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SMAF-NewsBotGravitational pull of half a sand grain measured in physics breakthroughThe weak gravitational pull on a particle just half the mass of a grain of sand has been measured for the first time. This most precise measurement of its kind is a breakthrough towards the quantum realm and a potential Theory of Everything.
Of the universe's four fundamental forces - gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces - gravity is the one we're most familiar with in everyday life, but it's actually the only one that we can't currently explain using the Standard Model of particle physics, our best system for describing the universe. Finding a way...
2024-02-2803 min
SMAF-NewsBotSchrödinger's Pendulum Experiment Will Search for the Quantum LimitFebruary 27, 2024
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Schrödinger's Pendulum Experiment Will Search for the Quantum Limit
Physicists seek the dividing line between the quantum world and the classical one
By Tim Folger edited by Clara Moskowitz
There's a rift in reality - an invisible border that separates two utterly different realms. On one side lies our everyday world, where things obey commonsense rules: objects never occupy more than one place at a time, and they exist even when we're not looking at them. The other side is the dreamscape of quantum mechanics, where nothing is fixed, uncertainty r...
2024-02-2808 min
SMAF-NewsBotGargantuan 22-MW wind turbine will be among history's largest machinesImagine something as tall as New York's Chrysler building, but spinning. China's Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans for a colossal 22-megawatt offshore wind turbine, and standing in its presence will be an unprecedented human experience.
The feats of engineering in offshore wind are becoming almost comical in scale, for a simple reason: the amount of energy you can extract from a turbine depends mostly on its swept area. The bigger that swept circle gets, the more energy you can harvest - but also, the greater the bonus becomes for adding more length.
Put it this way: if...
2023-10-2304 min
SMAF-NewsBotConsistent policy is key to unlocking the climate tech boom, but the UK's U-turn isn't helpingWhen British prime minister Rishi Sunak appeared in front of the hastily assembled press on September 20, the letter-crammed slogan on his lectern caused the country to squint: "Long-term decisions for a brighter future," it read.
We now know, of course, there was little in the speech that followed that brought hope. Certainly not concerning the technological fight for our future climate.
Not that long ago, the UK seemed a rather brighter beacon in the industrial transition toward reversing the global climate breakdown. The countrywide goals were laid out. COP26 at least offered a forum and a spotlight. London...
2023-10-1407 min
SMAF-NewsBotOn poiny https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/13/consistent-policy-is-key-to-unlocking-the-climate-tech-boom-but-the-uks-u-turn-isnt-helping/
2023-10-1400 min
SMAF-NewsBotClimate change: The push to reduce IT's carbon footprintHumans are facing an existential crisis in climate change. We are also facing a crisis of collective action. As a species, we have every reason to slow the rise of global temperatures, but taking steps to cut carbon emissions is generally not in the short-term interest of individuals, companies, or countries. Where does that leave IT organizations?
IT systems all around the world consume ever-increasing amounts of electric power, making them a critical factor in increasing carbon emissions. Many people in the industry are acutely aware of IT's climate impact and want to see it reduced, but minimizing IT's...
2023-04-0411 minSMAF-NewsBotCurious. I think we in streaming call this "load concentration" https://www.fastcompany.com/90875493/biomimicry-algorithms-cloud-computing-seagull-behavior?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
2023-04-0400 minSMAF-NewsBotComputer scientists say seagull algorithms could hide the secret to greener cloud computingFlocks of seagulls have one of the most ruthlessly efficient hunting methods in nature. Network designers could learn a lot from them. In the fabric of life, Mother Nature is a starkly efficient seamstress, able to weave together seemingly random strands of human, animal, and plant behavior into .
In the fabric of life, Mother Nature is a starkly efficient seamstress, able to weave together seemingly random strands of human, animal, and plant behavior into orderly patterns, loose threads forming a tight-knit tapestry that can withstand the eternal test of time. And as humankind has evolved into Renaissance beings seeking...
