At WWDC 2025, Apple introduces an AI-powered Shortcuts app
Users will be able to access the AI models either on device or with Private Compute to generate responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut.
Read moreChris Corner: For The Sake of It
Somebody with good taste could’ve made my website, but then it wouldn’t be mine. My website is ugly because I made it — Taylor Troesh I love weird design ideas. Probably because so much of what we need to do as web designers is, appropriately, somewhat serious. We want things
Read moreXRobotics’ countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a month
XRobotics recently raised a $2.5 million seed round to help it produce more of its countertop pizza robots.
Read moreNaively computing sine
Suppose you need to write software to compute the sine function. You were told in a calculus class that this is done using Taylor series—it’s not, but that’s another story—and so you start writing code to implement Taylor series. How many terms do you need? Uh, …, 20? Let’s go
Read moreTECNO Renews Partnership with AFCON for Upcoming Tournaments
TECNO has announced its partnership as the Official Global Partner for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 and the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda 2027 tournaments. This announcement was made in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the host countries of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2027,
Read moreAn investor makes a case for funding sex, drugs and other socially taboo products
Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week: What if investors put aside societal prudence for profit? Tooley was mainly referring to vice clauses, the restrictions that limited partners place on venture firms to guardrail their investments. Some of these
Read moreNoventiq & AWS Partners with MoIAT to Accelerate Industrial Digital Transformation
Noventiq’s AWS META team has partnered with the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) during the prestigious “Make it in the Emirates” (MITE) forum to showcase the Technology Platform 4.0 and the Industrial Technology Transformation Index (ITTI). Throughout the 4-day event, Noventiq and AWS spotlighted the ITTI framework with
Read moreHow to Kill Floundering Experiments and Drive an AI Learning Culture
The low success rate of AI and ML experiments, typically around 30%, often reflects a narrow focus on production deployment. Effective experimentation prioritizes an AI learning culture, value demonstration, and agile delivery methods. Best practices include setting clear success criteria, regular reviews, centralized documentation, and rewarding knowledge sharing to foster
Read moreBankservAfrica, Change Logic Introduce Framework to Mitigate Interbank Risks
BankservAfrica introduced a structured change management framework to address potential risks such as misalignment between banks, adoption delays, and communication gaps in a large-scale project, ensuring all participating banks had the necessary resources, guidance, and support. As Africa’s largest automated clearinghouse, BankservAfrica successfully implemented a change enablement program for… Source
Read moreWhy is Compliance the Key to Africa’s Crypto Future
As cryptocurrency adoption accelerates across Africa, the excitement around the technology and its transformative potential is palpable. But alongside this rapid growth comes a critical challenge: ensuring that innovation does not outpace regulation. This balance is not just important — it is essential. Without it, the promise of crypto to
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