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No punishment for Kenworthy’s graphic ICE message

Today at 19:42 PM, via BBC News

Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy will not be punished after appearing to urinate a graphic message about the United States’ immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) in the snow, then posting a photograph of it online.

South Africa

Breakthrough in Foot and Mouth Disease fight 

Today at 17:15 PM, via SAnews

Breakthrough in Foot and Mouth Disease fight 

South Africa’s fight against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has received a boost with the first batch of locally produced vaccines in over 20 years set to reach farmers soon.This as the country has resumed local FMD vaccine production.“This milestone signals a shift from reactionary disease chasing to a proactive, science led war on...

Politics

News24 | Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa rival Blessed Geza dies of cancer

Today at 17:42 PM, via News24

The outspoken, controversial Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Runesu “Bombshell” Geza, 73, at the centre of a movement calling for the removal of president Emmerson Mnangagwa, died in the early hours of Friday at a Johannesburg hospital.

Science/Tech

Big Tech’s $1.1 Trillion Cloud Computing Backlog

Today at 19:50 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations) — signed contracts for cloud computing services that can’t yet be filled and haven’t yet hit the books. Collectively, the big three cloud providers reported a $1.1 trillion backlog of revenue.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Science/Tech

KPMG Pressed Its Auditor To Pass on AI Cost Savings

Today at 18:31 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: KPMG, one of the world’s largest auditors of public and private companies, negotiated lower fees from its own accountant by arguing that AI will make it cheaper to do the work, according to people familiar with the matter. The Big Four firm told its auditor, Grant Thornton UK, it should pass on cost savings from the rollout of AI and threatened to find a new...

Health

Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots

Today at 17:00 PM, via New York Times

One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.