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CAPACITY CLASH: Renewable energy boom meets bottleneck as grid space becomes the real battleground

Today at 18:11 PM, via Daily Maverick

A high court dispute between Mulilo and Eskom highlights intensifying competition for scarce grid capacity in South Africa’s renewable energy sector, after 240 MW of previously allocated access was reassigned to rival projects. The case underscores how transmission constraints, regulatory uncertainty and allocation decisions are emerging as critical — and increasingly contested — factors...

South Africa

Government reassures South Africans of reliable water access

Today at 15:17 PM, via SAnews

Government reassures South Africans of reliable water access

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has reaffirmed government’s commitment to ensuring access to sufficient, safe and reliable water, as parts of the country continue to grapple with supply challenges.“We have come up with several resolutions that will assist provinces and municipalities and all water authorities to be...

Education

Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected

Few debates from the last few years have been more contentious than whether criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic, threatens Jewish people or violates their civil rights. Allegations of antisemitism have cost people jobs, provided pretexts for censorship and fueled an...

Science/Tech

Walmart Wins Patents To Give Algorithms More Sway Over Prices

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Walmart has secured patents for systems that use machine learning to forecast demand and automate pricing decisions, “pushing the U.S. retail behemoth into a debate over the use of algorithms to adjust product costs,” reports the Financial Times. From the report: In January Walmart obtained a U.S. patent for a “system and method for dynamically and automatically updating item prices” to carry...

Science/Tech

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Today at 17:25 PM, via New York Times

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

Science/Tech

Microsoft Considers Legal Action Over $50 Billion Amazon-OpenAI Cloud Deal

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Microsoft is considering legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several agreements, including one that makes Amazon Web Services the exclusive third-party...

Health

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada

Today at 06:00 AM, via New York Times

In India, China and several other nations, Novo Nordisk is on the verge of losing patent protection for its blockbuster weight loss drug, opening the door for cheaper competing versions.