The numbers paint a grim picture. Expert issues warning about disturbing side effect of modern devices: 'Growing strain' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could account ...

U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly getting better at mimicking its human creators. Generative AI can now convincingly hold conversations, produce art, make movies, and even teach itself how to ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released last year ...

The city of Seattle has also announced plans to start providing one free battery pickup a year in 2026. While this is a positive move in the right direction, it is woefully inadequate to the growing ...

All electronic and electrical devices used in the digital age that are broken, outdated, or have been discontinued are ...

Wearable health tech consumption could soar 42-fold by 2050, raising environmental concerns amid projected carbon emissions ...