AI helps SA scientists to improve pollen forecasts

AI helps SA scientists to improve pollen forecasts

Artificial Iintelligence (AI) is being used by South African scientists to detect and classify pollen spores in real time, which may improve forecasting of bioaerosols that trigger respiratory illnesses like allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and asthma. Prof Jonny Peter,...
Another decline for worldwide PC shipments

Another decline for worldwide PC shipments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64,3-million units in the third quarter of 2023, a 9% decrease from the third quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner. While the third quarter’s results mark the eighth consecutive quarter of decline for the...
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...