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THURSDAY, 05 FEBRUARY 2026, 13:26

Science/Tech

Refurbished and IT supply chain resilience

Tuesday at 08:36 AM, via ITWeb

Refurbished technology gives companies control in a market where new supply is unpredictable and often out of reach, says Kwirirai Rukowo, managing executive at Qrent.

André de Ruyter’s new job is taking on Eskom

Tuesday at 07:06 AM, via MyBroadband

De Ruyter’s new role is in consulting for renewable energy projects and financing — a job which could see him helping private firms cut away at Eskom’s customer base.

Top 5 Altcoins to Buy to Survive the Bear Market: Digitap ($TAP) Leads the Pack

Tuesday at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

The crypto market is deep in bear territory, with sentiment pointing to further pullbacks. Crypto assets as a whole lack a clear catalyst to help stabilize plunging prices. In these conditions, investors need to avoid chasing hype. Instead, the best cryptos to buy are those with strong fundamentals, real usage, and tangible token value. Capital […]

Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

Tuesday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have more in common with cigarettes than with fruit or vegetables, and require far tighter regulation, according to a new report.

UPFs and cigarettes are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption, researchers from three US universities said, pointing to...

Why are women turning to testosterone? – podcast

Tuesday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Just like men, women are increasingly being told by online influencers that the classic symptoms of middle age could be down to low testosterone. In the second part of this miniseries exploring the hormone, Madeleine Finlay finds out what testosterone supplementation is doing for women. She hears from science journalist Linda Geddes, who is taking testosterone for low libido, and from prof...

SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion All-Stock Deal

Tuesday at 05:46 AM, via Slashdot

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion — a markup from the $800 billion it commanded in a December secondary stock sale — and priced xAI at $250 billion based on a recent $20 billion funding...

A Century of Hair Samples Proves Leaded Gas Ban Worked

Tuesday at 04:30 AM, via Slashdot

Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century’s worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drew on hair collected from Utah residents — some preserved in family...

Leica Camera’s Owners Weigh $1.2 Billion Sale of Controlling Stake

Tuesday at 02:01 AM, via Slashdot

The owners of Leica Camera AG — Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann and private equity giant Blackstone — are considering a sale of a controlling stake in the German camera maker in a deal that could value the company at about $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, and Altor Equity Partners are among a handful of...

Feds Skipping Infosec Industry’s Biggest Conference This Year

Tuesday at 00:33 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won’t attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register. Sessions involving speakers from the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) have also disappeared from the agenda. “Since the beginning of this administration, CISA has made significant progress in...

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