The surge in digital activity spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a debate and prompted dire warnings of environmental damage
Eric Masanet, a former researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Santa Barbara, Calif., on June 23, 2021. Masanet is co-author of a report that suggests technology is not an environmental villain.
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