The development of AI – Artificial intelligence – should lead to an increase in electronic waste (e-waste, in English).
Ademar Days
Journalist
Rádio Horizonte Algarve / Tavira
If measures are not taken, we will fight among ourselves. 1,2 and 5 million metric tons of waste in this decade alone, according to research published in the journal Nature Computational Science.
Mostly, this rubbish will come from ‘hardware’ elements, as processing or storage units, and energy systems, according to the study.
According to the study “European Consumer Payment Report” (ECPR) yes Intrum, “social media and the convenience of online shopping may be contributing to the increase in impulsive purchases”.
“For example, 40% of Portuguese people who participated in the ECPR reveal that they made impulse purchases after seeing advertisements for products or services on social media”, highlights.
43% of Portuguese people now admit to making more impulse purchases online than they did two years ago, this trend being “even more pronounced among teenagers and young adults, especially Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2010)”, with 62% of respondents from this age group stating that they currently buy more products and services online than in 2022.
Among Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), 48% also stated that they now make more purchases online than they did two years ago.
Moments is the most recent news from Netflix. This is a new feature that allows users to send excerpts from series or films to their friends.
The path is paved. The user must press the screen and will find this feature in the bottom left corner of the screen. Once you have chosen the excerpt, you can quickly send it to friends via a common link on other social networks.
However, The Verge website indicates that Moments are now arriving on iOS cell phones. As for Android, the launch will take place “in the coming weeksâ€.
Adam Mosseri, Meta executive responsible for Instagram, revealed in a video Q&A session that the social network reduces the quality of videos that are not very popular.
"In general, We want to show the video in the highest quality possible… But if something isn't seen for a long time – because the vast majority of views are at the beginning – we will move to the lower quality video. And then, if seen again, We will re-render the video for higher quality.â€, explained Adam Mosseri.
The executive noted that the difference was not drastic, recognizing that the Instagram team is concerned about not impacting smaller or early-career content creators.
And in film we return to a story so often told, the drama “The Count of Monte-Cristo†(“Le Comte Monte-Cristo†no original title), based on the literary classic by Alexandre Dumas.
This new edition comes to us from France, is directed by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte, and in the cast the names of Pierre Niney stand out, Pierfrancesco Favino and Anaïs Demoustier.
The synopsis of this film takes us to Marseille, to the year of 1815. Victim of a sinister conspiracy, young Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. Years later it is time to begin his revenge.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ilYAZDsac
