Join us for a discussion chaired by Lara Feigel with Elleke Boehmer, author of the new book 'Ice Shock'

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has today announced the election of 30 new Fellows. Fellows are among the nation’s most influential thinkers, providing insight essential to Australia’s social...

Last week, Elleke Boehmer launched her latest novel, Ice Shock, at Love Books. She was in conversation with Michele Magwood. You can watch this wonderful event on YouTube here: LOVE BOOKS LAUNCH OF…

Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Continue reading...