Technology

The Cold War shows that environmental sustainability, like peace, cannot be achieved solely by focusing on technology.

As we seek to shape our relationship with powerful new AI technologies, we need an awakening about the true nature of the challenge we face.

ChatGPT reveals an impressive “understanding” of the climate denialism movement, writes commentator Gerald Kutney.

Research published by the University of Waterloo last week found that in 2020, Canadians generated close to one million tonnes of e-waste — things like cellphones, computers, TVs and home appliances that are old, broken or unwanted.

A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state's history scorched nearly 1,100 homes, Colorado lawmakers are considering joining other western states by adopting AI in the hopes of detecting blazes before they burn out of control.

Will the new frontier of artificial intelligence, like social media, begin as a forum for addictive fun that spirals into an online world populated by dark forces such as bullying, racism, manipulation, corruption, greed and anger?

This 16-year-old has published two novels and co-hosts a podcast introducing other teens to the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

From data centre warehouses to cryptocurrency, technology is another energy hog.

The ever-more massive environmental footprint of cryptocurrencies might be defensible if they served some essential purpose in our lives, but that’s simply not the case, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America.

“It is a reduction, though it is not good for the world,” says Kees Baldé, a senior program officer at United Nations University and a co-author of a new report.

Cities, like people, can be smart. They can use technology and data to improve the efficiency of operations and movement. That's what was up for discussion at the Nobel Prize Summit on Wednesday.

New research shows rising temperatures since the 1960s have acted as a handbrake to the agricultural yield of crops and livestock.

A Calgary police officer loudly tells an Indigenous man to put his hands on the roof of his car and, within seconds, the situation escalates to yelling. Body-worn camera video from the officer's chest then shows the man's head pushed into his vehicle.