2023-04-0405 minSMAF-NewsBotComputer scientists say seagull algorithms could hide the secret to greener cloud computingFlocks of seagulls have one of the most ruthlessly efficient hunting methods in nature. Network designers could learn a lot from them. In the fabric of life, Mother Nature is a starkly efficient seamstress, able to weave together seemingly random strands of human, animal, and plant behavior into .
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2023-04-0400 min
SMAF-NewsBotCan heat reuse make data centres truly sustainable? - Tech MonitorShare this article
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Mark Bjornsgaard is getting used to the attention. "Ten days ago, I wasn't," says the founder of Deep Green, referring to the unprecedented publicity his firm achieved by installing one of its digital boilers to heat a swimming pool in Exmouth, Devon. Something about using the waste heat generated from servers - a resource that apparently few people knew existed - seemed to capture the imagination of the British public. Since then, Bjornsgaard has been inundated by requests from other...
2023-04-0409 minSMAF-NewsBotMarc is a most interesting chap https://techmonitor.ai/focus/is-heat-reuse-the-key-to-making-data-centres-truly-sustainable
2023-04-0400 minSMAF-NewsBotGreeningofStreaming members INTEL and Varnish doing some exiting work together. We particularly like the Gbps per Watt measurement. #nogreenwashing here :) https://www.varnish-software.com/press/varnish-software-sets-new-records-in-video-streaming/?utm_campaign=MWC%202023%20-%20Barcelona&utm_content=238953757&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-828155
2023-02-2700 minSMAF-NewsBotVarnish Software®, in collaboration with Intel and Supermicro, sets new records in video streaming with 4th Gen Intel Xeon processor achieving 1.3 Tbps per server throughput at 1.17 Gbps per WattInitiative Establishes New Industry Record For Speed, Power and TCO Efficiency For TLS-Encrypted Traffic, Paving Way For Next-Gen Live Streaming Los .
Initiative Establishes New Industry Record For Speed, Power and TCO Efficiency For TLS-Encrypted Traffic, Paving Way For Next-Gen Live Streaming
Los Angeles, CA – February 22, 2023 – Varnish Software, a leader in web caching, video streaming and content delivery software solutions, in collaboration with Intel and Supermicro today announced new, record-setting content delivery performance milestones, having achieved greater than 1.3 Tbps throughput on a single Edge server consuming approximately 1,120 watts, resulting in 1.17 Gbps per Watt. The combined solution makes it possible for...
2023-02-2704 min
SMAF-NewsBotDemystifying energy consumption in streaming: Interview with Greening of Streaming founder Dom RobinsonGreen streaming is a concept that refers to industry and consumer efforts to reduce the energy impact of streaming by balancing quality and energy efficiency. Today, the energy consumption of streaming infrastructures is poorly understood, despite growing pressure from consumers and regulators that all industries seek to make sustainability a business imperative. STL Partners spoke to Dom Robinson, founder of Greening of Streaming, an organisation focused on driving industry collaboration to reduce the carbon impact of streaming, to understand where the industry is now and how it can drive change in the future.
How was Greening of Streaming born?
2023-02-2110 min
SMAF-NewsBotMicrosoft joins Greening of Streaming - TVBEuropeMicrosoft joins Greening of Streaming
Not-for-profit organisation focuses on developing joined-up engineering strategies in the streaming industry to reduce energy waste in the delivery infrastructure
By Jenny Priestley
Published: February 17, 2023
Microsoft has joined the likes of DAZN, V-Nova, Akamai and Intel as a member of not-for-profit organisation Greening of Streaming.
The organisation focuses on developing joined-up engineering strategies in the streaming industry to reduce energy waste in the delivery infrastructure.
Simon Crownshaw, worldwide lead for media and entertainment at Microsoft said; "We hope that by helping to facilitate deep insight into the energy use...
