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Samsung might still be tweaking its Exynos 2600 chip before actually cranking out full production runs, despite dropping a trailer for the thing recently. A Korean outlet says the 2nm GAA processor has not hit mass manufacturing yet, even though the company supposedly had decent yields back in...

Memory prices have gone absolutely haywire, and the situation is about to get way nastier than anyone expected. Both DDR5 and DDR4 kits are skyrocketing because AI data centers are hoovering up all the supply, and manufacturers like Micron are ditching consumer lines to chase those fat...

Apple might ditch the physical SIM card slot on the iPhone Fold to save space inside the device, according to a Chinese leaker called Instant Digital. The tipster is backing up what Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo already said about the foldable going eSIM-only. Kuo mentioned...

Intel VP John Pitzer says the chip maker is gearing up to claw back market share with its Panther Lake and Nova Lake processors after getting wrecked by AMD this year. Arrow Lake flopped hard against the Ryzen 9000 series and X3D chips, and desktop sales tanked. Panther Lake drops at CES with...

ARM is setting up a chip-design academy in South Korea that'll pump out 1,400 trained semiconductor pros by 2030. The Japanese-owned company inked a deal with South Korea's trade ministry to boost the country's chip and AI game. The school is supposed to help out local fabless chip companies...

Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi met with National Environment Management Council people at Treasury Hall in Dodoma and basically told everyone to get serious about protecting the environment because Tanzania's 2050 Development Vision relies on climate resilience. He dropped orders saying public...

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino gave Donald Trump a brand-new peace prize at the White House, and critics went ballistic because the US just bombed more boats in the Caribbean the day before. Former UN official Craig Mokhiber trashed the whole thing as shameful and said FIFA stayed silent on the Gaza...

Sea Cliff Resort and Spa Zanzibar wants to bump its December golf tournament from the 27th to the 20th after players complained about holiday travel conflicts. Golf Manager Sophie Nyanjera said the club values feedback from participants and wants everyone to show up without stress during the...

Tanzania keeps pushing chemical safety training because the government wants to stop people from accidentally poisoning themselves or trashing the environment. Coast Regional Medical Officer Kusirye Ukio told Chemical Supervisors from the Eastern Zone that officials are teaming up with private...

The Anglican Church Diocese of Morogoro promised to keep backing government development programs during a celebration at Holy Trinity Cathedral. Bishop Godfrey Sehaba led the thanksgiving service for the cathedral hitting its 60th anniversary as the diocesan headquarters, and Kilombero District...

Tanzania's transport minister told Air Tanzania bosses to slash costs and stop burning cash on fuel, maintenance, insurance, and airport fees that eat up most of their revenue. Prof Makame Mbarawa said the airline needs to copy global standards like online booking systems and predictive...

Chief Justice George Masaju laid into lawyers who act like activists and trash the court whenever they lose cases. He told 774 freshly admitted advocates in Dodoma that some attorneys literally throw hands inside courtrooms while judges are sitting there, and he said any magistrate who lets that...

Tanzanian cops shut down protests planned for next week and said organizers using foreign phone numbers are trying to wreck the country. Police spokesperson David Misime told reporters that people online are pushing instructions to torch cell towers, block roads, shut down businesses, and mess...

Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba visited Mwanza and basically told people to stop trashing other citizens' stuff during protests. He checked out damage from post-election chaos and heard from locals like Asha Athumani, whose tiny business kiosk got wrecked by rioters. The PM hit up ward offices...

Tanzania told a bunch of Western countries and international groups to chill out after they dropped statements about political chaos that went down following the election drama. The government said it had already sat down with diplomats and walked them through what happened, but foreign powers...

Airtel Tanzania locked down a deal with the Universal Communication Service Access Fund to throw up 132 cell towers out of 201 total sites getting built nationwide. Communications Minister Angellah Jasmine Mbelwa Kairuki showed up in Dar es Salaam to witness the Phase 10 agreement signing, and...

An Indian investment firm called HCG Gas Ltd wants to drop money into Tanzania for household gas hookups and vehicle fueling stations. Company rep Rekha Sharma met with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation investment manager Godbless Robiam in Dar es Salaam to talk about getting city gas...

Housing PS Charles Hinga dropped off a bunch of community facilities at the Boma Yangu Mukuru estate while the government gears up to hand over 5,000 new affordable housing units in phase two. The handover covered an early childhood center with daycare, a strip mall for local shops and cafes, a...

The Kenyan government is dumping a 15 percent chunk of Safaricom to Vodacom Group for 244.5 billion shillings, which drops the state from owning 35 percent down to 20 percent. Vodacom is also grabbing another 5 percent from Vodafone International Holdings to hit 55 percent total ownership and...

Kenyan military personnel got caught up in allegations that they swiped part of a massive meth haul worth billions of shillings after intercepting it at sea. Investigators arrested a woman in Mombasa who was allegedly dealing crystal meth, and it turns out she's married to an active KDF soldier...