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The energy used in our digital consumption is set to have a bigger impact on global warming than the entire aviation industry

Shopkeepers are essentially correct: business rates are pre-internet and have become archaicHouse of Fraser, Mothercare, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams...

The island nation is the first to use more electricity on mining cryptocurriencies than on its households – thanks in part to its magma-fuelled power plants

Billions of internet-connected devices could produce 3.5% of global emissions within 10 years and 14% by 2040, according to new research, reports Climate Home News

Readers respond to the advance in robotics, and what it means for our economy, social fabric and the planetThe difference between the robots of today and all previous forms of automation is that they are so flexible (Editorial,...

The power consumed by the internet giants’ massive server farms and the mining of the cryptocurrency are growing into a giant environmental headache

Malcolm Turnbull defends NBN rollout, while GetUp is asked to prove it is not an associated entity of Labor. Government faces Senate estimates and still waiting on the high court decision. Follow it all here …

UK’s National Cybersecurity Centre warned of connections ‘from multiple UK IP addresses to state-sponsored threats’, according to reports

Emails and Instagram photos don't come without a carbon footprint: they're stored in data centers which continually battle excess heat and suck up electricity to cool servers...

Your carbon footprint is greater than just the fossil fuels burned in traveling and construction—it encompasses your digital activities too. As if spam emails weren’t bad enough, Fuel Fighter points out how an action...

In the future, you may be able to connect to the internet using just a lamp. Li-Fi (or "light fidelity") is a new wireless technology that just premiered at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile tech fair,...

Google makes the money but Alphabet’s other companies are wildly ambitious, from ‘curing’ ageing to robot butler design

Data-centre web servers, such as those used by Google and Facebook, to blame for 2% of greenhouse gas emissions – about the same as air travel

At 21, Korvi Rakshand had to turn away from a little girl who asked for his help, that led him to start his country’s most innovative education NGO

Efficient storage of electricity, especially from renewable sources, is the holy grail of the energy industry. And Elon Musk could have a gamechanger up his sleeve…

Listed here are business and service providers who do so with an eye on the environment.