The Kenyan government cancelled the operating license for Tools for Humanity, the software company behind the identity crypto protocol Worldcoin, after revelations that the project’s iris scans made some people sick, according to local media reports. Worldcoin was already under
A witness told the Kenyan Parliamentary Committee investigating Sam Altman’s Worldcoin that he developed eye problems after getting an iris scan and had to see a doctor, according to local media reports. Kenya’s interior minister Kithure Kindik halted all activities
Kenya’s data protection agency filed a lawsuit with the High Court of Kenya, asking the court to force Worldcoin to safeguard and store the data it collected from Kenyan individuals until investigations are complete, according to local media reports. The
UPDATE: Kenya’s interior minister Kithure Kindik on Wednesday halted all activities of Worldcoin while the government investigates potential risks to public safety. Local media reports say over 350,000 Kenyans had signed-up to Worldcoin by Tuesday. Regulators in the UK, France
African technology startups are cozying up to AI. The technology brought to the fore by the introduction of ChatGPT last year is trending around the world. In parts of Africa – a continent that often lags behind everyone else in
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