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This day in history: 21 January 2025: Louis XVI of France Is Guillotined (1793). Louis XVI was the king of France during the complex sociopolitical conflict that culminated in the French Revolution, but he was shy, dull, and corpulent and lacked the leadership skills necessary for the job. During the revolution, he was caught attempting to flee the Tuileries palace in disguise, and when proof of his counterrevolutionary actions emerged, he was tried for treason and beheaded.



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In the news

New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Film sets of the near future: Just as fake as the 'film' itself: If you want to understand the cataclysmic impact generative AI is about to have on the film industry, this one short video should make it very clear. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt: This week, our first place winner on the insightful side Stephen T. Posted on 19 January 2025.


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News (continued)

Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025: Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve. Posted on 02 January 2025.

Scientific Computing Training Series kicks off Feb. 5: Cornell's Scientific Computing Training Series starts February 5, featuring webinars on AI, getting started with GPUs, Python, HPC job optimization and data transfer, data science, and data analysis with R. Posted on 17 January 2025.

Trump signs executive order to pause US TikTok ban: President’s order says temporary pause would give ‘opportunity to determine appropriate course forward’Donald Trump inauguration – live updatesWhat executive orders did Trump sign on day one? Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending the sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, as mandated by a law passed in the US last year. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Weight-loss jabs linked to reduced risk of 42 conditions including dementia: Psychotic disorders also among conditions found less likely when people with diabetes took medications found in jabsPeople with diabetes taking medications found in weight-loss jabs have a reduced risk of 42 conditions, research has found, paving the way for such drugs being used to treat a host of health problems. Posted on 21 January 2025.

The best iPad keyboard cases of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed: We tested a handful of the best iPad keyboard cases from top brands like Apple, Logitech, and Zagg, so you can keep your device safe and functional. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Trump vows to leave Paris climate agreement and 'drill, baby, drill': The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms: The order follows TikTok going dark for about 14 hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting the service from operating in the U. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Annual carbon monoxide emissions measured from Europe's 21 largest steel plants: The Dutch TROPOMI space instrument creates daily global maps of carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Posted on 21 January 2025.

TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote: The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Trump's Day One Package Was Risk-Positive: 3-Minute MLIV: Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Kriti Gupta and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on . Posted on 21 January 2025.

The best iPad keyboard cases of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed: We tested a handful of the best iPad keyboard cases from top brands like Apple, Logitech, and Zagg, so you can keep your device safe and functional. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Do Chimps Who Pee Together Stay Together?: Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Life as we know it descended from a single cell. What do we know about LUCA?: Imagine the tree of life. Posted on 17 January 2025.

Chinese property developer Country Garden plans deal with creditors, as industry languishes: Chinese property developer Country Garden plans deal with creditors, as industry languishes HONG KONG (AP) — Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden expects to reach a deal with its creditors in February to restructure billions of dollars in debt, the company’s lawyer told a Hong Kong…. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Executive Order Delays TikTok Ban For 75 Days: President Donald Trump signed an executive order today delaying the TikTok ban for 75 days. Posted on 21 January 2025.

Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor: Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. Posted on 07 March 2023.

'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain: Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. Posted on 20 January 2025.


Some of the tech in my workday

Best programming language?

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.

The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.

w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.

While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.


Longer term weather forecast

Cape Town weather

  • Tue 21: sky is clear

    18 ° - 27 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 22: sky is clear

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