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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    HDD prices spike, AI data hunger blamed

    Hard drive prices jumped 4 percent compared to last quarter, which marks the biggest spike in two years, and the whole mess stems from data centers gobbling up storage capacity for AI workloads. Big Tech companies are building massive facilities that need exabytes worth of HDDs because storing...
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    NO LAW serves Cyberpunk with a side of sass

    Neon Giant dropped NO LAW at The Game Awards, and yeah, everyone immediately compared it to Cyberpunk 2077 because both games lean into the cyberpunk first-person open-world shooter RPG thing. Creative Director Tor Frick admits the studio deals with those comparisons internally, but insists...
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    CAPCOM teases RE remakes, Veronica and Zero incoming

    Capcom keeps printing money by bouncing between Resident Evil remakes and fresh entries, and the publisher's strategy hit different after RE7 went first-person. The studio dropped remakes of RE2 and RE3 back-to-back before Village wrapped up the seventh game's story arc, then the RE4 remake...
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    iPhone Fold ditches Face ID, Touch ID takes the L

    Apple might slap a $2,399 price tag on the iPhone Fold, but the prototype is apparently ditching Face ID to keep things skinny. Some leaker on Weibo says the foldable will pack a 7.58-inch inner screen and a 5.25-inch outside display, with authentication handled by a side-mounted fingerprint...
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    iPhone 20 ditches notch, goes full ghost screen

    Apple might ditch the iPhone 19 label and jump straight to iPhone 20 for the 20th-anniversary model dropping in 2027, and some researcher from Omdia says the device could feature a completely bezel-free screen with all four edges curved. LG is apparently dropping close to $300 million to retool...
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    LATRA apps roll out, transport just got slicker

    Deputy Transport Minister David Kihenzile swung by the Land Transport Regulatory Authority booth at some transport conference in Arusha, and he was hyped about their tech setup that makes getting around less of a hassle. The authority rolled out digital tools like the Safari Ticket System for...
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    Mbeya bosses demand NeST use, no more shady deals

    Mbeya Regional Commissioner Beno Malisa told government workers in the Southern Highlands Zone to start using the National Electronic Public Procurement System because the whole point is getting transparency and accountability locked down when buying stuff with taxpayer money. He said this while...
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    Tanzania bags global tourism bling, Serengeti soars

    Tanzania scooped up five trophies at the World Travel Awards in Bahrain, and Natural Resources Minister Ashatu Kijaji grabbed them at a ceremony in Dodoma. Serengeti National Park got tagged as the planet's dopest national park, while Zanzibar landed recognition for meetings and conferences...
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    Tanzania’s kids write letters, old school cool

    Tanzania Posts Corporation is running a writing contest for kids between 9 and 15 to get them into letter writing and thinking about stuff happening around them. Marketing Director Ferdinand Kabyemela said the whole thing connects to digital changes, and kids can enter in either Kiswahili or...
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    Zanzibar grades leaders, ethics or else

    Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi rolled out plans for a performance review system that'll supposedly make government leaders more accountable and productive. He dropped this during World Ethics and Human Rights Day celebrations at Dimani Conference Hall, and he made it clear that public...
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    Tanzania powers up, 8,000MW dream by 2030

    Tanzania's gunning for 8,000 megawatts of power generation by hitting up different energy sources, and Energy Minister Deogratias Ndejembi says they're planning to wrap the whole thing up by 2030. He dropped this during a staff meeting in Morogoro, where he basically told everyone to stop being...
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    PM honors late MP, heartbreak in Peramiho

    Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba showed up at a funeral mass in Songea's Ruvuma region to pay respects to Jenista Mhagama, who used to represent Peramiho in Parliament. Speaker Mussa Zungu was there as well, and the whole thing went down at St. Benedict Catholic Church with a bunch of government...
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    Tanzania backs SADC peace push, coup chaos in Madagascar

    Tanzania's Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi joined a video call from Bukoba to back SADC's push for getting Madagascar stabilized after a recent coup. The regional security bloc held a meeting of its Political, Defence and Security Organisation troika to figure out how to handle the chaos in the...
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    Vision 2050 bets big on Tanzania’s restless youth

    Tanzania is betting big on youth employment through Vision 2050 after Planning Minister Kitila Mkumbo dropped the roadmap targeting eight million jobs and 50 billion dollars in investment. The government set up a One Stop Facilitation Centre that bundles 14 public agencies under one roof for...
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    DAWASA begs Dar residents - save every drop

    DAWASA boss Mkama Bwire rolled through Kinondoni District, checking water delivery schedules in Mwananyamala Ward, and he wants people to build habits around conservation instead of wasting supply when taps actually run. The inspection confirmed residents were getting service twice weekly based...
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    Tanroads slams fake road claims, trial section blamed

    TANROADS shot down social media claims about substandard construction on the Dodoma-Gairo trunk road near Makaravati in Kongwa District after people started freaking out online. Resident Engineer Elisony Mweladzi explained the 300-meter stretch was a deliberate test section that contractors...
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    PM warns - save food, rains running late

    Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba told regional and district commissioners to make sure Tanzanians stop wasting food stocks because the rains are showing up late this season. The Tanzania Meteorological Authority warned that Dodoma, Katavi, Kigoma, Singida, Tabora, Iringa, Mbeya, Mtwara, Njombe...
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    Ex-minister Mwambe seeks bail in Dar court

    Former minister Geofrey Mwambe is sitting in a Dar es Salaam holding cell waiting for a bail hearing at Kisutu court after police grabbed him back on December 7. His lawyer, Hekima Mwasipu, applied to the Inspector General of Police, plus two other officials, and the case landed in front of...
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    Samia meets top brass in first post-election powwow

    President Samia Suluhu Hassan locked herself in a room with Tanzania People's Defence Force commanders at the Air Defence Military School in Tanga for her first military leadership meeting after winning her second term. The closed-door session went down at the facility known as SKUA. No details...
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    Chico Ushindi gone, football mourns bright star

    Former Young Africans winger Chico Ushindi died at 29 after getting sick in Lubumbashi, and both TP Mazembe plus JS Groupe Bazano confirmed the loss, while the Congolese Football Federation dropped an official statement. The player came through the École de Football Moïse Katumbi academy before...
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