South Africa’s smoking crackdown: South Africa aims to tighten tobacco laws on everything from e-cigarettes to hookah pipes. – MyBroadband
Nvidia “unlaunches” RTX 4080 12GB graphics card: The scrapped launch comes after Nvidia was accused of disguising what should be the RTX 4070 as an RTX 4080. – MyBroadband
Eskom signs leasing deals for 2,000MW of private renewable projects: The four companies — HDF Energy SA, Red Rocket SA, Sola Group and Mainstream Renewable Power Developments SA — are expected to be connected to the national grid within 24 to 36 months. – MyBroadband
South Africa’s electricity mess in two charts: More generating units at Eskom power plants are breaking down more frequently, and the power utility appears unable to reverse the trend. – MyBroadband
Tesla shares have dropped 50% since all-time high: The plunge comes amid a wider meltdown in the markets, as the spectre of an economic slowdown rattles investors already bracing for the impact of rising inflation and higher interest rates. – MyBroadband
Nikola founder guilty of defrauding investors: Prosecutors argued that Milton enticed retail investors to buy Nikola shares by making false statements about the company’s products and capabilities in numerous tweets, media interviews and podcasts, sharply exaggerating Nikola’s capacity to manufacture trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells as well as its ability to produce the fuel itself. – MyBroadband
Elon Musk’s tweets are a headache for US diplomacy: While Musk is hardly the first American business executive or celebrity to get tangled up in foreign policy, his wealth and penchant for mischief — not to mention his multibillion-dollar defence contracts — make him harder to ignore. – MyBroadband
South Africa’s Internet speeds and prices vs the world: Surfshark’s 2022 Digital Quality of Life Index purports to show how South Africa’s Internet quality, speeds, and prices compare with 116 other countries. – MyBroadband
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