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The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?
10+ min ago (1056+ words) As the QuitGPT movement gains momentum, should people concerned about the environmental impacts of AI consider opting out? Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household's carbon footprint Got a question…...
We must protect our natural habitats befre they disappear | Letters
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (848+ words) Letters: Readers respond to Sam Dumitriu's article on protecting Britain's environment We must protect our natural habitats before they disappear In his article on nature protections (How can we really protect Britain's environment?, 8 March), Sam Dumitriu of Britain Remade celebrates…...
Weather tracker: Southern France under yellow alert after severe thunderstorms
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (218+ words) US also experiences severe convective storms, while record-breaking heat recorded in parts of South Africa On Monday 9 March, severe thunderstorms affected parts of southern France, with several departments including H'rault, Var, and the Alpes-Maritimes put under yellow alert for heavy…...
Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (716+ words) Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anthropic is fighting Trump officials not over if, but how The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon has forced the tech industry to once again…...
Nasa ‘on track’ for Artemis II moon mission launch as soon as 1 April
19+ hour, 14+ min ago (406+ words) US space agency says it is working towards new date after February launch delayed by technical difficulties Nasa has said the long-delayed launch of Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to the moon in more than 50 years, could happen…...
Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (366+ words) Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox'The Guardian The Guardian has something US newsrooms increasingly don't: guaranteed independence. With no billionaire or big corporate owner, our journalists are free to report without interference: our…...
AI toys for young children must be more tightly regulated, say reseachers
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (660+ words) University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her…...
NT cop Ben Parfitt rescued two dozen school kids from a flooded caravan park. Then he made headlines for saving a dog
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (1184+ words) German shepherd helped into helicopter hovering above 4WD stranded in flood waters that have inundated much of northern Australia was "amazing" Northern Territory emergency service workers are used to rescuing people from the water. But they"re typically helping people at…...
Country diary: Frogspawn returns to the pond I built with my father | Claire Stares
17+ hour, 47+ min ago (329+ words) Langstone, Hampshire: A glistening raft of jelly is a promising sign of a frog resurgence after newts dominated for a decade I register the arrival of spring through small, dependable signs in my garden: queen buff-tailed bumblebees wobbling through purple…...
Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis
17+ hour, 16+ min ago (899+ words) As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition When Middle Eastern wars sparked an oil crisis in the 1970s, tripling energy prices and throwing economies into chaos, some countries…...