Artur de Matos Alves
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Yesterday, MIT Technology Review published a first-of-its-kind look at AI’s energy use and the resulting climate impact. Here’s how our reporters waded through a mess of data and hidden variables to calculate all of it.
Everything you need to know about estimating AI’s energy and emissions burden
Here’s how MIT Technology Review waded through a mess of data and hidden variables to calculate the individual and collective energy demand from AI.
www.technologyreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yesterday, MIT Technology Review published a first-of-its-kind look at AI’s energy use and the resulting climate impact. Here’s how our reporters waded through a mess of data and hidden variables to calculate all of it.
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AI data centers are driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?
AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come
AI data centers are driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?
www.technologyreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
AI data centers are driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?
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Last fall, a blizzard of ads started running on Meta, targeting a tiny collection of postal codes in Southern Ontario. The ads seemed low-budget, independent. They weren't.
In reality, the ads were coordinated by a PR firm with strong Conservative Party ties.
In reality, the ads were coordinated by a PR firm with strong Conservative Party ties.
Mapping the dark-money oil and gas ads targeting a small Ontario town
Dark money is paying for oil and gas ads on shadowy Facebook pages, all coordinated by a PR firm with oil and gas — and Conservative Party — connections. How did a small town in Southern Ontario find ...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Last fall, a blizzard of ads started running on Meta, targeting a tiny collection of postal codes in Southern Ontario. The ads seemed low-budget, independent. They weren't.
In reality, the ads were coordinated by a PR firm with strong Conservative Party ties.
In reality, the ads were coordinated by a PR firm with strong Conservative Party ties.
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US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction
US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction
Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandal
A US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction
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Writer April Lindgren admits that many local publications are guilty of defending the status quo and lacking diversity in their reporting and newsroom staffing. Still, until recently, newspapers generated the most comprehensive coverage of public affairs. thewalrus.ca/local-news-is-dy...
February 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Writer April Lindgren admits that many local publications are guilty of defending the status quo and lacking diversity in their reporting and newsroom staffing. Still, until recently, newspapers generated the most comprehensive coverage of public affairs. thewalrus.ca/local-news-is-dy...
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Disparition aujourd’hui de Maria Teresa Horta, grande féministe portugaise, journaliste et opposante à la dictature salazariste. La dernière des « trois Marias » autrices des « Nouvelles lettres portugaises » @humanite.fr avait publié ce beau portrait le 25 avril dernier
February 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Disparition aujourd’hui de Maria Teresa Horta, grande féministe portugaise, journaliste et opposante à la dictature salazariste. La dernière des « trois Marias » autrices des « Nouvelles lettres portugaises » @humanite.fr avait publié ce beau portrait le 25 avril dernier
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A good study that shows what many teachers have been experiencing for a long time – even before the pandemic: an onslaught of education technology that just made our administrative load worse.
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse
Efforts to simplify teachers’ jobs through technology can backfire without a strong focus on teacher well-being.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A good study that shows what many teachers have been experiencing for a long time – even before the pandemic: an onslaught of education technology that just made our administrative load worse.
Another day, another mandatory windows update forcing a reboot during an important work meeting. At least it was done quickly.
January 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Another day, another mandatory windows update forcing a reboot during an important work meeting. At least it was done quickly.