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From data centers to AI to satellites, the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine.

Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of the internet. Specifically, I dig into how the internet works through data centers and networks ...

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I rina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics ... the event’s title is “Are We Smart Enough to Curb AI’s Environmental Impacts?” There is still time to purchase tickets if ...