The Booming Business of Health Fitness Trackers Globally
Fitness trackers offer comprehensive monitoring of wellness and fitness activities, from tracking distances walked or run to monitoring heart rates, blood oxygen levels, calorie consumption, and sleep schedules. These devices, primarily in the form of wristbands but also available as clip-on devices, earbuds, smart rings, and clothing made of smart
Read moreSouth Africa’s eHailing Service Launches New Profile Feature
Bolt South Africa has introduced the rider profile feature that allows riders to add a photo of themselves to their Bolt profile, a move aimed at improving safety for driver-partners using the platform. This feature will help driver-partners easily identify their passengers and ensure that they are picking up the
Read moreEU’s AI Act gets published in bloc’s Official Journal, starting clock on legal deadlines
The full and final text of the EU AI Act, the European Union’s landmark risk-based regulation for applications of artificial intelligence, has been published in the bloc’s Official Journal. In 20 days’ time, on August 1, the new law will come into force and in 24 months — so by
Read moreUniversity Lecturers Urge Infrastructure Improvements for Ai
Kenyan University educators are urging an immediate assessment of current infrastructure in higher education institutions to enable smooth integration of artificial intelligence in classrooms and research. This was a primary conclusion drawn from a workshop organized by the Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) in collaboration with the Kenya Education Network
Read moreWhy we built Staging Ground
A two-part episode: In part one, Ben chats with friend of the show and senior software engineer Kyle Mitofsky about Staging Ground, a private space within Stack Overflow where new users can receive guidance from experienced users before their question is posted. In part two, Ben talks to Stack Overflow
Read moreAI Chatbot: Bridging the Gap in Healthcare Communication
Chil Femtech Center is excited to announce the launch of KETI, a revolutionary AI chatbot designed to simplify the understanding of medical records and documents. This innovative tool allows users to input any text or upload medical documents, receiving clear and comprehensible explanations in their preferred language. “Our aim is
Read moreWaymo cameras capture footage of man charged in alleged robotaxi tire slashings
A San Francisco man was charged Thursday for allegedly slashing the tires of 17 Waymo robotaxis between June 24 and June 26, according to the city’s district attorney. Prosecutors say the tire slashings were captured by cameras installed on the exterior of Waymo’s robotaxis. This is the latest incident of
Read moreSoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore
While the figure of $500 million has been bandied around in various reports for months, in a press briefing early Thursday morning, Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon remained coy on the details. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreX is building a ‘dislike’ button for downvoting replies
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is continuing to develop a downvoting feature that will be used to improve how replies are ranked. Although the company has not yet officially announced its plans, more recent findings indicate the downvote feature may actually resemble a “dislike” button instead of a Reddit-style downvote
Read moreHeritage Foundation insists it was not hacked by ‘gay furries’
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A group of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” says it breached the Heritage Foundation earlier this month, releasing two gigabytes of the right-wing think tank’s internal data on Tuesday. On its Telegram channel, the hacktivist collective SiegedSec — which has previously claimed responsibility
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