BattleBots, the robot fighting organisers, has invited Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to face off in a heavyweight robot-on-robot fighting competition for the title of ‘World’s Most Powerful Tech CEO’. Las Vegas-based BattleBots – one of the best-known event organisers in the fast-growing sport of robot fighting, with a hit US television series – has … Read More “BattleBots challenges Musk and Zuckerberg to bot-on-bot fight” »
Orwell said, “Don’t let it happen”. Well, it happened. The AI genie is out of the bottle and spreading like like wildfire throughout the world. It is being structurally embedded at all levels of society. For every potentially good use, there are multiple horrific uses, like creating a lethal bioweapon in as little as two … Read More “The Shepherds Of The Singularity Or Highway To Doom?” »
The recent surge in virtual properties has established a significant niche within the investment world. Propelled by the emergence of digital landscapes and metaverses, this novel avenue for wealth creation is intriguing investors globally. So, what is digital real estate? It involves owning a piece of property within a digital world, analogous to purchasing a … Read More “Investing in virtual properties: a comprehensive guide” »
The financial digital landscape is evolving by the second, in a hyper charged digital economy where developing innovative financial digital solutions is happening faster than the turn of a switch – competition is rife. New problems arise every day that need to be solved. This, coupled with a swift transition into the Fourth Industrial Revolution … Read More “Why Should you become a Sponsor at Digital Finance Africa 2023? – IT News Africa” »
Sexual and mental health stigmatization in Africa has evolved over several decades to a point where negligence to address the issue has led to the continent topping the charts in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and mental health cases. For one, around 11 people per 100,000 die by suicide in Africa yearly, according to the World … Read More “Lightspeed makes first investment in Africa, backing Ghana’s Berry Health” »
The Africa fintech accelerator program will be a three-month intensive learning program focusing on business growth and mentoring. The AfDB created the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility as a blended finance facility to accelerate digital financial inclusion in Africa. The VEI competition in 2022 hosted more than 1000 African fintech startups. The steady growth of … Read More “African Fintech Accelerator Program 2023” »
A look into the nuclei of fly embryos. The enhancer (blue) and promoter (green) need to be in physical proximity for gene activity (red) to occur. Following the motion of these elements in real-time reveals that DNA is densely packed and therefore close together, yet exhibits fast motion, allowing the elements to come into contact … Read More “How the motion of DNA controls gene activity” »
Pictured: Parent working remotely with child in lap/champpixs, iStock Support for parents in the workplace is a hotly-debated topic in the U.S., especially as American women are having fewer children and waiting longer than previous generations to start having them. This uptick in child-free workers was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a … Read More “How to Support Working Parents Without Alienating Child-Free Staff” »
Earlier this month at the Vivatech conference in Paris, the French Embassy in Senegal announced that it will provide a €300,000 ($328,497) grant for the construction of a new gaming hub in the heart of the country’s capital city, Dakar. The investment is a partnership between the embassy and two Africa-focused video game producers, namely Masseka and Kayfo … Read More “New hub set to boost gaming industry” »
Researchers at Seoul National University have looked at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve the detection of malignant lung nodules in chest X-rays. AI algorithms could greatly improve the diagnostic accuracy in detecting lung cancers on chest X-rays and increased human acceptance of AI suggestions, according to a new study. In order to analyse … Read More “AI models could improve lung cancer diagnosis, research finds” »
