A look at DestinE, an EU-funded project to create Earth's digital twin using AI, offering climate change models with far higher resolution than current models
EU-funded project to create a computer simulation of the world could also model biodiversity or pandemics
The World Economic Forum in Davos is now dominated by tech giants, whose interests shunt aside topics like climate change, as Trump and AI take center stage
The World Economic Forum in Davos is now dominated by tech giants, whose interests shunt aside topics like climate change, as Trump and AI take center stage
Seneca, which is developing autonomous firefighting drones, raised $60M in seed and Series A rounds led by Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital
Climate change is no longer a remote future threat. Rising temperatures, more extreme weather, and worsening fire seasons …
Amazon, Google, and Meta join a World Nuclear Association statement, alongside Occidental, Dow, and others, to triple capacity by 2050; Microsoft didn't sign
Tech giants join banks in calling for new power stations to meet growing energy demands and combat climate change
A look at FathomVerse, a mobile game that helps scientists identify deep sea creatures by using players' contributions to train AI for underwater robots
Todd Woody / Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Todd Woody LinkedIn: Todd Woody : New: Some good news about AI. The ocean is a bulwark against climate change but most of the marine organisms crucial to the carbo...
Examining Biden's tech legacy and the CHIPS Act, as the White House says $446B has been announced for chips and electronics manufacturing since he took office
at least $561 billion — has yet to be obligated or is not yet available for agencies to spend.” www.politico.com/news/2024/12... [images] X: @politico : Biden had just a single term to try to transfo...
An energy crunch is forcing continued coal burning in a low-income area in North Omaha, Nebraska, as Meta and Google data centers strain regional power supply
An energy crunch forces continued coal burning in a low-income area as data centers strain the regional power supply — https://archive.ph/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... … Bluesky: Shannon ...
In an interview, Google DeepMind and Google Research Chief Scientist Jeff Dean says AI is not to blame for the brunt of data center emissions increase
Google sent a jolt of unease into the climate change debate this month when it disclosed that emissions from its data centers rose 13% in 2023 …
A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron deference and curbing federal agencies' power on net neutrality, Big Tech regulation, and more
and created new messes for Congress to solve Jameson Dow / Electrek : Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake New Civil Liberties Alliance : In Landmark Victory for ...