Navigating South Africa’s Linguistic Complexity in Voice Assistants
South African languages present a considerable challenge for voice assistants. With twelve officially recognized dialects that further branch into numerous regional, cultural, and colloquial accents, the linguistic complexity is daunting. The prevalence of multilingualism among South Africans adds layers of intricacy to their speech patterns. The Unique Accent Landscape Brandon
Read moreUkheshe Partners with Diamond Trust Bank
Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance enabler Ukheshe has partnered with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) to introduce an innovative BaaS platform in East Africa. Seizing Growth Opportunities with BaaS Collaboration BaaS, which entails delivering banking products and services through third-party distributors, is projected to experience a remarkable compound
Read moreThe Metaverse: Africa’s Gateway to Inclusive Digital Economies
The metaverse, a captivating virtual world of shared digital spaces, offers an innovative platform for a thriving and inclusive digital economy. The concept is still in its early stages, but as governments and businesses across Africa explore the metaverse for digital transformation, they must navigate it with an emphasis on
Read moreHashtag Trending Aug.18- Do you have ‘TikTok brain’?; Gartner says AI has reached the top of the hype curve; LinkedIn implements new identity verification tool for Canadians
Can’t focus? Maybe you have TikTok brain. It’s official – AI has reached the top of the hype curve according to Gartner. LinkedIn is providing a way to prove that we are who we say we are and if walks like a Platypus and talks like a Platypus, it may
Read moreAddressing the Threat of Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A groundbreaking paper titled, “On Artificial Intelligence – A European Approach to Excellence and Trust” was released in 2020. The paper sparked debates on regulation, technology, and competition. However, one crucial aspect went unnoticed – the urgent need to prevent AI from perpetuating prohibited discrimination. Fast forward three years, and
Read moreThreads app’s latest update gives more prominence to reposts
Threads haven’t launched a web version yet, but the app has shipped a new update to give more prominence to reposts on the social network. Meta has changed two things regarding reposts on the app. First, there is now a dedicated “Reposts” tab on the profile page, so people can
Read moreTwitch will let streamers block banned users from watching streams
Twitch’s chat ban tools have been around for ages, but the platform is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch a stream to begin with. In Twitch’s latest episode of Patch Notes, its monthly product update show, the company announced that it would soon let streamers
Read moreSemantic search without the napalm grandma exploit (Ep. 600)
Ben and senior software engineer Kyle Mitofsky are joined by two people who worked on the launch of Overflow AI: director of data science and data platform Michael Foree and senior software developer Alex Warren. They talk about how and why Stack Overflow launched semantic search, how to ensure a
Read moreHealthXCapital’s team joins Jungle Ventures
The team behind HealthXCapital, which invested in and helped health tech startups scale up, has joined Singapore-based Jungle Ventures. Seemant Jauhari, who led HealthXCapital since it was founded eight years ago, is now a partner at Jungle, where he will invest in healthcare startups in Southeast Asia and India. HealthXCapital’s
Read moreLegacy application modernization crucial for digital success, reports Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group, a global IT research and advisory firm, has just released a research report titled Make the Case for Legacy Application Modernization, which underscores the role of ongoing legacy application modernization in achieving digital transformation success. In it, the company points out that many businesses remain constrained by
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