→ A rising tide of e-waste, made worse by #AI, threatens our #health, the #environment and the #economy
http://theconversation.com/a-rising-tide-of-e-waste-made-worse-by-ai-threatens-our-health-the-environment-and-the-economy-244203
The #ewaste issue is also (mainly?) a #software challenge:
• “Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap” → https://www.itpro.com/software/windows/windows-10-end-of-life-could-prompt-torrent-of-e-waste-as-240-million-devices-set-for-scrapheap (the answer is #Linux btw)
• See the #Eroom concept by @nitot → https://driquet.info/1brc/#eroom-nitots-law
And this is why I'm committed to building #carbon-aware websites with → @cyberia