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ANALYSIS: Does SA have a place in Mark Carney’s proposed middle power world?

Today at 22:06 PM, via Daily Maverick

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the world should stop appeasing Donald Trump. The South African government has railed against the post-war international order, but could the country have a role in a new order of middle powers?

Science/Tech

Ozempic is Reshaping the Fast Food Industry

Today at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

New research from Cornell University has tracked how households change their spending after someone starts taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, and the numbers are material enough to explain why food industry earnings calls keep blaming everything except the obvious culprit. The study analyzed transaction data from 150,000 households linked to survey responses on medication...

Science/Tech

Half of World’s CO2 Emissions Come From Just 32 Fossil Fuel Firms, Study Shows

Today at 22:45 PM, via Slashdot

Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier, a report has revealed. The Guardian: Saudi Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter and ExxonMobil was the largest investor-owned polluter. Critics accused the leading fossil fuel companies of “sabotaging climate action” and “being...

Science/Tech

Adobe Acrobat Now Lets You Edit Files Using Prompts, Generate Podcast Summaries

Today at 22:01 PM, via Slashdot

Adobe has added a suite of AI-powered features to Acrobat that enable users to edit documents through natural language prompts, generate podcast-style audio summaries of their files, and create presentations by pulling content from multiple documents stored in a single workspace. The prompt-based editing supports 12 distinct actions: removing pages, text, comments, and images; finding and...

Health

Could your frying pan be toxic?

Today at 12:31 PM, via BBC News

Scientist Mark Miodownik explores the potential impact of ‘forever chemicals’ present in some cookware. Made in partnership with the Royal Society.