Month: July 2019

Don’t dismiss President Ramaphosa’s smart city idea

The recent announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa about developing a “smart city” in South Africa has created quite a stir and has triggered a lot of conversation. Unfortunately, it seems not many ...

Can technology be racist?

Can computer algorithms be racist? This was a subject of a heated debate in the US recently when Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that facial-recognition algorithms are biased against pe...

Computers make giant leap

Lee Se-Dol had never felt so helpless before. His opponent was getting better with each game, and coolly countering all of his best moves. It was a surreal experience. Lee is a legend of his time, the...

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