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One of the key focus areas for digital practitioners at the moment is creating hyper-relevant, personalised experiences for users. Doing so not only makes…

Project management will include more AI, possibly fewer humans by 2030

Project management may be an entirely dead job description by 2030, new data by Gartner suggests. The data and analytics firm suggests that artificial…

Chatbots: the $8-billion opportunity

Chatbots have passed through the initial hype and are moving into the more practical, nitty-gritty phase of implementation. And with good reason. Juniper Research…

Gboard now uses AI to suggest the perfect emoji

If all you ever wanted from a mobile keyboard is, well, a mobile keyboard, you’re going to hate Gboard’s latest update. Google’s keyboard, from…

This Google AI-powered tool can help detect breast cancer

Google AI, an artificial intelligence research and development division of Google, has developed an algorithm to assist in the detection of breast cancer, referred…

How to make your chatbot clever

Given the incredible advances in natural language understanding (NLU), one would be forgiven for thinking that this is what artificial intelligence is all about….

Microsoft announces spades of incoming Office 365 additions

Microsoft’s OneDrive will soon be smart enough to transcribe your video and audio files using AI. In a statement this week, the company noted…

How machine learning will revive radio in South Africa and beyond

Over the past decade, the dazzling rise of digitally-driven technologies has had a profound effect on almost every industry. Within the broad sphere of…

Why South Africa is not ready for an AI-powered future

As with key emerging technology trends such as Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been hailed as nothing short…

Why work won’t become obsolete in the age of artificial intelligence

The rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence has spawned a fourth industrial revolution that has left many wondering where to next. After all,…

Did Barack Obama really say ‘Stay woke, bitches’ in this viral video?

“Thank you. And stay woke, bitches,” is not a quote you’d normally attribute to former US President Barack Obama. But filmmaker Jordan Peele just…

How AI will put the ‘kapow’ back into marketing

It seems like everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) being a game changer, but how many marketers really understand how AI is changing…

Facebook’s killing its digital assistant M later this month

We’re quite used to writing about Facebook’s new products or tweaks to its existing lineup of offerings. But this week, the company dropped news…

AI will understand your emotions better than your family come 2022

It’s 2018 everyone. Congrats, you’ve made it one step further into the future laden with emotion-sensing artificial intelligence, virtual personal assistants and potentially longer…

AI, blockchain and fake news: the next decade according to Gartner

The world is set to change drastically in the next decade as technologies like the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain…

Working in the age of technological socialism [Opinion]

The world’s facing many grand challenges, with mega-trends emerging that have the potential to disrupt life as we know it. The granddaddy of all…

Elon Musk: WW3 will be caused by AI, not North Korea’s nukes

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk isn’t shy when suggesting that robots and artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to humanity’s demise. But according to…

MiniMeme Podcast #6: Is the AI-pocalypse upon us?

Welcome to MiniMeme, the podcast brought to you by Burn Media’s junior staff as they tackle the topics that tickle their fancy. This week Julia Breakey…

5 fun AIs that let you play with images in unexpected ways

The thought of AI can be scary, and it would be rational for the inevitability of the singularity to make you anxious. But sometimes…

Interview: Botpress’ Justin Watson explains ‘the WordPress of bots’

The second Botcon Africa conference took place last month in Cape Town, delivering a number of insightful talks from leaders in the field of…

BotCon Africa 2017: 8 tips for crafting a good chatbot

The second BotCon event took place in Cape Town this week, tackling all things chatbot, of course. The event saw talks from the likes…

Your company thinking about bots? Check out BotCon Africa

Who says that Africa isn’t on the cutting edge of technology? The continent has earned a reputation for world-leading expertise in mobile money and…

5 cool Facebook Messenger chatbots for tech news

Chatbots saw a massive resurgence last year, as Google, Microsoft and Facebook all jumped on the bandwagon. Facebook has been actively encouraging chatbot development…

Does Amazon Alexa work on the Fitbit Versa 2 in South Africa?

Uber-cheap UberGo launches in East London today

SABC cancels ‘Top Billing’ after 23 years and South Africa can’t believe it

DoshEx launches property investment crowdfunding service for SA investors

PEG Africa secures $4m in debt capital to expand operations in Senegal

Startups better hurry if they want to apply for Wamda’s Dubai-based programme

Google’s Stadia controller won’t be totally wireless at launch

Samsung is finally fixing the Galaxy S10’s dodgy fingerprint scanner

Google Nest Mini and Nest WiFi: smart speakers and smart routers join forces

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African car company Mureza to debut Prim8 mini-SUV at Automechanika Johannesburg

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m

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