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In Zimbabwe, rolling blackouts hobble mining goals

Apr 5, 2023
The country has an ambitious goal to reach $12 billion in mining exports in 2023, but industry leaders say they can't get ahead without reliable electricity.
Zimbabwe has the largest African lithium deposits, a mineral crucial to electric vehicle batteries.  Above, workers inspect an open cast lithium mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.
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Chrome extension turns word 'millennials' into 'snake people'

May 26, 2015
You can now save your eyes from the dreaded term "millennials."

Google Chrome gets browser title for a week

May 22, 2012
Google's Chrome topped Microsoft's Internet Explorer for seven days straight for the first time. The numbers mean less than Google's growing share of the market.

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Highlights of the web

Nov 14, 2011
Google just bought the search help software company, Apture. Besides a new crop of millionaires in Apture's engineering department, what does this mean...

The flop of Chromebook and the cloud vs. apps war

Nov 11, 2011
The Chromebook launched earlier this year and is reportedly a real dud. Chromebooks are designed to be pretty much portals to the internet and not...