Data centers getting tax incentives to set up in drought stricken regions. It's criminal
"The study cites a 2024 investigation by Context in Querétaro, Mexico, where the local government is giving incentives to companies to build water-hungry data centres in a drought-stricken region. The investigation found companies like Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc and Google LLC are often less than transparent about how much water is used to cool the servers data centres rely on."
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As AI fuels growth of data centres, critics fight back
Communities are campaigning against the arrival of AI-powered data centres that they say bring negative environmental impacts.Eco-Business
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Waldbrände in Kanada - Zwei weitere Provinzen ordnen Evakuierungen an
Wegen der großflächigen Waldbrände in Kanada haben zwei weitere Provinzen Evakuierungen angeordnet.Die Nachrichten
Wie steht es um die kommunale #Wärmeplanung in Ihrer Region?
Die interaktive Karte des Kompetenzzentrum Kommunale Wärmewende (KWW) visualisiert den Fortschritt der Wärmeplanung auf Gemeindeebene: experience.arcgis.com/experien…
Die Daten stammen aus Quellen wie öffentlichen Ausschreibungen, Medienberichten und Kommunenbefragungen.
Die kommunale Wärmeplanung ist der Fahrplan der Kommunen, die Wärmeversorgung ihrer Gemeinde bis spätestens 2045 auf erneuerbare Energien umzustellen. #Energiewende
Water levee by the Florida Everglades
Unfortunately I never got to see any alligators while I was thereBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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AI is massively accelerating environmental crisis
AI Boom Drives 150% Surge in Indirect Emissions at Major Tech Firms, UN Warns
Amazon’s emissions spiked the most—up 182%—with Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet also posting triple-digit growth.
Without aggressive intervention, AI-linked emissions could reach 102.6M metric tons of CO₂e annually, straining energy grids globally.
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World Economic Forum 2026
Event Title: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026Dates: January 19–23, 2026Location: Davos-Klosters, SwitzerlandOrganizer: World Economic Forum (WEF) The 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will convene over 2,500 global leaders...\nESG News
So we can have this:
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Attached: 1 image AI for the win again! Meta AI & Google searches report Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because it was in the Beaverton. 🤣 Pillaged from BSky. #cdnpoli #AIMastodon Canada
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Taken in context with the recent findings on ocean acidification in which we are over a critical threshold, this is just complete madness.
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The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought - Inside Climate News
Ocean acidification has crossed “planetary boundaries” in some parts of the ocean, deepening a crisis facing the planet’s marine ecosystems.Inside Climate News
Every year, Jewish US college students are offered a 10-day, "all-expenses-paid trip" to Israel with the Birthright Foundation.
The closely curated tours take them across the country, from swimming in the Dead Sea to visiting the graves of soldiers who died fighting in Gaza, all accompanied by their peers in the Israeli military.
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the program [..] it’s touted to be the biggest cohort yet.
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Birthright Is Booming This Year. Here’s How the Israeli Propaganda Trip Works.
As Israel’s war on Gaza enters its second summer, the annual all-expenses-paid tour of Israel is more popular than ever.Georgia Gee (The Intercept)
Jonge vrouwen domineren de festivals dit jaar: hoe is de opmars van deze vrouwelijke ‘popzoomers’ te verklaren?
Nieuwe, jonge popvrouwen lijken deze festivalzomer de dienst uit te maken. Hoe is dat zo gekomen? Is het meer een gevoel of blijkt het ook uit de cijfers? En welke vrouwelijke ‘popzoomers’ mogen we deze festivalzomer écht niet missen?Robert van Gijssel (DPG Media)
Caroline Stage udfaser Microsoft i Digitaliseringsministeriet
The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice.
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Caroline Stage udfaser Microsoft i Digitaliseringsministeriet
For første gang bliver suverænitet en prioritet i regeringens, kommunernes og regionernes fælles strategi for digitalisering.Politiken - Den levende avis
Israeli companies sold millions in weapons, equipment to Qatar, Netanyahu approved deals
Multiple Israeli defense companies have signed contracts with Qatar, with state approval, to supply the state with weapons, ammunition, cyber technology, and other sophisticated weaponry, Maariv learned on Tuesday.
These agreements were signed with the approval of bodies in the Defense Ministry, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and special approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to information received by Maariv, Elbit signed contracts with Qatar worth more than $100 million, Rafael signed contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, while Israel Aerospace Industries had a long affair with Qatar - which included at least 20 visits by Israel Aerospace Industries heads to Doha and a significant visit by a senior Qatari delegation, which spent an entire day at the Israel Aerospace Industries offices.
Elbit Systems, Rafael and IAI sold weapons to Qatar with state approval | The Jerusalem Post
In order to make the sales, the companies were required to get approval from the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and the prime minister.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
All this money, all this hype for this? This AI is average at best, an all-dancing smartass tech bro clown. What a scam. What an incredible scam.
"Put simply, even with sufficient training, the models are struggling with problem beyond a certain threshold of complexity — the result of "an 'overthinking' phenomenon," in the paper's phrasing."
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Apple Researchers Just Released a Damning Paper That Pours Water on the Entire AI Industry
Researchers at Apple have released a damning paper that throws cold water on the "reasoning" capabilities of modern AIs.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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