Written by Hong Kong, October 27 (ANI): Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, former editors in chief of the now-defunct ‘Stand News,’ were sentenced on Thursday for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications.”Chung received a 21-month prison sentence, while Lam was sentenced to 11 months but was released due to health issues, having already served his time in pre-trial […]
Here’s what you can and (probably) can’t change about its environmental impact. Tech companies under reporting 660% of their emissions from data centers, driven by demand for AI compute?1 Microsoft’s $30 billion dollar AI business with fossil-fuel companies?2 There’s lots to talk about regarding the environmental impacts of AI systems. To help navigate this murky […]
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AI Now Institute has published a new collection of essays setting out to inform Europe’s industrial policy for AI. Our chapter written with Fieke Jansen and Michelle Thorne calls out predatory delay and busts the myths about “AI for sustainability.” We call for Europe to reframe what it means to be innovative and center environmental […]
The handbook is a joint initiative between MCRB and the Association for Aid and Relief – Japan (AAR Japan) and it is made available in English and Burmese. This handbook aims to give practical advice for employers in Myanmar on how to create accessible employment opportunities and increase recruitment and job retention for persons with disabilities. […]
We’re proud to share our report Critical Dependencies: How power consolidation of digital infrastructures threatens democracies—and what we can do about it. It’s written to help funders who want to better understand how to strengthen the public’s interest in digital infrastructures at a systemic rather than symptomatic level. The report summarizes harms caused by unhealthy […]
Over this summer we worked with the nice folks at Scott Logic to test drive their new Tech Carbon Standard framework for helping organisations make sense of the environmental impact of their digital estate. We’ve contributed a case study to their open source website, detailing our experiences and workings, and in this post we share […]
I’m putting Better Programming on hiatus to make room for other programming publications. I get that this is a big pivot given that we switched to a new editor recently. But things are changing at Medium and I think this will ultimately be a boon for everyone, authors, readers and publications. I would like to […]