European innovation to be scaled to a global level
European innovation was dealt a helping hand last month when officials from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
AI on-demand: EU delivers fresh salvo of platform projects
In its role as a regulatory powerhouse, the European Union is taking a strict line on rules for artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, policy makers are clear that…
The teenager detecting Deepfakes faster
With little to amuse ourselves over the past year of a global pandemic deepfakes have in part filled the void, social media streams are full of the state of the…
Dance Technology: Blurring the Border between Digital and Physical Worlds
In the world of dancing, there had been only one medium to deliver their concept – the physical body. For centuries, any genre of dance performances had heavily relied on…
Frankie Health reinventing mental health support in the workplace
If there is one positive to be taken from our Covid experience it is that the stigma around mental health has been lifted and it is absolutely normal for us…
Bringing order to chaos: OPT/NET’s AI-as-a-Service
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an evolving, revolutionary technology. But while society eagerly explores its applications, many organisations remain unable to seize the promise. Lacking the necessary computing knowledge, they need…
Identity and Zero Trust
History of the zero-trust concept. Τhe concepts supporting zero trust are not new. First approach for the perimeter to an organisation’s IT systems was highlighted by the Jericho Forum in…
Vypno’s synthetic data: training artificial intelligence virtually
Despite its near mystical abilities, Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology grounded in one core tenet: feed the beast. Machine learning and deep learning algorithms are gluttons for data. And…
How to keep your remote workplace safe from cybersecurity threats
Unfortunately, COVID-19 is here to stay for a few more months in many countries. As more companies request their employees to work from home and avoid meeting other people, people…
AgriBORA: making Africa’s smallholders “visible, accessible, and bankable”
In the next 30 years, the African population is expected to double in size. This will bring the total number of inhabitants to around 2.4 billion people. To ensure food…