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UK Regulator Targets Data-Center Land-Grab On The Power Grid
UK Regulator Targets Data-Center Land-Grab On The Power Grid
Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,
Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, on Wednesday launched a consultation on a proposed commitment fee for data center projects as part of broad reforms to ensure network capacity is used for projects that are ready and able to connect.
The proposal includes a new Data Centre Commitment Fee, which would be paid by large data center developments when accepting a connection offer, Ofgem said in a statement.
The fee would be refunded when the project reaches grid connection status and forfeited...
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Federal Court Rules For Woman Fired For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
Federal Court Rules For Woman Fired For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
Kaiser Permanente wrongly fired an employee who declined to receive a COVID-19 vaccine because she gave proper notice to the company of her religious objection to COVID-19 vaccination, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A COVID-19 vaccination in Illinois on Sept. 9, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Mimi Weiss, who worked for Kaiser Permanente's The Permanente Medical Group for 20 years before being fired, "plausibly alleged that she provided notice of her religious conflict with the...
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Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices
Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices
Authored by Dr R P via The Daily Sceptic,
Never mind Fancy Bear, or the NSO Group, the biggest threat to the open internet today is from the Big Tech corporations on which it has come to depend. For what else are we to conclude given that Google appears to be working on a system to lock large parts of the internet behind a new form of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell...
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Canada Taunts Beijing With Frigate's Taiwan Strait Transit Despite Carney's China Reset
Canada Taunts Beijing With Frigate's Taiwan Strait Transit Despite Carney's China Reset
Just days before a high-stakes meeting of Canadian officials with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ottawa, a Canadian frigate defied Beijing’s explicit warnings and sailed directly through the Taiwan Strait.
The Halifax-class frigate HMCS Charlottetown pulled off the transit in a rare solo run, without American or other accompanying vessels, bypassing the usual joint patrols with allied nations.
via Royal Canadian Navy
According to a delayed statement from Canada's Department of National Defense spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin: "On May 22,...
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