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Buhari has urged telecommunications service providers to ensure that yet-to- be covered areas get priority attention

The President spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the unveiling of the National Broadband Plan 2020-2025, inauguration of the Communications and Digital Economy complex, launching of the Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training and launching of the Abuja Emergency Communication Centre and the National Emergency Toll-Free Number 112. Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser…

Art Meets Artificial Intelligence: Computer-Generated Works On Display

LAGMAN4 years ago06 mins

The art world was stunned last year when an AI painting sold for $432,500, and auctioneers are keen to further test demand for computer-generated works. “Art is a true reflection of what our society, what our environment responds to,” said Max Moore of Sotheby’s. “And so it’s just a natural continuation of the progression of art,”…

Huawei wants the UK to follow China’s lead and adopt C-V2X cellular communications, but the EU may endorse DSRC wireless channels

LAGMAN4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

The development of connected cars is accelerating globally, but conflicts around communication standards could put the brakes on their deployment. Connected cars rely on vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems that transfer data between them and roadside infrastructure. There are two rival communication standards competing for this essential function: C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) and DSRC (digital short-range communications). DSRC…

Faster Babel 7 compiler debuts for JavaScript, TypeScript

LAGMAN5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Babel 7, an upgrade to the JavaScript compiler two years in the making, is now available, with speed improvements and TypeScript support. The faster Babel should reduce build times. Changes have been made to optimize code. Patches have been accepted from Google’s V8 JavaScript engine team. Also, Babel now ships with TypeScript support. You parse…

Microsoft reportedly will offer Windows 10 S as a default “mode” that it will sell with virtually all Windows consumer versions

LAGMAN5 years ago03 mins

Microsoft reportedly will offer Windows 10 S as a default “mode” that it will sell with virtually all Windows consumer versions, several of which are being added as a part of a roadmap update. What isn’t clear, however, is whether the new Windows 10 versions — Entry, Value, Core, Core+, and Advanced, according to a report…

As AWS looks to democratise machine learning with Amazon SageMaker, we delve into what is going on under the covers and how it stands out in an increasingly crowded market

LAGMAN6 years ago04 mins

SageMaker is essentially a platform for authoring, training and deploying machine learning algorithms to business applications without much of the manual heavy lifting generally involved, such as provisioning infrastructure and managing and tuning training models. As Randall Hunt, senior technical evangelist at AWS wrote in a blog post: “Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed end-to-end…

How Samsung uses social media analytics to understand customers and guide strategy

LAGMAN6 years ago05 mins

The company uses Crimson Hexagon to analyse customer sentiment on social media Samsung is in the midst of a fierce battle with Apple for smartphone supremacy. One of the ways in which the South Korean company looks to get an edge over its nemesis across the Pacific Ocean is by mining insights from its consumers…

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Windows 10 on Snapdragon 835 release date, devices and features

LAGMAN6 years ago07 mins

Qualcomm and Microsoft announced a partnership at Computex earlier this year that means Windows 10 devices running on the Snapdragon 835 are coming. The first manufacturers have been announced and we have an idea of things like release date, prices and features. Like us, you’re probably used to almost all new Windows devices, be it…

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The phones come powered by Huawei’s Kirin 970, which features a dedicated neural network processing unit

LAGMAN6 years ago03 mins

The phones come powered by Huawei’s Kirin 970, which features a dedicated neural network processing unit Chinese smartphone brand Huawei has announced its Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro smartphones, which the company promises will leverage AI to kickstart a new era in smartphone experiences. “As we enter the age of intelligence, AI is no…

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Hitachi India has undertaken this project as a CSR activity and is deploying IoT technology towards e-protection

LAGMAN6 years ago04 mins

Hitachi India a subsidiary of Hitachi and Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), an institute under Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, govt. of India have collaborated to implement a SMART Forest initiative. Hitachi India has undertaken this project as a CSR activity and is deploying IoT technology…