machine learning

Now we’re talking: NLP is the key to seamless customer engagement

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a technology behind many of our daily interactions with the digital world. Every time you ask Siri for help…

Using algorithms and machine learning for smarter decision-making

Machine learning has become an increasingly popular topic, both in the public consciousness and for businesses wanting to streamline their processes. The line between…

Facebook’s Rosetta can understand the text in your advice animal memes

Facebook has this week announced its machine-learning program that can read and understand text in images. This AI system, which Facebook calls Rosetta, will…

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…

YouTube now removes more clips of violence, porn before anyone sees them

YouTube couldn’t wait to tell people just how many videos of extremism and adult entertainment it removed from its platform late last year. Yeah,…

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,…

Machine learning can predict food crises, crop yields

A mere two hundred years ago, our planet was home to less than one billion people. Today, the Earth’s population count stands at over…

Make black and white photos blush again with this AI-powered tool

Do you have a black and white photograph you just wished was in full colour? Well, this clever neural network tool from Waseda University…

Here’s how Google Play is using AI to improve search

Trying to find an app on the Google Play Store can be an exercise in frustration, especially if it’s an eagerly anticipated app or…

Microsoft makes speech recognition more human

Microsoft has announced a breakthrough for speech recognition, producing a system that recognises words in a conversation as fast as a human. The new speech…

Smile Vector bot adds creepy grins, frowns to Twitter celebs

Neural networks to manipulate photos are all the rage these days, such as Google’s Deep Dream initiative. While Google’s effort creates trippy art out of…

Big Data, machine learning is serving consumer wanderlust

Given the massive increase in the amount of data that companies – of all sizes and across sectors — are generating, it is no…

Patrick Meier on single-click volunteering, the good side of tech

“If you can click on a Facebook picture, you can be a digital humanitarian,” author and technologist Patrick Meier says. The old sentiment “Information…

Instagram’s removing the underused IGTV button on its home screen

7 tips to get the most out of Microsoft’s Edge Chromium web browser

South Africa’s internet cable repair delayed by Cape Town’s weather

SA, Egyptian startups selected for Startupbootcamp FinTech Dubai 2020 cohort

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [19/01/2020]

Moroccan real-estate platform Mubawab raises $7m from Middle East property group

Samsung is readying new Galaxy A phones that could arrive in SA

Latest Samsung Galaxy S20 range leak unveils almost all specs, features

The Huawei P40 Pro could have seven cameras in total

Audi’s AI:ME could be the company’s future A2

BMW confirms the iX3’s battery and power details

The true cost of Audi’s electric car strategy