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SRD Grant Increase Is “Simply Unaffordable” Says Treasury

Today at 08:15 AM, via Tech Financials

Treasury, SASSA and the Department of Social Development are appealing a high court ruling that found several SRD grant regulations unconstitutional. These include the grant’s R370-a-month value, the income threshold and the online-only application system. Treasury says increasing the grant or expanding eligibility would be unaffordable, with cost estimates ranging from R70.6-billion to...

Starwatch: Moon occultation will ‘wink out’ Pleiades star cluster

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Seven sisters constellation’s brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hour

On the night of 27 January, the moon passes in front of the Pleiades star cluster, temporarily hiding (occulting) some of its brightest members from view.

The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, lie about 440 light years away in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. They are one of the most...

Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water

Today at 07:44 AM, via Slashdot

California-based Karman Industries “says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket engine technology to rein in the environmental impact of data centers,” reports the Los Angeles Times, “chilling them with less space, less power and no water.”Karman has developed a cooling system similar to the heat pumps in the average home, except its pumps use liquid carbon dioxide as...

Crypto Investors Are Turning Away From Price Predictions Toward Structured Participation Models

Today at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

As Bitcoin and XRP continue to trade within narrow ranges, a growing number of crypto investors are stepping back from price predictions altogether. Rather than attempting to time breakouts or react to short-term volatility, many are reassessing how digital assets can be deployed more effectively during extended consolidation periods. The focus is shifting from where […]

Spider monkeys found to share ‘insider knowledge’ to help locate best food

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruit

Spider monkeys share tips about where to find food by changing their social groups in a “clever system for sharing insider knowledge”, research has shown.

They were observed to frequently switch subgroups of three or more individuals in a way that enabled them to share information...

Eskom and the Netherlands launch Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre in Mpumalanga

Today at 06:33 AM, via Tech Financials

Eskom and the Government of the Netherlands and key provincial partners will officially launch the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at Grootvlei Power Station in Mpumalanga. The Centre is a pilot initiative under Eskom’s Just Energy Transition (JET) Programme and marks an important step in linking South Africa’s energy transition […]

New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet ‘Open Slate’ Announced by Brax Technologies

Today at 06:24 AM, via Slashdot

Brax Technologies just announced “a privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets” called open_slate that can double as a consumer tablet and a Linux-capable workstation on ARM. Earlier Brax Technologies built the privacy-focused smartphone BraX3, which co-founder Plamen Todorov says proved “a privacy-focused mobile device could be designed, crowdfunded, manufactured, and delivered outside...

KDE’s ‘Plasma Login Manager’ Stops Supporting FreeBSD – Because Systemd

Today at 04:04 AM, via Slashdot

KDE’s “Plasma Login Manager” is apparently dropping support for FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, reports the blog It’s FOSS. They cite a recently-accepted merge request from a KDE engineer to drop the code supporting FreeBSD, since the login manager relies on systemd/logind:systemd and logind look like hard dependencies of the login manager, which means the software is built to work...

Washington State May Mandate ‘Firearm Blueprint Detection Algorithms’ For 3D Printers

Today at 03:04 AM, via Slashdot

Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone ) writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-based “firearms blueprint detection algorithms.” In practice, this means scanning every print file, comparing it against a government-maintained...

Google Discover Replaces News Headlines With Sometimes Inaccurate AI-Generated Alternatives

Today at 02:04 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge:In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed [which appears on the leftmost homescreen page of many Android phones and the Google app’s homepage]. Google appeared to be backing away from the experiment, but now tells The...

Gasoline Out of Thin Air? It’s a Reality!

Yesterday at 23:56 PM, via Slashdot

Can Aircela’s machine “create gasoline using little more than electricity and the air that we breathe”? Jalopnik reports…The Aircela machine works through a three-step process. It captures carbon dioxide directly from the air… The machine also traps water vapor, and uses electrolysis to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen… The oxygen is released, leaving hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the...

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