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businessinsider.com - Shefali Kapadia - Retailers use AI to curb return fraud and improve logistics
Retailers use AI to curb return fraud and improve logistics
Business Insider

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…

itweb.co.za - Sibahle Malinga - Takealot bets big on standalone logistics business
Takealot bets big on standalone logistics business
www.itweb.co.za

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…

wwd.com - Glenn Taylor - FedEx Offloads Contract Logistics Unit in $1.4 Billion CMA CGM Deal
FedEx Offloads Contract Logistics Unit in $1.4 Billion CMA CGM Deal
WWD

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…

chron.com - MAE ANDERSON - French shipping company CMA CGM Group to buy FedEx' logistics arm for $1.4B
French shipping company CMA CGM Group to buy FedEx' logistics arm for $1.4B
Chron

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…

straitstimes.com - Clement Yong - Eythos expands art logistics operations to Singapore in 2027
Eythos expands art logistics operations to Singapore in 2027
The Straits Times

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…

dev.to - Abhijeet Pratap Singh - Logistic Regression (Supervised Family)
Logistic Regression (Supervised Family)
DEV Community

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…

dev.to - Rikin Patel - Human-Aligned Decision Transformers for wildfire evacuation logistics networks for low-power autonomous deployments
Human-Aligned Decision Transformers for wildfire evacuation logistics networks for low-power autonomous deployments
DEV Community

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…

theguardian.com - Josh Taylor - Rapid demand for AI datacentres in Australia could stoke inflation, experts warn - and crowd out land for housing
Rapid demand for AI datacentres in Australia could stoke inflation, experts warn - and crowd out land for housing
The Guardian

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…

forbes.com - Sam Rastogi - Industrializing Enterprise AI: Building The Push-Button AI Factory For The Agentic Era
Industrializing Enterprise AI: Building The Push-Button AI Factory For The Agentic Era
Forbes

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…

blog.google - Keyword Team - The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
The Keyword

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…

wwd.com - Glenn Taylor - US, Iran Leave Qatar Talks With Hormuz Future Still Unclear
US, Iran Leave Qatar Talks With Hormuz Future Still Unclear
WWD

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…

iol.co.za - Edward West - Vehicle market defies economic odds with record sales in June
Vehicle market defies economic odds with record sales in June
IOL

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…

forbes.com - Wesley Alexander Hill - Ethiopia: From China's Star Pupil To Africa's Free Agent
Ethiopia: From China's Star Pupil To Africa's Free Agent
Forbes

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…

wwd.com - Glenn Taylor - USMCA Review Reinforces New Reality for US-Mexico Supply Chains
USMCA Review Reinforces New Reality for US-Mexico Supply Chains
WWD

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…

forbes.com - Mariam Sorond - The 5G Killer Apps Weren't As Glamorous As We Expected
The 5G Killer Apps Weren't As Glamorous As We Expected
Forbes

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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