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- Calculating a website’s footprint involves tracing the entire path. It's not only about the #datacenter, it encloses the energy needed to transmit #data globally & the power used by your device. User devices contribute the most at 54%, surpassing data centers at 22% and network infrastructure at 24%
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- "We have to ask, what would happen in an extreme case, if #BigTech just shut down their services? Finding out #information would be impossible because we wouldn’t have a #searchengine anymore." - Michael Granitzer
- "I think nobody in Europe would accept that there is only one or two #newspapers where you get your daily information from. But this is the situation we have when it comes to #searchengines." - Michael Granitzer
- Every visit to the @netflix.com homepage generates 0.48g of CO2. This makes the site “dirtier” than 72% of all #websites globally. By comparison, the @greenpeace.de website produces just 0.13g of #CO2 per visit, performing better than 69% of websites worldwide.
- 🤔 What would it take for us to have free, unbiased access to search online? We spoke to Professor Michael Granitzer Chair of Data Science Uni Passau Research Magazine for his insight on all things search engines. 👇
- “If people try out new search engines, they might discover parts of the web that could be especially interesting to them. That’s why I don’t recommend just one. Go out and find other search engines and invest skills in finding new, fresh information.” - Michael Granitzer
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- We need to bridge the gap between when #energy is generated and when it is consumed. We need a solution that makes our #energygrids more resilient and allows us to store summer’s sun for winter’s chill. Without massive-scale storage, the green transition stalls 👇
- A document of just under 30 pages long has the potential to save thousands of #customers from having to buy new speakers. This reduces the need for new #resources, cuts #emissions in the supply chain and may save more #greenhousegases than reforestation projects or the use of recycled materials 🙌
- ✊ Providing a #gateway to the #openinternet is a protected activity under #digitalfreedom frameworks. Thank you Tor Project
- "If people try out new #searchengines, they might discover parts of the web that could be especially interesting to them. That’s why I don’t recommend just one. Go out and find other search engines and invest skills in finding new, fresh information."
- 🔊 Manufacturer #Bose published #API documents, allowing developers to give #SoundTouch speakers a second life thanks to #opensource code!
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- Tor Project is essential for the #democratic opposition, #journalists and human rights #activists to #communicate securely and access information without #state interference.
- You think #Ewaste cant be stopped? Think again 👇
- We can provide #Iran with #freeinternet access using #Snowflakesoftware run by Tor Project designed to bypass internet censorship 👇 #Blackout #censorship #Internet #Protest
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- “The novel secondary use of #fibreopticcables could represent an enormous breakthrough in seismology and hazard warning. We are effectively transforming the world’s #digital nervous system into an #ecological nervous system.” -Marc-André Gutscher, head of the #FOCUS project
- #SearchEngines we recommend: @mojeek.com - Doesn’t do #AIoverviews, runs on Custodian. Brave - Privacy-focused search engine, uses its own search index. Qwant - Doesn’t store personal data or search history. MetaGer - open-source & non-profit, avoids Big Tech.
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- Reposted by RESET - Digital for Good🌎♻️☀️This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
- Tired of #AIfeatures ? Sick of the #Slop ? Fed up of #wasting copious amounts of #water just for a simple search? This is how to choose a #SearchEngine in the age of #AI 🔎
- With a few technical adjustments, the global network of #underseacables has the potential to serve as an #environmental monitoring system.
- There are 600 + active or planned #submarinecables worldwide. Maps such as #Submarinecablemap keep track of many. The cables contain sensitive #fibre optics that transmit #digitalinformation using light pulses.
- "We need a myriad of strategies that holistically address the various informational needs of people in different contexts. Learning from each other’s experiments can help us get there." - Paola Mosso, Executive Director at The Engine Room
- Question: What do you dream of when you dream of healthy, balanced information ecosystems?
- #Submarinecables are becoming critical #infrastructure for more and more countries. There is currently no alternative way to #transferdata between continents. While some countries are investing in #satellite systems, these are more expensive, slower and more prone to disruption.
- "In #Germany, there is also an obligation to use #wasteheat for new #datacentres that go into operation. At an #EU level, the only requirement for waste heat utilisation so far is that the possibility must be examined." - Ralph Hintemann (Borderstep Institute)
- Sometimes, the best information can’t be found online. Blurring the lines between online and offline offers a chance for meaningful human connections.
- “By attaching sensors directly to the tree, we can record sounds that are usually imperceptible to the human ear—such as the snapping of individual wood fibres or the feeding noises of pests." - Mario Hopfner
- ‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Could #submarinecables could serve as an early #warningsystem for earthquakes, tsunamis and other environmental hazards? 👇
- "If a #datacentre does #cryptomining or uses computing processes to tap into new #oilreserves, then it’s not promoting #sustainability, however sustainable its practices." - Ralph Hintemann (Borderstep Institute)
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- "Pause and reflect: how are the platforms, #media and narratives you are engaging with contributing to your communities? Are they fostering trust, dignity or joy?" - Paola Mosso (Executive Director at The Engine Room)
- "In my view, it is an #ecological necessity to use as much of this #wasteheat in data centers as possible. We didn’t do this in the past because it was simply cheaper to burn #oil and #gas to generate heat instead of connecting #datacentres to heating networks." -Ralph Hintemann
- The #USgovernment is now even explicitly warning American tech companies against complying with #European rules.
- A #robot that teaches #IndigenousLanguages to children?
- Despite providing critical #infrastructure used by billions daily, #BigTech corporations operate with a frightening lack of #democraticcontrol
- "AI applications already account for around half of the power consumption of the country’s data centres. Meanwhile, worldwide, #AI accounts for around 20% of #datacentre capacity—about as much as The Netherlands total electricity requirements for a year." -Ralph Hintemann (Borderstep Institute)
- 🌊 Übertragen #Unterseekabel in Zukunft nicht nur Daten, sondern werden zu #Frühwarnsystemen vor #Erdbeben, #Tsunamis und anderen Umweltgefahren? Das wachsende Forschungsgebiet des „fibre-optic seafloor sensing“ zeigt auf jeden Fall bereits erste Erfolge.
- The true cost of relying on #BigTech is simply too high. We can continue to prioritise fleeting convenience while sacrificing democratic control and data integrity.
- 🍼Did you know that #dairyproteins become #biodegradableplastic with wide-ranging use cases? A quick read that might stop you crying over spilt milk 👇
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- Looking for hope & inspiration for the future? We asked our social media manager Cho which RESET article of 2025 she'd like to share with you: "This article stood out for me because moves from a Western mindset toward a more Indigenous, sustainable way of thinking."
