Queen’s University Belfast has officially commenced construction on the expanded Momentum One Zero innovation centre in the Titanic Quarter. A sod-cutting ceremony, attended by government, academic, and industry leaders, marks the next phase of growth for this premier digital innovation hub. The project is a central element of the £70 million Belfast Region City Deal…
While AI tools now assist with imaging interpretation, clinical documentation, risk prediction, and remote monitoring, healthcare delivery itself has not fundamentally changed. Instead, AI has been layered onto existing workflows, leaving fragmentation, inefficiency, and inequity largely intact. A new study published in the journal Bioengineering argues that this incremental approach is holding healthcare back at…
The author, SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay From boardrooms to back offices, South African companies are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. But as pressure builds to show tangible return on investment, business leaders are looking for practical, proven AI use cases they can deploy today, not three years from now. The good…
It’s that time of year again when we look ahead to what’s next in generative AI news. Things move fast, and predicting the future can feel a bit wild, especially with all the buzz around AI. But we’ve gathered some insights from experts and industry watchers to get a sense of where things are headed…
CIOs must transform IT, transition AI to customer experience opportunities, and double down on data governance and security — while foregoing AI experimentation that lacks short-term value potential.
For the food manufacturing industry, 2025 brought tariff pressures, major acquisitions and consumers’ increasing concerns over health and wellness. FOOD ENGINEERING expects to see those themes return in 2026, in addition to advances in artificial intelligence and sustainability. We outline our reasoning below. Tariffs At the start of 2025, anxiety around the form and impact…
Taiwan’s AI server supply chain delivered broad-based growth in 2025, fueled by surging generative AI and cloud data center spending, but the biggest gains clustered around two areas: system-level integration led by original design manufacturer (ODM)/electronics…
Raspberry Pi sent me a sample of their AI HAT+ 2 generative AI accelerator based on Hailo-10H for review. The 40 TOPS AI accelerator is advertised as being suitable for LLMs (Large Language Models) and VLM (Vision Language Models), while delivering about the same performance as the first-generation AI HAT+ (Hailo-8) for AI vision/computer vision…
We are just a couple of days away from the first major Xbox showcase of 2026, the Developer Direct. As with every year, you can expect deep dives into three upcoming titles, including two that are first-party games from Playground Games. If you’re looking to enjoy the reveals, this guide will cover everything, from the…
Abdulhamid Hamid Al-Kba biIn a strategic step reflecting a far-sighted vision, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed an official decree on January 6, 2026, in Astana, declaring 2026 the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence. This decision, which followed an initial announcement in his annual address, represents a qualitative leap in Kazakhstan’s journey toward building an…
