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Google-backed nuclear fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1B, after raising a $1.8B Series B in 2021 and $863M in 2025, and plans a 2030s launch (Zachary Skidmore/DatacenterDynamics)
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news

Google-backed fusion firm CFS raises $1bn in equity financing
Has now raised $4bn, the most of any fusion company

#Ecosia und #Qwant starten deutschen Webindex
Awesome!
#degoogle

Ecosia und Qwant starten deutschen Webindex
Die beiden Suchdienste bauen eine Suchinfrastruktur ohne Google und Microsoft auf. Jetzt liefert das Joint Venture Suchergebnisse aus einem deutschen Index.

De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond.
⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken en de bouw van nieuwe datacenters stoppen!
Teken de petitie 👇
https://www.fossielvrij.nl/stop-datacenters

Stop nieuwe datacenters!
De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken en de bouw van nieuwe datacenters stoppen! Teken de petitie 👇 www.fossielvrij.nl/stop-datacenters

"‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom'
#Scotland #Technology #DataCentres

‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond

La protesta contro i data center sta unendo l'intero spettro politico, contro i miliardari delle Big Tech
La battaglia contro la costruzione dei datacenter negli USA sta superando la polarizzazione politica a livello locale, cosa accadrŠ a livello nazionale? Può essere un esempio di come quando c'è di mezzo una questione locale le persone dovrebbero superare le idee politiche per il bene della loro comunitŠ?

"Given that we in tech are largely in the business of creating tools for both ourselves and for other people to do things, then, we ought to be very, very careful about what kinds of tools we build. We should build tools that tend to create gestalts that support individual flourishing and social harmony or, if those cannot be balanced, that carefully balance the need for both against each other and other considerations."

There's no such thing as Just a Tool | deadSimpleTech
Heidegger thinks about tools like so: a tool is something (a thing that has being in the Heideggerian sense, not necessarily an object) that represents an extension of human capabilities in some way. A tool is thus any kind of thing that *lets you do something you wouldn't otherwise have been able to*. The important (for us) conceptual leap here is that when a tool works well, or isn't broken, it develops what Heidegger describes as a "ready-to-hand" quality: the tool fades into the background …

BPOLD-H: Bundespolizei am Tag der Deutschen Einheit in Bremen - auf der Blaulichtmeile hautnah erleben! Bremen (ots) - Vom 2. bis 4. Oktober 2026 finden in Bremen die zentralen Feierlichkeiten zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit statt. Unter dem Motto "Viele Stärken - ein Land" lädt die Freie Hansestadt zu einem besonderen Fest ein; die gesamte Bremer ...

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds | Datacentres - UK | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxo…

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

{ivs} makes it easier to work with intervals: #rstats

"Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Technology

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running