The aim of this research was to assess the general effects of the modern technology to the academic performance or achievement of the students in MKU in Thika sub county in Kiambu county, while putting in to consideration the usage of the social media platforms as one of the specific objective of the study. The biggest concern was to investigate how often the student surfs into YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter, Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook during lecture hours. The study interest was also to research on the exact thing or services that the students engages into through these platforms. Is it chatting? Watching videos? Playing games? Updating status? Posting photos or? Another specific objective of this study was to determine the impact of the internet among the Mount Kenya University students. What benefits and limitations do they face by the availability of the network in the university. The other specific objective of the study was to investigate the effects of the digital devices usage on their studies. For what purpose do the students use their laptop and smartphones. The other thing was to investigate on how the students use of search engines likes of Google and ChatGPT on academics’ activities for example doing the assignment and researches. The data was collected through Simple random method, which involved use of questionnaires and physical interview to both the students and the lectures of Mount Kenya University. A sample size of 10% of the total population of the students which was 5,000 was used for data collection and 10% of 100 lecturers of the university was also sampled. The design of this research will be Descriptive, since it contains both qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection. This task of data collection was very anonymous and confidential since no personal information that was captured on the questionnaires that were issued. Data was collected, analyzed, interpreted and presented. The study rejected all the null hypotheses. The objectives of the study were achieved.