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Retailers use AI to curb return fraud and improve logistics
It's not uncommon for a consumer to order the same shirt in three sizes, then return the two that don't fit. But what happens when the consumer swaps the labels and returns different shirts, or buys a dress for an event, wears it once with the tag…
Takealot bets big on standalone logistics business
The long-term goal for Takealot Fulfilment Solutions is to eventually take on the sector's big and established logistics players. (Picture: Naspers) South Africa's largest e-commerce retailer is looking beyond online shopping for its next growth…
FedEx Offloads Contract Logistics Unit in $1.4 Billion CMA CGM Deal
FedEx is divesting its third-party logistics (3PL) segment to ocean carrier giant CMA CGM for $1.4 billion. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company will sell its supply chain services subsidiary, FedEx Supply Chain, to the French container shipping firm…
French shipping company CMA CGM Group to buy FedEx' logistics arm for $1.4B
NEW YORK (AP) — French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the…
Eythos expands art logistics operations to Singapore in 2027
SINGAPORE – Hong Kong art logistics company Eythos is opening a 22,000 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft space in Singapore come January 2027, in a positive sign of the growth of the Republic's art scene in recent years. Eythos founder and chief…
Logistic Regression (Supervised Family)
Logistic Regression is used when the outcome is a category rather than a number. Most commonly, it's used for binary classification, where the answer is either Yes or No, True or False, or 1 or 0. Typical business problems include: Will a customer…
Human-Aligned Decision Transformers for wildfire evacuation logistics networks for low-power autonomous deployments
I still remember the moment I realized classical reinforcement learning (RL) was insufficient for real-world wildfire evacuation logistics. It was during a late-night debugging session in 2023, after my team's drone swarms kept making suboptimal…
Rapid demand for AI datacentres in Australia could stoke inflation, experts warn - and crowd out land for housing
Transport for NSW and the Reserve Bank have warned datacentres could take scarce land from logistics firms and housing developments, pushing up prices and overheating the economy, as calls grow for a national pause on the booming sector. The rapid…
Industrializing Enterprise AI: Building The Push-Button AI Factory For The Agentic Era
The enterprise AI landscape has passed a critical tipping point. Localized experimentation is over; intelligent systems must now drive measurable business value. This leaves CIOs facing a high-stakes balancing act: managing architectural…
The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to article [[duration]] minutes For more than 20 years, we've invested in machine learning and AI research, tools and infrastructure to build products that make everyday life better for more…
US, Iran Leave Qatar Talks With Hormuz Future Still Unclear
The Strait of Hormuz remains a centerpiece to ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end their four-month war, but two days of talks between the parties in Qatar concluded Wednesday with no sign of resolution for the future of the…
Vehicle market defies economic odds with record sales in June
According to the Automotive Business Council (Naamsa), the persistence of the domestic vehicle market amidst challenging macroeconomic conditions can be attributed to a combination of factors, including essential transport needs, replacement demand…
Ethiopia: From China's Star Pupil To Africa's Free Agent
The African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was constructed at great expense with Chinese labor by Chinese firms. It is a telling showcase of Chinese influence and prestige in Ethiopia and Africa as a whole. Bellwethers for investment…
USMCA Review Reinforces New Reality for US-Mexico Supply Chains
As the United States, Mexico and Canada begin a formal review of the U.S.- Mexico -Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Wednesday, many shippers have already accepted a new reality: moving goods between the U.S. and Mexico will increasingly depend less on…
The 5G Killer Apps Weren't As Glamorous As We Expected
Mariam Sorond is NextNav Board Chair and CEO, focused on solving a national security challenge. For the better part of a decade, the wireless industry has wrestled with a question it can never quite answer: Is there anything 5G can't do?
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