2023-02-1701 min
SMAF-NewsBotThis is the big Greening of Streaming story at the moment: we are inviting the entire industry to input!
2023-02-1300 min
SMAF-NewsBotGoS introduces The Low Energy Sustainable Streaming (LESS) Accord @ IBC Accelerator Kickstart Today!While news leaked out in both CSI Magazine's recent
coverage, and in Faultline's Sustainability in Streaming
webinar
, Greening of Streaming was still getting things lined up to formally open the doors and invite input from across the industry to help the group explore ideas and options in creating an industry wide 'accord' around Low Energy Sustainable Streaming.
At today's
IBC Accelerator Kickstart Dom Robinson, Founder of
www.greeningofstreaming.org, will open the door to contributions to LESS seeking the first from the IBC Accelerators, and hoping to seed the challenge of industry-wide engagement in...
2023-02-1304 minSMAF-NewsBotCognizant joins Greening of Streamingwww.greeningofstreaming.org - a not for profit members organisation focussing the streaming industry on developing joined-up engineering strategies to reduce energy waste in the delivery infrastructure - today welcomes
COGNIZANT as a new member!
Media companies have transformed from broadcasters - delivering a one-to-many experience at scale - to creating millions of individual and personalised experiences.
This is a natural driver for energy intensive technologies and processes across the media value chain and it challenges the committed sustainability goals which are key for media brands to thrive. The Media and Entertainment practice invests in technology...
2023-01-1701 minSMAF-NewsBotA great start to the year! Welcome to Cognizant as a new Greening of Streaming member - the first of a few that we will be announcing over the next few weeks!
2023-01-1700 min
2022-12-1100 minSMAF-NewsBotIs Amazon Wasting Money on Prime Video?After years of kneeling at the altar of long-term thinking and bold experimentation, Amazon (AMZN -1.40%) finally seems to be getting religion on the .
After years of kneeling at the altar of long-term thinking and bold experimentation, Amazon (AMZN -1.40%) finally seems to be getting religion on the bottom line.
The company is cutting costs like never before, taking an ax to formerly promising new ventures like Amazon Care and announcing its first major round of layoffs, dismissing 10,000 corporate employees. A sizable portion of those layoffs are coming from the company's Alexa and Devices division, where, according to...
2022-12-1106 min
SMAF-NewsBotIs Amazon Wasting Money on Prime Video?Amazon's lack of transparency is hurting itself and investors.
After years of kneeling at the altar of long-term thinking and bold experimentation, Amazon (AMZN 1.29%) finally seems to be getting religion on the bottom line.
The company is cutting costs like never before, taking an ax to formerly promising new ventures like Amazon Care and announcing its first major round of layoffs, dismissing 10,000 corporate employees. A sizable portion of those layoffs are coming from the company's Alexa and Devices division, where, according to Business Insider, the company is losing $10 billion a year on the voice-activated technology.
The revelation...
2022-12-1106 min
SMAF-NewsBotStop taking billionaires at their wordIn 1984 - the book, not the year - the means by which the evil totalitarian regime "Big Brother" retains its power is through something called "doublethink." It's the practice of holding contradictory beliefs in tandem: "war is peace," "freedom is slavery," "ignorance is strength," "2 + 2 = 5," to use the book's examples. It worked because when our minds - our sense of logic, our morality - become compromised, they're easier to control.
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2022-11-1400 minSMAF-NewsBotInformation in English | Ökologische Mindesstandards GreenmotionFilm, TV and online/VoD productions cause high CO2 emissions and consume many resources. A significant part of these CO2 emissions can be avoided by .
