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Technological Transformation

South Africa's SMEs should be first in line for a digital upgrade

A new breed of digitally literate micro-entrepreneurs will be best placed to take advantage of tech platforms to exploit gaps in the market.

Lwazi Bam and Valter Adāo 05 Sep 2019

Why Africa's digital boom is only just getting started

Digital business allow innovative firms to meet unmet demand – which is why Africa provides especially fertile ground.

Acha Leke and Tawanda Sibanda 03 Sep 2019

8 ways to help African e-commerce fulfil its potential

Digital business can be a force for sustainable development in Africa, but it faces significant obstacles. Here's how to beat them.

Kimberley Botwright and Matthew Wilson 03 Sep 2019

Internet of Things

Chart of the Day: How many websites are there?

Three decades after the creation of the world wide web there is a staggering number of sites online.

Sean Fleming 02 Sep 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How one AI model is tackling clickbait

Researchers have developed an algorithm to tell the difference between headlines that machines—or bots—generated and ones people wrote.

Matthew Swayne · Futurity 02 Sep 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

The way roaches run could teach robots a thing or two

The sprints of cockroaches have been used by biomechanics researchers to make a test robot amble about better.

Ben Brumfield · Futurity 28 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Do we judge robots on their colour? This study says we do

Researchers showed people images of armed and unarmed robots of different colours to test how they'd respond. This is what they found.

Sean Fleming 27 Aug 2019

What happened to Latin America's 'missing middle'

Weak economical growth in Latin America has left left it vulnerable to it being overtaken by other countries. In order to make growth more dynamic, digital technology must be used to crea...

Jaana Remes and Homi Kharas · Project Syndicate 23 Aug 2019

Emerging Technologies

‘Wizard of Oz’ experiment shows promise for smart sinks

Researchers from Stanford University have found that a real smart sink could help conserve water.

Taylor Kubota · Futurity 23 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 million

Hundreds of schools. Thousands of students. Millions of kilometres driven. When Boston needed to streamline school bus services, it turned to automation.

Sean Fleming 22 Aug 2019

Emerging Technologies

This is the one thing young workers want most from a new job

When it comes to choosing a company to work for, tech workers are considering the perks of the job and the quality of their co-workers when making decisions. Another factor is whether the...

Xuan Ye, Prasanna Tambe, and Peter Cappelli · VoxEU 22 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

This sensor tests your sweat to monitor your health

New wearable sensors provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.

Kara Manke · Futurity 22 Aug 2019

Emerging Technologies

Tech is redefining the rules of sport – here’s how

Despite the technology in sport reducing the number of errors, this does not necessarily mean good news for spectators. Following incidents of goals being scored, celebrated and then disa...

Tom Webb · The Conversation 21 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Researchers have trained an AI to create basic tools by combining objects

What is a MacGyver and how has its unconventional problem-solving ability stormed science?

David Mitchell · Futurity 19 Aug 2019

Workforce and Employment

How workers can harness technology for their benefit

Coping with the rapid technology transformation of labor markets, without sacrificing dignity, autonomy, or ambition, will require a combination of economic mobility and financial securit...

Shamina Singh · Project Syndicate 14 Aug 2019

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