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Google hails 'key milestone' in quantum computing
Google hails 'key milestone' in quantum computing
by  AFP

Google scientists said Wednesday they have passed a major milestone in their quest to develop effective quantum computing, with a new study showing they reduced the rate of errors -- long an obstacle for the much-hyped technology.

Energy-starved S.Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power
Energy-starved S.Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power
by  AFP

South Africa unveiled Wednesday new tax incentives to encourage investment in the production of clean power to help the country battle an energy crisis that has sparked worsening blackouts. The continent's most industrialised country has been labouring under a devastating energy shortfall for months, largely due to under-investment in power utility Eskom's ageing and poorly maintained plants.

Kenya launches probe into sex abuse claims at UK tea firms
Kenya launches probe into sex abuse claims at UK tea firms
by  AFP

Kenyan prosecutors on Wednesday said they will investigate accusations of sexual abuse on tea estates that supply some of Britain's most popular brands. More than 70 women working in the plantations in Kenya's Rift Valley told an undercover investigation by the BBC that they had been sexually abused by their supervisors for years.

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