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Major EU states condemn Trump tariff threats, consider retaliation

Today at 21:20 PM, via Daily Maverick

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Major European Union states including Germany and France decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland as blackmail on Sunday, as France proposed responding with a range of untested economic countermeasures.

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AI Engineer Builds Tools to Help Hospitals Cut Avoidable Readmissions

Today at 21:25 PM, via iAfrica

As artificial intelligence increasingly influences decision-making in health care, its impact depends on how well it supports clinicians on the front lines. Sylvester Tafirenyika, an AI and machine-learning engineer, is focused on building tools designed to improve health care outcomes and reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. He has authored more than 28 peer-reviewed research papers, many […]

Business

Bad news for South African passport holders

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South African passport holders are facing a tougher global travel environment in 2026, with reduced visa-free access and growing barriers when applying for visas to some of the world’s most popular destinations.

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

Today at 19:58 PM, via The Guardian

Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up

It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this means that we can generally trust its results – but up close, correction can be a messy process. The Guardian reported last week that 20 recent studies measuring the amount of micro- and nanoplastics in the human...

Science/Tech

Astronomers Finally Explain How Molecules From Earth’s Atmosphere Keep Winding Up On the Moon

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study [published in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment last month]. The research sheds new light on a puzzle that has endured for over half a century...

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Acer Sues Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Alleging Infringment on Acer’s Cellular Networking Patents

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Acer has filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, taking the unusual step of hauling the nation’s largest wireless carriers into federal court. The suits, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, claim the companies are using Acer-developed cellular networking technology without paying for the privilege. Acer says...

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China Builds ‘Hypergravity’ Machine 2,000X Stronger Than Earth

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this report from Futurism:China has unveiled an extremely powerful “hypergravity machine” that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth’s regular gravity. The futuristic-looking machine, called CHIEF1900, was constructed at China’s Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) at Zheijang University...