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A college degree is a waste of money and time – Computerworld
For decades, a degree meant higher wages, with college graduates earning significantly more than high school graduates. However, the wage gap has recently plateaued, and the “college wage premium” is no longer growing, according to Indeed’s study. And as the labor market tightens as the result of AI adoption and an economic downturn, employers are tightening their job experience requirements…
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Microsoft just hit a major milestone in its ‘zero waste’ strategy
Microsoft says it’s outstripping its zero waste targets, recording a 90.9% reuse and recycling rate for servers and components in 2024. This puts the company beyond its 2025 target of 90%, a year ahead of schedule. Microsoft is focusing on three particular areas. It’s piloting the sustainable extraction of rare earth minerals from hard disk drives at scale, continuing to…
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First UK homes to be warmed by data center waste heat as key partnership is signed for West London development
The UK is to get its first district heat network powered by waste heat from a data center, thanks to a deal between Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and district heating firm Hemiko. The first of half a dozen projects announced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero last year, the plan is to provide…
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Enterprises are set to waste $44.5 billion on needless cloud spending this year – the growing disconnect between FinOps and engineering teams is a key factor
Enterprises could waste up to $44.5 billion in cloud spending this year as a rift between engineering and FinOps teams hampers cost efficiency, according to research from Harness. Enterprises estimate that 21% of their cloud infrastructure spend is wasted on underutilized resources, Harness found, with the majority of surveyed engineering staff putting this down to a disconnect between two key…
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British Gas launches trial scheme to reuse waste heat from data processing – and it involves installing a tiny ‘virtual data center’ in homes
British Gas is carrying out a trial using excess heat from data processing to provide free hot water in homes. The company has signed a deal with sustainable cloud business heata that will see the heat generated by corporate data processing channeled directly into hot water cylinder in the home. Not only could this cut heating costs for homeowners, British…
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Nuclear data centers are a waste of time – even as AI power demand skyrockets
Plentiful energy is in sight – we’re entering into what some clean tech experts have dubbed the ‘era of energy abundance’. As tech companies consider more green data centers and clean power to meet spiking generative AI energy demands and rapid data center expansion, some have turned back to nuclear power as the answer. Some of the biggest names in…
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How to Keep Gift Cards From Going to Waste
With certain gift cards that are widely accepted—think Visa, American Express, or Amazon—this might not be an issue because it’s easier to deplete balances. On the other hand, brand-specific gift cards, which limit consumers to a single establishment, can be a slippery slope to overspending. An annoyance to shoppers, it’s a beneficial outcome for merchants known as “up spend,” or…
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Cut your losses: The CIO’s guide to waste in IT
As a CIO, you are committed to smoothing operations by continuously improving services and processes. But what if I told you that removing waste from your IT processes is the key to significant improvements? Eliminating waste is not just a task. It’s a responsibility to foster a culture of continuous improvement. So, please put on your thinking caps, and let’s…
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