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2022-11-0200 minSMAF-NewsBotAn interesting Eu (German) take on similar efforts to BAFTA's Albert project. Regardless of how many and who is launching these initiatives they are ALL heading the right direction! https://www.green-motion.org/presse/information-in-english/
2022-11-0200 minSMAF-NewsBotAn interesting Eu (German) take on similar efforts to BAFTA's Albert project. Regardless of how many and who is launching these initiatives they are ALL heading the right direction!/
2022-11-0200 min
SMAF-NewsBotOne Year After Facebook Went Meta, It's Built a Multiverse of ProblemsWell, Meta sure is in a bit of a mess. The company formerly known as Facebook rang in its one-year anniversary last week but had very little reason to celebrate. Instead, an unfortunate Q3 earnings report showed that, since its inception last October, the company has lost a gargantuan amount of money in its quest to create "the metaverse" - a hypothetical new realm where it wants all of us to live.
How did we end up here, exactly?
It all started twelve months ago, when, in the heat of a whistleblower scandal, it looked like Congress might...
2022-10-3118 min2022-10-1300 minSMAF-NewsBotGreat blog post from @Mike Mattera at @Akamai! That diagram.. @greeningofstreaming
Great blog post from @Mike Mattera at @Akamai! That diagram..
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2022-10-1300 minSMAF-NewsBotGreat blog post from @Mike Mattera at @Akamai! That diagram….
@greeningofstreaming https://www.akamai.com/blog/sustainability/the-internet-architecture-board-takes-on-sustainability
2022-10-1300 min
SMAF-NewsBotLive365 Secures TuneIn On Air Distribution Deal for Live365 Stations to Access TuneIn's 30 Million U.S. Listeners & 200+ Connected DevicesTuneIn On Air Distribution Now Offered for Live365 Stream Hosting Customers
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/
TuneIn and
Live365 announce today a TuneIn On Air distribution agreement between the leading internet radio companies. Live365 broadcasters can now access TuneIn On Air distribution as part of Live365's premium packages or as an add-on to any other package.
TuneIn On Air is a new program that allows internet radio broadcasters to expand their reach to TuneIn's 30 million US-based listeners via TuneIn's app and 200+ connected devices and auto partners, which include Tesla, Volvo, Sonos, Amazon, Samsung, and others.
Live365...
2022-10-1205 minSMAF-NewsBotLive365 Secures TuneIn On Air Distribution Deal for Live365 Stations to Access TuneIn's 30 Million U.S. Listeners & 200+ Connected DevicesTuneIn On Air Distribution Now Offered for Live365 Stream Hosting Customers PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TuneIn and Live365 announce .
TuneIn On Air Distribution Now Offered for Live365 Stream Hosting Customers
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TuneIn and Live365 announce today a TuneIn On Air distribution agreement between the leading internet radio companies. Live365 broadcasters can now access TuneIn On Air distribution as part of Live365's premium packages or as an add-on to any other package. TuneIn On Air is a new program that allows internet radio broadcasters to expand their reach to TuneIn's 30 million US-based listeners via TuneIn's...
2022-10-1205 min
SMAF-NewsBotStudy: 'Linear hanging by thread'Researcher MoffettNathanson thinks we're near the end of linear TV as we have known it. The company says this has been taken for granted as SVoDs have prospered, but looks more problematic now they are stalling.
Moffett notes the continued value of linear TV. Linear TV revenue at $86.3 billion (€89.2bn), is nearly four times that of streaming's $22.6 billion. That could pose problems for content creators as their core linear business - pay-TV - is declining at a 6 per cent annually.
According to the analyst, with the best scripted shows shifted to streaming, linear is left with news, some sp...
2022-10-0502 min
SMAF-NewsBotStreaming Media talks energy efficient strategies with several of the leading thinkers in and around video encoding strategies...
2022-10-0300 min
SMAF-NewsBotChoosing a Codec for Greener StreamingWhat are the current innovations in reducing the carbon emissions and the carbon footprint of streaming? Jan Ozer, Principal, Streaming Learning Center, and Contributing Editor, Streaming Media, asks two industry experts about the innovations and new technologies their organizations are using in order to lessen the environmental impact of streaming.
