Leverage technology to boost rice production - Northern Regional Minister urges stakeholders

The Northern Regional Minister, Ali Adolf John, has urged stakeholders in the rice value chain to leverage technology and innovations to transform the domestic rice industry and enhance food production. He said technology-driven innovation was key...

California AI Laws Causing Tension With Tech Giants

(TNS) — California's tech companies, the epicenter of the state's economy, sent politicians a loud message this year: Back down from restrictive artificial intelligence regulation or they'll leave. The tactic appeared to have worked, activists...

DGI’s tech platform ETHOS to ‘transform travel’

Travel management company DGI has rolled out its new technology platform, ETHOS, which is set to transform the way not-for-profit, humanitarian and academic organisations manage travel. Designed as an Enterprise Travel Hub, ETHOS streamlines the...

Apple’s foldable iPhone could adopt a controversial selfie camera tech

What’s happened? The first foldable iPhone could adopt one of the most innovative, yet historically least effective, selfie camera technologies: an under-display sensor. According to JP Morgan’s internal forecast (shared on X via Max Weinbach),...

New NHS trials will harness technology to help free up hospital appointments

Dozens of new pilot schemes will give patients with certain conditions direct access to specialists through the NHS App, removing the need to travel for a hospital appointment. Self-reporting health information such as blood pressure and oxygen...

Ventures Platform Raises $64 Million to Back Africa’s Next Generation of Tech Innovators

Advertisements Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, has announced the $64 million first close of its second fund, VP Pan-African fund II, aimed at deepening seed investments, catalysing Series A rounds, and driving its pan-African...

Texas Tech Researchers Unveil Innovative Acceleration Method for Crop Development

A revolutionary advancement in plant biotechnology has emerged from Texas Tech University, thanks to the pioneering efforts of a team led by Gunvant Patil. This groundbreaking method promises to redefine plant regeneration and gene editing,...

Avant Technologies and SGAustria Form Joint Venture to Develop Stem Cell-Based Diabetes Therapy

Avant Technologies Inc., a Nevada-based corporation, and Singapore-based biotechnology firm SGAustria Pte. Ltd. have announced a Joint Venture and License Agreement to pioneer next-generation diabetes treatments using stem cell and encapsulation...

Akamai Technologies: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $140.2 million. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it had net income of 97 cents per share. Earnings,...

Alex Borg urges Europe-wide iGaming vision built on trust, talent, technology

Opposition leader Alex Borg has called for Europe’s iGaming and digital sectors to embrace “trust, talent and technology” as the three pillars for long-term success and sustainable growth. Delivering a keynote speech at SiGMA Central Europe summit...

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Ballet to take advantage of Arts United Center technology upgrades

Projectors, LED fixtures, automated rigging and more technology upgrades will help bring magical worlds to life as full-scale productions return to Arts United Center. Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s production of “Frozen” and Fort Wayne Ballet’s “The...

S&P/TSX composite finishes lower on tech weakness, U.S. markets also lose ground

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index finished more than 230 points lower on Thursday, weighed down by losses in the technology sector, while U.S. markets also fell amid a defensive rotation. Brian Madden, chief investment officer with First Avenue...

Beware AI, technology in the classroom, literacy expert warns

US author Natalie Wexler: “A lot of what I’ve seen with technology in classrooms is a waste of time.” Photo: nataliewexler.com Schools need to be judicious about how technology is used in the classroom, particularly generative AI, a visiting...

CUPRA Tavascan: 8 ways it uses tech to make driving better

Sennheiser premium audio: every drive, a concert CUPRA has worked with Sennheiser, one of the most respected names in audio, to create a 12-speaker system tuned specifically for the car’s interior shape and materials (V2 upwards). The result is...

New AI technology helping with old hearing problem

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (WOIO) - The latest AI technology, according to Dr. Lauren Rollo-Juchno, AuD, gives her patients the clearest hearing yet. “AI, or Artificial Intelligence, has been around for quite a while,” explains the Beltone audiologist...

SiTime’s Precision MEMS Timing Technology Boosts Earnings In The AI Era

SiTime Clocks And Oscillators SiTime In the drive to build more powerful AI platforms and denser compute clusters with fast interconnects, one of the unsung, foundational technologies required is also becoming one of the most critical—precision...

Lesaka Technologies reports 90% increase in first quarter EBITDA

Lesaka Technologies’ consumer business delivered a standout performance in its first quarter with a 90% increase in segment adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) to R150 million, although the group...

RSU's Department of Technology and Justice Studies receives $132K grant

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Rogers State University's Department of Technology and Justice Studies was awarded a more than $132,000 grant. The grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC) will allow RSU to implement a series of interventions...

SkyWater Technology Stock Is On Fire Today: What's Fueling The Surge?

SkyWater Technology Inc (NASDAQ:SKYT) shares are gaining Thursday after the company posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and revenue, along with upbeat guidance for the fourth-quarter. What Happened: SkyWater Technology reported...

Wall Street loses ground under the weight of falling technology stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is losing ground Thursday as influential technology stocks fall and once again steer the broader market. The S&P 500 dropped 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 283 points, or 0.6%, as of 2:17 p.m. Eastern time....