en.reset.org Greener Data Centres Thanks to Refurbishment? We Asked Techbuyer

🔵🟢Our #digitallives are stored in colossal #datacentres that consume vast amounts of energy, resources and water. Techbuyer has made it its mission to refurbish server hardware.

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Despite cultural differences, the views were remarkably similar across countries: teenagers value the benefits of digital connection but want adults to help them navigate the risks.

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Many feared their images being misused or shared without consent.

Yet they also emphasised the positive: digital spaces can offer belonging, friendship, anonymity, & mental health support when offline life feels isolating.

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Researchers interviewed over 490 young people aged 10–19 across 11 countries. What emerged was a nuanced, clear, & consistent message: Young people want adults to be involved in their online lives.

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What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives Young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online.

A new study has investigated what teenagers really want adults to know about their digital lives.

It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.

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@eff.org @aclu.org @fightforthefuture.org @freedom.press @icij.org. I know I'm not including everyone fighting for our digital lives, but you get my point

Uncovering the Hidden Water Footprint of AI: Solutions for Quenching Its Insatiable Thirst Our digital lives rely on data centres. But their cooling systems are threatening global water supplies, leaving citizens thirsty.

🔵 🟢 Our #digitallives rely on #datacentres—but their cooling systems are draining global #watersupplies. In our latest article, we explore how #AI is fuelling drought and why the #techindustry must confront its thirst for the planet’s most vital resource 👇

Researchers Take AI to “Kindergarten” in Order to Learn More Complex Tasks Researchers show that training neural networks on the basics improves machine learning for the complicated

Kindergarten Meets AI: NYU Researchers Explore How Young Minds Shape Communication #AI #AIResearch #EarlyChildhood #CommunicationScience #HumanAIInteraction #NYU #CognitiveDevelopment #AIGoesToKindergarten #KindergartenAI #EduMatters #Pedagogy #Tech #DigitalLives

How young is too young? No such thing, apparently.
Specialist outlines impact of screen time on developing brains, from toddlerhood to teen years news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #Children #DigitalLives #TechImpact #Parenting #ModelHealthyMediaHabits #MichaelRich #Harvard #Pediatrics #HarvardGazette

Would I have been younger…

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Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engin...

Yeah... I'm pretty sure I've got a big ol' girl crush on @meredithmeredith.bsky.social - what a total #Legend! www.wired.com/story/meredi... #DataEthics #DataPrivacy #DigitalLives #DigitalPrivacy #Encryption #Governance #InformationSecurity #iInfoSec #MyDataMyChoice #PrivacyMatters #PrivacyRights

Such a great resource! A must read for researchers studying children‘s online use! #GlobalKidsOnline #survey #guide #ToolsForResearchers #kidsonline #digitallives @UNICEFInnocenti @MediaLSE @EUKIDSONLINE https://x.com/Livingstone_S/status/1268889281399066625

At my parents'. My mum, dad and me and in three separate rooms, telling my little sister on the family group on whatsapp about the house party we just returned from XD #digitallives