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It's news to noone that we're on the brink of climate catastrophe. COP27 was moreorless the letdown it was predicted to be. Former Irish President Mary Robinson even feared that many world leaders there were close to giving up on the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C this century. What's tech got … Continue reading Your tech use impacts the planet. Here’s how to reduce it
UPDATE, Nov. 2022: since this article was first published early 2022, FTX, one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges, collapsed spectacularly, taking $8bn in customers' money with it; NFTs' value has plummeted; and Meta has laid off 11,000 people, which *somewhat* questions the validity of investing billions in the metaverse... The maddening thing about technology … Continue reading Why we shouldn’t believe all the web3 hype
Tech is now bigger than ever. Despite - or thanks to? - the pandemic, the sector gathered over 42,000 people in Lisbon this week, for Web Summit, Europe’s largest tech event. Yes, it was as brimming with Silicon Valley bravado as you’d expect. Yet this year, there was a major difference: the biggest crowds were … Continue reading Tech’s n°1 critics are now its biggest stars
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