The decreasing performance of the existing Eskom plants is evident in the steady decline of the energy availability factor. On average, 35% of Eskom’s power plants are standing idle at any particular time.
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Scientists are thinking about whether the international definition of the second could be redefined to make it more precise.
The errant container ship that blocked the Suez canal this week has cut off a route that handles more than 10% of international trade. It’s a reminder that even an advanced civilisation like ours has points of acute vulnerability.
He may not be the leader of the free world, but Pat Gelsinger has just put himself at the helm of the Great American Revival amid a technology cold war that the US is paranoid it will lose.
The online meetings designed to get things done could be the very things harming our productivity. And there’s evidence that using audio only might be more productive than an overload of screen meetings.
Volkswagen’s boss, Herbert Diess, is realistic about the threat posed by software-savvy and richly valued rivals such as Tesla, but he’s adamant that VW can prevail. On current form, he may be right.
For centuries, money issued by governments has served as the lifeblood of the global economy. But in our digital age, it’s facing a bizarre, postmodern sort of competition.
Facebook and Google are spending billions trying to get more people online in Africa, but the Internet giants are facing a backlash from governments worried about technology being used to remove them from power.
The Biden administration will soon have to settle a bitcoin fight it didn’t even start, and its decision could have far-reaching implications for the cryptocurrency industry.
Google and Facebook make a lot of noise about how their main services are free to use. And it’s true, they are. But what they don’t highlight is their role in making almost everything else we consume online more expensive.