Fifteen More Cases Of Covid-19 ‘Kraken’ Subvariant Detected In South Africa – Almost 20 cases of XBB.1.5 – the Omicron subvariant that’s been described as the most transmissible to date – have now been identified in South Africa. [dailymaverick]

How We’ll Reduce And Then End Loadshedding – Cyril Ramaphosa calls on the country to pull together for the long and hard slog ahead. [politicsweb]

Youth Organisation Scored Big Time From Lottery Amendment For Which It Lobbied – Southern African Youth Movement picked up millions, thanks to the introduction of a new kind of funding. [groundup]

Japan PM Says Country On The Brink Over Falling Birth Rate – Japan’s prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate. [bbc]

Eat, Drink And Run: Man Slapped With Fraud Charge After Trying To Dodge Nearly R10K Bill At Durban Restaurant – Police have arrested a man who allegedly fled after he and his friends racked up an almost R10 000 bill at Durban’s popular beachfront restaurant, California Dreaming. [iol]

The Rotation Of Earth’s Inner Core Might Be Reversing – It could affect our magnetic field, rotation, and even climate. [dailybeast]

Twitter Accused Of Being Behind On Rent Once Again – And This Time, It Involves King Charles – This isn’t the first time that Twitter has gotten into trouble for being behind on rent. A lawsuit was filed by the landlord of its San Francisco headquarters earlier this month, too. [sky]

China Can Use People’s Fridges And Laptops To Spy On Them, UK Warned – Microchips embedded in routine appliances pose a ‘Trojan horse’ threat to national security, Government told. [telegraph]

Who Owns The Moon’s Precious Water? – Welcome to the 21st century space race. [mashable]

Vodacom’s Big Uncapped Lie – Vodacom is promoting capped broadband services as uncapped, arguing that it is acceptable because most users don’t reach their cap. [mybroadband]

7 Dead After Shootings At Two California Farms, Suspect In Custody – Seven people were killed in shootings at a farm and another business in California’s Half Moon Bay Monday. [nypost]

Chinese Zodiac Fortune Predictions: What’s In store For The Year Of The Rabbit? – Say goodbye to the Tiger; it’s time to hop into the Year of the Rabbit. [cnn]

Elon Musk Gets Serious About 420 At Securities Fraud Trial – Musk spent most of today’s testimony doing what no one really should have to do: defend old tweets. [verge]

 

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