Keir Starmer’s gov tells UK residents to delete old emails and pictures to save water during drought
13 Aug
Health News

Keir Starmer’s gov tells UK residents to delete old emails and pictures to save water during drought

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"Simple, everyday choices – such as turning off a tap or deleting old emails – also really help the collective effort to reduce demand and help preserve the health of our rivers and wildlife," said Helen Wakeham, the Environment Agency's director of water. The UK government has issued new guidance on how to save water as parts of the country are dealing with a drought. One of the recommendations includes deleting "old emails and pictures", according to a press release on the government's website, which claims that data centres "require vast amounts of water to cool their systems." The advice was issued as five areas of Great Britain have entered into drought following the fourth heatwave of the summer. "The current situation is nationally significant, and we are calling on everyone to play their part and help reduce the...
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Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power
26 Sep
Science & Technology

Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power

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Technology tamfitronics EdmontonMinister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made a pitch to Silicon Valley on a trip last week. But the cost of power in Alberta may hinder these ambitious plans, one data centre CEO argues.Natural gas the best energy source for data centres, minister saysEmily Williams · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours agoArtificial intelligence may seem invisible to most people, but the computers that run AI are housed in data warehouses like this one, and require a lot of electricity. (Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)The provincial government is trying to sell Alberta as a prime location for data centres — buildings that store and process digital information.Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made his pitch on a trip to Silicon Valley...
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Delta tells CrowdStrike not to blame the victim for its global technology outage
09 Aug
Science & Technology

Delta tells CrowdStrike not to blame the victim for its global technology outage

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Technology tamfitronics Delta Air Lines passengersPhoto: Jessica McGowan (Getty Images)In This StoryDelta Air Lines has issued a response to CrowdStrike’s attempt to share some of the blame for the CrowdStrike technology outage. In a letter shared with Quartz, the carrier said that the cybersecurity firm should take more responsibility for what turned out to be an extremely costly problem.Suggested ReadingMicrosoft turns the blame back on Delta for the global IT outageSuggested Reading“We were surprised and disappointed by CrowdStrike’s efforts to minimize the international disaster it caused (including by seeking to downgrade it to an ‘incident’ or an ‘outage’),” Delta said, adding that it is “still working to understand the full extent of what CrowdStrike did (and didn’t do) that resulted in the disaster that everyone in the world other than CrowdStrike seems to know...
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U.S. tells world leaders it will emerge stronger after Trump assassination attempt
18 Jul
Politics

U.S. tells world leaders it will emerge stronger after Trump assassination attempt

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Politics tamfitronics WASHINGTON —The Biden administration is putting out messages worldwide to tell friends and foes that the U.S. will emerge stronger from the assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump.Hoping to reassure an already nervous world opinion, the State Department is transmitting talking points to its embassies and consulates in scores of countries and, here in Washington, convening senior officials to drill home the same idea: There is no place for political violence in a democratic United States.Of course, there’s a long history of political violence in the U.S., from murders of sitting presidents to the deadly Jan. 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. But U.S. officials are seeking to remind their counterparts that this country always manages, or at least seeks, to overcome it.Most allies expressed horror...
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