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Mac Studio is far better for the climate than the iMac Pro—even with the display

Enlarge (credit: Apple | Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) With the new Mac Studio and Studio Display , Apple company has essentially told enthusiasts and professionals that if they want higher-performance computing, they’ll need to move on from the 27-inch iMac all-in-one. That means buying two separate products that are made in two separate locations, […]

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How to reduce our carbon footprint

Enlarge / Man’s hand holding a cardboard sign that says SAVE THE PLANET (credit: Getty Images) After the most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last month, it’s easy to feel demoralized. With everything else in the news, it’s also easy to focus on threats that are arguably more imminent, like […]

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IBM says AI can help track carbon pollution across vast supply chains

Enlarge / A container ship sails off the coast of Thailand. (credit: iStock ) Finding sources of pollution across vast supply chains may be one of the largest barriers to eliminating carbon pollution. For some sources like electricity or transportation, it’s relatively easy. But for others like agriculture or consumer electronics, tracing and quantifying greenhouse […]

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Musk: Bitcoin is bad for climate (and you can’t buy Teslas with it anymore)

Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2020. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty) Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that Tesla would stop taking bitcoin as payment for the company’s electric vehicles. The change comes less than two months after the automaker began accepting the cryptocurrency. Why the about-face? Musk now says he has concerns over bitcoin’s […]

Business

Google’s ouster of a Leading A.I. researcher Could have Return to the

Our assignment to generate business better would be fueled by viewers just like you. The current death of some respected Google artificial intelligence research workers has raised concerns about whether the business was attempting to hide ethical concerns regarding an integral part of A.I. tech. The death of this research, Timnit Gebru, arrived after Google […]