AI, cloud help to protect bee populations

Oracle and The World Bee Project have announced a world-first approach to understanding the declines of honey bee populations and helping protect them. The new programme uses cloud technology to better understand honey bees, the world’s most important single...

Popular messenger used for espionage attacks

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a wave of cyber-espionage targeted attacks aimed at Central Asian diplomatic organisations. The Trojan, called “Octopus”, disguised as a version of a popular and legitimate online messenger, was attracting users...

Intel, Rolls Royce use AI for autonomous shipping

Rolls-Royce builds shipping systems that are sophisticated and intelligent – and eventually it will add fully autonomous to that portfolio – as it makes commercial shipping safer and more efficient. It is doing so using artificial intelligence (AI) powered...

CER warns of dangers of new coal plans

Attorneys from the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) will today (16 October) tell Parliament that an Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) that provides for expensive new coal-fired power, at a time when South Africa needs to be urgently transitioning...

SodaStream aims to clean up plastic waste

SodaStream International has lauched the “Holy Turtle” – a massive ocean contraption designed to clean plastic waste from open waters. The device will be initially piloted today in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Roatán, Honduras, as part of an...

Digitalisation transforms recruitment process

The way an organisation engages top talent throughout the hiring process is critical to securing that talent and maintaining a positive brand reputation. Digitalisation has played a massive role in the transformation of the talent recruitment process in the last few...