Key Points Xreal launched the Xreal Air 2 and Xreal Air 2 Pro, which start at $399 and $449 respectively, and go on sale in November in the U.S., U.K. and in select markets in Europe. The Xreal Air 2 are lightweight glasses, rather than bulky headsets, as the company bets on this kind of …
Ms. Grace Ayittey has been recognized as the Overall Best Student in this year’s Huawei Seeds for the Future Programme, standing out among 40 accomplished female tertiary students who successfully completed the programme. The awards ceremony took place last Friday in Accra. Ms. Ayittey’s group also achieved distinction by winning the Best Tech4Good Project Award …
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Google has announced the first 11 African startups chosen for its new “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First” program. The 10-week program aims to empower emerging innovators leveraging AI across Africa. Google’s significant investment highlights its commitment to strengthening AI’s transformative potential on the continent. Per McKinsey, AI could add $1.3 trillion to Africa’s GDP …
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Astronomers have spotted the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) to date in a galaxy so far away that its light took eight billion years to reach Earth. The remote blast of cosmic radio waves, whose source was detected by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), lasted less than a millisecond. It …
Amazon is trialling humanoid robots in its US warehouses, in the latest sign of the tech giant automating more of its operations. Amazon said the move was about “freeing employees up to better deliver for our customers”. It said it was testing a new robot called Digit, which has arms and legs and can move, …
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Nokia will cut up to 14,000 jobs to reduce costs, it said on Thursday, warning it did not expect a market recovery soon after posting a 20% drop in third-quarter sales on weaker demand for 5G equipment. Shares in the Finnish company, which produces equipment for telecom networks, were down 2% at 0900 GMT. A …
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The world’s most valuable chip company Nvidia and iPhone maker Foxconn are joining forces to build so-called “AI factories”. The firms say it is a new kind of data centre that uses Nvidia chips to power a “wide range” of applications. They include training autonomous vehicles, robotics platforms and large language models. It comes as …
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A total of 57 Ghana women and girls have been admitted into the Class of 2024 of the Women Techsters Fellowship. The program, an initiative of the Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev), aims to narrow the digital and technology divide between men and women within the tech ecosystem. The Women Techsters Fellowship …
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AI is unquestionably integral to the future of astronomy due to the vast volume of data generated during the study of the universe. It will be a cornerstone in deepening our understanding of the cosmos. The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile is a big stride forward in this mission, and over the next ten years …
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Those of us who have ever used a magnifying glass to start stuff on fire, rejoice — it ends up we were doing the same kind of science that could build roads, launch pads, and more on the Moon. A paper published in Scientific Reports outlines an audacious way to melt the lunar surface into …
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