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A new research paper uses GitHub Innovation Graph data to measure the 'digital complexity' of nations, revealing insights into GDP, inequality, and emissions that traditional economic data miss.
This article from Utah Clean Energy estimates the proposed Stratos data center in Utah would consume 9 GW of electricity from on-site gas plants, doubling the state's peak demand, and produce significant emissions and water consumption.
The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Apple and Google hand over personal data on over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's Auto Agent app, which is allegedly used to bypass vehicle emissions controls, sparking privacy and legal concerns.
A study in Communications Sustainability explores using basalt instead of limestone to make cement, potentially cutting CO2 emissions by nearly 30% with fossil-fuel electricity and nearly eliminating them with clean electricity, though energy use doubles.
US tech firms including Microsoft successfully lobbied the EU to keep individual datacentre emissions data confidential, with industry language incorporated almost verbatim into EU rules, hindering environmental scrutiny and potentially violating transparency conventions.