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Why data centres face growing oppositionB1

Why data centres face growing opposition

Monday, 26 October 2026

Data centres power web searches, emails and AI tools, but a growing backlash says they use too much electricity and water. A few years ago, people had not heard the term. Now they…

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Meta launches Muse Spark Open modelB2

Meta launches Muse Spark Open model

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Meta has launched Muse Spark Open, an open‑weight AI model it says can rival, and sometimes outperform, leading Chinese systems. The company says it excels at multi‑step…

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Zavodovski chinstrap penguins face sharp declineB2

Zavodovski chinstrap penguins face sharp decline

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

The world’s largest penguin colony on Zavodovski Island, in the South Sandwich Islands of Antarctica, has suffered a two-thirds decline since 2011, according to a new study in…

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Papua’s last tropical glaciers are vanishingB2

Papua’s last tropical glaciers are vanishing

Sunday, 27 September 2026

Papua’s highest mountains sit close to the equator, yet their peaks once carried "eternal snow". Only small patches remain around Puncak Jaya, or Carstensz Pyramid. Scientists say…

Meta launches audio-only Ray-Ban glassesB2

Meta launches audio-only Ray-Ban glasses

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Meta is launching Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a camera-free version of its smart glasses. The move follows a backlash against earlier camera models, which were linked to people filming…

Canada weighs EU associate status planB2

Canada weighs EU associate status plan

Friday, 18 September 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed an EU proposal for Canada to become its first associate member, telling the European Parliament in Strasbourg that Canada and Europe…

Verdant questions UK datacentre job claimsB2

Verdant questions UK datacentre job claims

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

UK datacentres will create far fewer jobs than the tech sector promised, according to new research by the environmental thinktank Verdant. It says planned sites are likely to…