Deep learning improves earthquake forecasting

Deep learning improves earthquake forecasting

A research team is aiming to shake up the status quo for earthquake models. Researchers from the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and the Technical University of Munich have released a paper describing a new model that delivers deep learning to...
AI helps to tip the balance in fighting wildfires

AI helps to tip the balance in fighting wildfires

California has a new weapon against the wildfires that have annually devastated the state – artificial intelligence (AI) – with a new system powered by Nvidia GPUs to provide timely alerts to first responders across the Golden State every time a blaze...
SA demand for managed services is on the up

SA demand for managed services is on the up

A global study commissioned by Cisco and conducted by Canalys shows that South Africa’s IT channel partners increased managed services revenue in 2022 with a YoY growth rate of 17,7%, delivering services valued at $1,2-billion (R22,93-billion). The Shift to...
Mounting challenges in the battle against financial crime

Mounting challenges in the battle against financial crime

South Africa is grappling with a formidable array of financial and banking crimes spanning contact crimes, digital offenses, application fraud, and card fraud – criminal activities that cast a very long shadow over the nation’s economy, society, and...
Mixed messages as CEOs express confidence and doubts

Mixed messages as CEOs express confidence and doubts

More than half (55%) of CEOs harbour doubts about the potential benefits of South Africa’s association with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). This is one of the findings of this quarter’s Merchantec CEO Confidence Index (MCCI), which...
Watch a supernova bubble expand in a Hubble time-lapse movie

Watch a supernova bubble expand in a Hubble time-lapse movie

A doomed star exploded some 20 000 years ago, but its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds – and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has caught the action. The nebula, called the Cygnus Loop, forms a bubble-like shape that is about 120...