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With outdoor performance brands having to focus more on sustainability, because of regulatory and market requirements, brands have been looking to use more natural fibres as materials, alone and in combination with artificial inputs.

Designers have been assessing a wider range of natural fibres as a result, with alpaca and yak, for instance, joining the well-established merino as an outdoor wool fibre resource. …

Consumer appreciation of how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve their fashion shopping experiences is a key driver of the global apparel industry’s enthusiastic adoption of the technology, along with its ability to enhance design capabilities and boost operational efficiency.

Some brands have even harnessed AI’s ability to bring consumers into the fashion design process, integrating two of these AI deliverables.…

The clothing and textile sector is facing an onrush of detailed legislation and guidance from regulators worldwide focused on artificial intelligence (AI), which will shape how businesses adopt and use this powerful new technology. As is often the case in comprehensive regulation, the European Union (EU) has been a leader in approving legislation on AI, as the global clothing and textile industry increasingly explores and delivers ways to integrate AI into its businesses.…

New AML technology will in future use the latest artificial intelligence (AI) as innovations are developed to handle tasks such as tracing the financial networks of criminals, spotting trade-based money laundering and detecting deep-faked biometrics. Financial institutions and other obliged entity AML teams were early adopters of IT systems, including machine learning, to automate the assessment of customer and transaction data.…

There is no shortage of new technology and research on indicators of deception, particularly the use of artificial intelligence (AI) verify truth. Researchers and law enforcement agents however urge caution when using AI to monitor accuracy, in part due to a lack of independent studies on the technology’s efficacy.…

The Tunisian textile and garment industry launched a Tunisian Textile Green Transition (TTGT) project in April (2024) to become more innovative, smart, and ecological, and meet international sustainability requirements (1).

This initiative aims to recycle 90% of wastewater released by the industry, reduce companies’ carbon footprints by 30%, use 100% renewable electricity, reduce cut textile solid waste by 50% and certify 100 textile companies to meet International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) environmental and energy management standards by 2030, according to the Tunisian Federation for Textiles and Garments (Fédération Tunisienne du Textile et de l’Habillement – FTTH).…

Despite lie detecting machines being used for more than 100 years, and widely disparaged by many fraud investigators, recent technologies being touted as enabling users to uncover falsehood continue to be developed.

The polygraph was first tested in court in a Washington DC case in 1925.…

Zambia’s annual tobacco production is expected to drop by 10% to 42.3 million kg in 2024 from an annual peak production of 47 million kg produced last year (2023), according to Phil Daka, chairperson at the Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ).…

Paint sales in South Africa remain muted after a post-pandemic boom, with low economic growth, high inflation and political uncertainty in the lead up to this May’s competitive national elections impacting consumer demand, although there is hope for a post-poll boost in purchases.…

Bio-based oils and fats producers have an increasing business opportunity to supply feedstock to a booming bioplastics industry. While governments are proactively encouraging biodegradable bioplastics, following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) policy of reducing standard plastics pollution (1), this green industry is still nascent.…