Kevin Okemwa
Kevin Okemwa is a seasoned tech journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya with lots of experience covering the latest trends and developments in the industry at Windows Central. With a passion for innovation and a keen eye for detail, he has written for leading publications such as OnMSFT, MakeUseOf, and Windows Report, providing insightful analysis and breaking news on everything revolving around the Microsoft ecosystem. You'll also catch him occasionally contributing at iMore about Apple and AI. While AFK and not busy following the ever-emerging trends in tech, you can find him exploring the world or listening to music.
Latest articles by Kevin Okemwa

SoftBank may outrank Microsoft for OpenAI's compute needs
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI A report suggests a rift between Microsoft and OpenAI, further indicating that the latter may be drifting away from Microsoft and leaning on SoftBank.

Satya Nadella: AI agents need a "sandboxed" guarantee to power Fortune 500 companies
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was recently interviewed by Dwarkesh Patel, discussing the tech giant's recent quantum breakthrough, AGI, and more.

Bill Gates' premature Harvard exit led to Microsoft's success
By Kevin Okemwa published
MICROSOFT Bill Gates says 2 AM sneaking to code at 13 and leaving Harvard to run Microsoft as CEO heavily contributed to its $3 trillion success.

Mozilla to end Windows 7 support on Firefox in March 2025
By Kevin Okemwa published
WINDOWS Mozilla plans to extend support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS on Firefox until March 2025, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14.

Bill Gates: The youth should worry about 4 "very scary things"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates highlights four scary things the next generation should be worried about, including keeping control of AI.

Apple adding AI to Vision Pro while Microsoft ends HoloLens
By Kevin Okemwa published
AR Apple plans to ship Apple Intelligence to the Vision Pro and a spatial content app to potentially spark user interest and drive more headset sales.

HP acquires Humane for $116M — leading to the Ai Pin's death
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI HP is expected to acquire assets from Humane Inc., including the majority of the company's employees, software platform, and intellectual property, for $116 million.

Why was Windows 95's setup so simple? An engineer explains.
By Kevin Okemwa published
WINDOWS Veteran Microsoft Engineer Raymond Chen reveals why Microsoft decided to make Windows 95 setups so simple instead of using more graphics.

Elon Musk: Grok 3 is the smartest AI on earth (but it's not)
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Elon Musk touts Grok 3 as the smartest AI on earth, outperforming proprietary models from top AI firms, including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and Google.

DeepMind CEO: DeepSeek's success is "exaggerated," Google leads in AI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO urged employees not to worry about DeepSeek's exaggerated success, citing Google's superiority in the AI landscape.

Sam Altman dubs ChatGPT an all-encompassing "oracular system"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO says his ChatGPT usage has increased over the past few months as it evolves into the "everything app."

Elon Musk reacts to reprimanded xAI employee listing Grok 3
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Benjamin De Kraker resigned from xAI after refusing to remove an opinion post on X about the Grok 3 AI model, which the company deemed confidential.

AI prefers creating a spouse over admitting it doesn't know your marital status
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI The Wall Street Journal says AI tools, including Gemini and ChatGPT are more susceptible to veer off the rails when you ask them who someone is married to.

Shock: ChatGPT-4o uses fewer watt-hours per query than previously assumed
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI ChatGPT doesn't consume as much power as previously assumed. The stats were based on the assumption that OpenAI still relies on dated and inefficient AI chips to power its models.

Sam Altman dismisses Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid, saying OpenAI isn't for sale
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO rebuffs Elon Musk's ridiculous $97.4 billion bid, asserting that the ChatGPT maker's mission isn't up for grabs.

Microsoft researchers: Overreliance on Copilot AI may destroy critical thinking
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft researchers say an overdependency and reliance on AI tools like Copilot may negatively impact a person's critical thinking, leading to the deterioration of cognitive faculties.

Microsoft's Copilot fares poorly in summarizing news along with other 'AI chatbots'
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Copilot and ChatGPT AI news summaries have complex and consistent issues compared to Gemini and Perplexity AI according to a new BBC study.

Sam Altman sees a "vibe shift" with Trump's AI involvement
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently touted President Trump's approach to tech and AI as opposed to Biden's "hostile" takes.

OpenAI CEO: AI cost will drop 10x yearly, boosting usage
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently published a new blog post highlighting three key observations on the rapid progression of general artificial intelligence.

Steve Jobs: Bill Gates taking acid would make Microsoft products more appealing
By Kevin Okemwa published
MICROSOFT Apple co-founder, the late Steve Jobs urged Bill Gates to take acid because it would inspire more design prowess, making Microsoft products better and more appealing.

Sam Altman: I don’t think I’m going to be smarter than GPT-5
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed his doubts about being smarter GPT-5. The model is expected to enhance ChatGPT's user experience.

Bill Gates: I might hide from the press if Microsoft traded Windows 11 for Windows 10.
By Kevin Okemwa published
Windows In a recent interview with Bill Gates, Mark Cuban compared The Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to Microsoft trading Windows 11 for Windows 10.

Meta CTO claims he predicted DeepSeek AI six months ago
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Meta Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Andrew "Boz" Bosworth claims he'd predicted DeepSeek before it unfolded.
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