocation. The Riyadh Antenna looks completely different from old-school flat panel antennas. Engineers built this one with a round cylinder shape that cuts wind resistance down dramatically. The new design shrinks the antenna's wind-catching area between 30 and 60 percent compared to older models...
MTN Business and Cloudflare expand partnership for managed security services
MTN Business teams up with Cloudflare to fight cyber crime across South Africa. The telecom giant becomes the first company to offer Cloudflare's top security services as managed solutions. Businesses can access world-class protection without needing their technical teams to handle everything. The partnership targets companies struggling with remote work security and increasing online threats. Cloudflare stopped millions of cyber attacks across Africa during the first three months of 2025. Companies face more dangerous online criminals every day. Small startups and large corporations need better defenses against hackers. MTN will deliver Cloudflare's security tools to businesses across the region. The collaboration brings global cyber...
Goons invade Kitengela Hospital during protests, disrupt surgery, and set fire
Armed thugs stormed Kitengela Hospital during Monday evening protests and caused total chaos. The criminals barged into an operating room where doctors were performing emergency surgery on a pregnant woman. They smashed equipment and set fires at the main entrance gate. Shocked witnesses screamed at the attackers and demanded to know what they were doing. Hospital staff froze as the dangerous mob threatened everyone inside the medical facility. Kenya's top pregnancy doctors blasted the hospital attack as completely illegal and heartless. Dr. Kireki Omanwa from the medical society said the invasion put both mother and baby at deadly risk. He called the disruption of life-saving surgery both reckless and cruel to human dignity. The...
Embu MP Gitonga Mukunji arrested as protests disrupt parts of Kenya
Police grabbed Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji on Monday afternoon during wild protests across Kenya. Officers booked the lawmaker at Kibii Police Station around 4pm after chaos erupted in Embu County. Criminal investigators from Juja station picked him up later for questioning about violence charges. His lawyer says cops plan to charge Mukunji with stirring up trouble among angry crowds. The politician's wife searched for him as his car sat empty at the police compound. Deadly clashes killed at least 10 people during the nationwide Saba Saba demonstrations. Human rights workers counted 29 injured protesters and reported two missing persons cases. Police arrested 37 people across different counties as violence spread from city to city...
Murkomen defends Nairobi CBD restrictions during Saba Saba Day protests
Kenya's Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen stood firm on his decision to block major roads into Nairobi's business district during Monday's Saba Saba Day protests. Police put up barriers across the city center to stop troublemakers from causing chaos like they did during previous demonstrations. Thousands of travelers found themselves stuck as authorities sealed off routes leading to the downtown area. Many people missed work and couldn't reach their offices because of the heavy security measures. Murkomen said the move was necessary to protect innocent citizens and their businesses from criminal gangs. The minister apologized to Kenyans who faced problems getting around the capital during the lockdown. He stressed that police...
Former Russian transport minister Starovoit found dead after dismissal
Former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit died from a gunshot wound to the head. Russian investigators believe he killed himself after President Putin fired him from his job. Putin gave no reasons for kicking Starovoit out of the government. Deputy transport minister Andrei Nikitin stepped into the role right after the dismissal announcement. Officials are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Starovoit had worked as transport minister since May 2024. Before that job he ran the Kursk region for almost six years until last spring. Ukrainian soldiers shocked everyone when they invaded part of Kursk in August and held territory there for months. Russian forces recently pushed most of the Ukrainian troops back across...
The report suggests Game Pass profitability excludes first-party studio losses
Microsoft faces tough questions about Game Pass making real money since the service started back in 2017. Gaming experts always wondered if the tech giant could keep losing cash forever just to build up subscribers. Phil Spencer from Xbox kept telling everyone the subscription plan was working great and bringing in profits. He claimed the service was doing amazing things for both Microsoft and gamers who signed up. Recent studio shutdowns and slow subscriber growth have people asking hard questions again. Many industry watchers think Microsoft picked the wrong strategy and might crash hard later. Chris Dring from The Game Business just revealed some shocking details about how Microsoft counts its Game Pass profits. He found out the...
UBS warns new US chip curbs could threaten NVIDIA revenue from Malaysia
Investment experts sound alarm bells about new government rules that could slam chip giant NVIDIA hard. The company makes 12 percent of its cash from Malaysia where local businesses keep buying computer parts for data centers. UBS bank analysts worry these fresh restrictions might crush the tech firm's recent winning streak. American companies like Microsoft and Oracle could grab the benefits instead. The whole situation puts NVIDIA's monster profits at serious risk. NVIDIA stock jumped a massive 45 percent from May through June after crushing earnings reports. CEO Jensen Huang traveled around the world pushing his sovereign AI vision to world leaders and investors. His global sales pitch pumped up share prices as people got excited...
Capcom cancels Monster Hunter Wilds CEDEC lecture after developer threats
Angry gamers scared Capcom away from a major gaming conference. The company pulled out of a planned talk about fixing Monster Hunter Wilds on computers. Developers were supposed to explain their work at the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2025 event. The lecture would have covered how they tried to make the game run better on different machines. Capcom decided to protect their workers from nasty threats. Monster Hunter Wilds has crashed and burned on PC since it came out. Players keep complaining about terrible performance and bugs that ruin their gaming experience. The company knows about these problems and keeps trying to patch things up. Recent updates helped some issues but left many others untouched. Frustrated fans...
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