Our mobile phones are becoming smarter with every passing moment and carving out a niche for themselves as the most popular computing devices on the planet. Android is the new religion and everyone is converting if they’re not yet hooked. But like all things, challenges are always there. One of…
A while ago, I wrote an article announcing the partnership between Decode and Campus Radio Kenya. This partnership saw the birth of the #GeekTalk With Kanataki radio show. The talk show is hosted by Kanataki (me :lol:) together with my colleagues at decode and at campus radio. Frankly speaking, I…
The rules of the game have changed since we became a global village. We anointed a new playground which is the World Wide Web. Here you can be whatever you want to be, you can express yourself and build anything you dream of. There is one problem though, how do…
Sandra Musujusu’s research focuses on a type of breast cancer that commonly affects black women. An African University of Science and Technology, Abuja student is making groundbreaking discoveries in the way cancer is treated. Sandra Musujusu is developing an alternative treatment for a subtype of breast cancer commonly found in…
Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built into a transportation colossus after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company. Mr Kalanick’s exit came under pressure after hours…
The NHS has been left reeling after a ransomware cyber attack led to patients being turned away and emergency services being re-routed. A statement from the NHS pointed to a particular virus called Wanna Decryptor. “The investigation is at an early stage but we believe the malware variant is Wanna…
The Smart Palm, as the devise is called, is hi-tech version of the date palm tree and is being ‘planted’ by advertising company, D-Idea Media. The “trees” soak up the sun during the day, then store solar energy that is discharged in the evening.On each solar powered palm tree, there are…
Of late, bots have become a very common part of our daily lives. Actually, they remind me of the WIFI signal back in the day when WIFI was just becoming the new popular kid in town. To be frank, bots are kind of being overused and that makes them seem…
To become a doctor, I had to burn the midnight oil and master many medical tomes for over 8 years. Even after being an IVF specialist for over 25 years, I am still acutely aware of how little doctors understand about the reproductive system. While ART ( assisted reproductive technology) has…
Mention AI and what comes to mind are images from your favourite Sci-Fi movie which has a super smart computer that behaves like a human. We all have our own notions of how AI is. The question is, “Just how much like a human can a machine be?” My definition…