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Amazon Employees Sign Open Letter To CEO, Flag Key Issue Over AI Rollout
The employees said that Amazon says it wants to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, but its emissions have actually grown by 35 per cent since 2019.
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Scientists Propose Space-Based Carbon-Neutral Data Centres for Sustainable Computing
Scientists at NTU Singapore propose carbon-neutral data centers in low Earth orbit powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space. The concept could help meet rising AI demands while reducing land use and emissions, offering a sustainable alternative for the global computing industry.
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Why Microsoft Has Inked A Deal To Buy 4.9 Million Tons Of Human Waste
Tech giant Microsoft has inked a $1.7 billion deal with US startup Vaulted Deep to purchase 4.9 million metric tons of organic waste, including human waste, for 12 years, starting from 2026.
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Trump's AI Plan Calls For Massive Data Centers, May Affect Energy In US
President Donald Trump's plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the US could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation's ability to power it.
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Is Our Black Hole Defying Physics? New AI Study Challenges Theories
The AI also provided insights into the black hole's emission source and magnetic field behavior.
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'Terrible' AI Has Given Tech An Existential Headache: Activist
"Then the moment they got an opportunity, with AI, to increase shareholder returns... every single one of them slammed the red button," climate activist Sage Lenier said.
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IMF Says Crypto Industry's Carbon Footprint Rising; Officials Mull Tax Surge to Curb Emissions
IMF officials have raised concerns about the crypto sector's carbon emissions and are considering whether a tax increase on crypto mining could help reduce its carbon footprint. In a blog post, the officials suggested that an 85 percent tax hike on power usage by crypto miners could potentially cut the sector's annual emissions by an estimated 100 ...
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Google’s Project Green Light Leverages AI to Tackle Traffic Congestion and Reduce Emissions
Google Research is running a project that aims to mitigate the time one spends at the traffic light, especially at city intersections. The initiative, dubbed ‘Project Green Light’, is said to harness traffic engineering, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the flow of traffic, tackle congestion and reduce fuel consumption – ...
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Google Greenhouse Gas Emissions Grow To Meet Energy Demands To Power AI
Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers data centers needed to support artificial intelligence, the company said.
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Redmi K70 Pro Teased to Debut With 2K Resolution Display With Up to 4,000 Nits Peak Brightness
Redmi K70 Pro is confirmed to feature a Huaxing C8 OLED display that offers 2K resolution. The screen is rated to deliver 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. The generative AI features of the handset are claimed to reduce the screen's blue light emission by 5 percent. It was also recently confirmed to run on Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
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Generative AI, Flexible Batteries, Metaverse for Mental Health, More on WEF’s List of Emerging Technologies of 2023
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with Frontiers, has released a report on the top 10 emerging technologies of 2023. Wearable plant sensors, metaverse for mental health, spatial omics, flexible neural electronics, sustainable computing and AI-facilitated healthcare are among the technologies poised to have the most positive impact on ...
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Earth On Track To Cross 1.5 Degree Celsius In Next Decade: Study Predicts Using AI
The world will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years, even if emissions decline.
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AI Can Make Traffic Signals Less Chaotic, Roads More Organised for Motorists in Future, Say MIT Researchers
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have tried to find ways to ensure that motorists don't have to wait at a traffic intersection for the signal to change its colour. They have devised a method through which vehicles can reach the signal precisely at a time when it is green using consistency by an autonomous vehicle that ...
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Google Says It’s Tweaking Apps to Let Users Factor Climate Change Into Daily Routines
Google said it is tweaking widely used tools for getting around, shopping, and more to let users factor climate change into daily routines.
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AI, IoT Will Add New Dimension In Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Research: Jamia VC
The Jamia VC said academic researchers are playing a key role in tackling threats of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, an issue that, according to her, needs to be solved globally.
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Amazon Employees Sign Open Letter To CEO, Flag Key Issue Over AI Rollout
The employees said that Amazon says it wants to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, but its emissions have actually grown by 35 per cent since 2019.
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Scientists Propose Space-Based Carbon-Neutral Data Centres for Sustainable Computing
Scientists at NTU Singapore propose carbon-neutral data centers in low Earth orbit powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space. The concept could help meet rising AI demands while reducing land use and emissions, offering a sustainable alternative for the global computing industry.
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Why Microsoft Has Inked A Deal To Buy 4.9 Million Tons Of Human Waste
Tech giant Microsoft has inked a $1.7 billion deal with US startup Vaulted Deep to purchase 4.9 million metric tons of organic waste, including human waste, for 12 years, starting from 2026.
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Trump's AI Plan Calls For Massive Data Centers, May Affect Energy In US
President Donald Trump's plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the US could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation's ability to power it.
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Is Our Black Hole Defying Physics? New AI Study Challenges Theories
The AI also provided insights into the black hole's emission source and magnetic field behavior.
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'Terrible' AI Has Given Tech An Existential Headache: Activist
"Then the moment they got an opportunity, with AI, to increase shareholder returns... every single one of them slammed the red button," climate activist Sage Lenier said.
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IMF Says Crypto Industry's Carbon Footprint Rising; Officials Mull Tax Surge to Curb Emissions
IMF officials have raised concerns about the crypto sector's carbon emissions and are considering whether a tax increase on crypto mining could help reduce its carbon footprint. In a blog post, the officials suggested that an 85 percent tax hike on power usage by crypto miners could potentially cut the sector's annual emissions by an estimated 100 ...
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Google’s Project Green Light Leverages AI to Tackle Traffic Congestion and Reduce Emissions
Google Research is running a project that aims to mitigate the time one spends at the traffic light, especially at city intersections. The initiative, dubbed ‘Project Green Light’, is said to harness traffic engineering, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the flow of traffic, tackle congestion and reduce fuel consumption – ...
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Google Greenhouse Gas Emissions Grow To Meet Energy Demands To Power AI
Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers data centers needed to support artificial intelligence, the company said.
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Redmi K70 Pro Teased to Debut With 2K Resolution Display With Up to 4,000 Nits Peak Brightness
Redmi K70 Pro is confirmed to feature a Huaxing C8 OLED display that offers 2K resolution. The screen is rated to deliver 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. The generative AI features of the handset are claimed to reduce the screen's blue light emission by 5 percent. It was also recently confirmed to run on Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
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Generative AI, Flexible Batteries, Metaverse for Mental Health, More on WEF’s List of Emerging Technologies of 2023
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with Frontiers, has released a report on the top 10 emerging technologies of 2023. Wearable plant sensors, metaverse for mental health, spatial omics, flexible neural electronics, sustainable computing and AI-facilitated healthcare are among the technologies poised to have the most positive impact on ...
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Earth On Track To Cross 1.5 Degree Celsius In Next Decade: Study Predicts Using AI
The world will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years, even if emissions decline.
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AI Can Make Traffic Signals Less Chaotic, Roads More Organised for Motorists in Future, Say MIT Researchers
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have tried to find ways to ensure that motorists don't have to wait at a traffic intersection for the signal to change its colour. They have devised a method through which vehicles can reach the signal precisely at a time when it is green using consistency by an autonomous vehicle that ...
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Google Says It’s Tweaking Apps to Let Users Factor Climate Change Into Daily Routines
Google said it is tweaking widely used tools for getting around, shopping, and more to let users factor climate change into daily routines.
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AI, IoT Will Add New Dimension In Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Research: Jamia VC
The Jamia VC said academic researchers are playing a key role in tackling threats of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, an issue that, according to her, needs to be solved globally.
