Category: africa

DeepMind uses AI to track Serengeti wildlife with photos

Post author By Randall
Post date August 8, 2019
Categories In africa, Ai, alphabet, Artificial Intelligence, computer vision, conservation, deepmind, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Google, machine learning, poaching, Robots, serengeti, tanzania, Tech, Wildlife

[ad_1] The technology should also be viable in the wild. DeepMind is developing a pre-trained version of its AI model that would need only “modest” hardware and little internet connectivity — important when a powerful computer and fast internet access could be disruptive to wildlife and expensive to deploy. The team hopes to validate its […]

Google’s next undersea internet cable will link Africa and Europe

Post author By Randall
Post date June 28, 2019
Categories In africa, europe, gear, Google, Internet, nigeria, portugal, south africa, southafrica, subsea cable, subseacable, Tech, tomorrow, undersea cable, underseacable

[ad_1] The Portugal-South Africa portion of the Equiano cable should be up and running in 2021. It’s named after writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, who was born in Nigeria — a likely port of call for an extension of the cable. Google says it has invested $47 billion over the last three years to bolster […]