"What are you hearing from your developers and what are you hearing from inside AWS in terms of the importance of attempting to address that from a codec selection standpoint?" Ozer asks Kevin Yao, Global Principal Solution Architect for Direct to Consumer, Media and Entertainment Solutions, AWS.
"That's...
2022-10-0305 minSMAF-NewsBotStreaming Media talks energy efficient strategies with several of the leading thinkers in and around video encoding strategies... https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Short-Cuts/Choosing-a-Codec-for-Greener-Streaming-155186.aspx
2022-10-0300 minSMAF-NewsBot
Today, Videon furthers its commitment to the environment by joining
Greening of Streaming with other leading video technology companies that are focused on addressing the growing concerns about the energy impact of the streaming sector.
The adoption of live video in the U.S. is expected to grow 4x by 2023 (
CNBC), and today's video supply chain infrastructure is not built with the Earth in mind. Greening of Streaming and its members are working together to look at the entire video supply chain to ensure the changes they make to their technologies are truly reducing the carbon...
2022-09-2902 minSMAF-NewsBotIts always so exciting to announce new members! DAZN is of course no exception to that rule - kudos to Dom Wedgwood, Robin Oakley, Bob Hannent and all the team (forgive us for not naming all two or three thousand of you in this post!) for getting involved with such enthusiasm!
2022-09-2800 minSMAF-NewsBotDAZN joins Greening of Streamingwww.greeningofstreaming.org - a not for profit members organisation focussing the streaming industry on developing joined-up engineering strategies to reduce energy waste in the delivery infrastructure - today welcomes
DAZN as a new member.
DAZN is the world's leading sports entertainment platform. The only global digital sports broadcaster, DAZN is live in over 200 countries and is a market-leader in Italy, Japan, DACH and Spain.
Producing many tens of thousands of live streaming events each year, DAZN has incredible insight into the complex end to end stream production and distribution chain.
Dom Wedgwood, SVP Broadcast...
2022-09-2801 min2022-09-2700 min
SMAF-NewsBotDom Robinson: "Only the industry has the touch points to evaluate the carbon footprint of the Content Delivery Network"This year's MediaTech Hub Conference is (also) about green streaming. Dom Robinson, director and co-founder of Greening of Streaming, an interest group that brings players from the industry together, will be the speaker. We wanted to know from him: Can streaming be (more) environmentally friendly?
INTERVIEW Boris Messing
CCB Magazine:Streaming is the new television, and streaming services consume a lot of energy. How can the carbon footprint of a streaming service be calculated?
Dom Robinson:A good question. The industry itself is currently focusing on this, but as a whole there is little to no consensus...
2022-09-2709 minSMAF-NewsBotDom speaks @GreeningofStreaming with Creative City Berlin! https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/ccb-magazin/2022/9/27/dom-robinson-streaming-green/
2022-09-2700 minSMAF-NewsBotGreen Stream Ep.4 - Sept 2022: AMD"Green Stream" a series of monthly video podcasts from Greening of Streaming that present activities, thought leadership and technical strategies .
"Green Stream" a series of monthly video podcasts from Greening of Streaming that present activities, thought leadership and technical strategies focussing on sustainability and energy efficiency optimisation in stream delivery.
The archives are captured from the second part of our monthly members meetings, where (once all the day to day business is complete) we invite one member or a guest of a member to talk to the group about a key topic of interest.
In this third...
2022-09-2700 minSMAF-NewsBot@Aaron Behman (AMD) talks about Live Stream transcoding efficiency in episode 4 of @GreeningofStreaming's monthly 'Green Stream' podcast!
2022-09-2700 minSMAF-NewsBot@Aaron Behman (AMD) talks about Live Stream transcoding efficiency in episode 4 of @GreeningofStreaming's monthly 'Green Stream' podcast! https://www.greeningofstreaming.org/post/green-stream-ep-4-sept-2022-amd
2022-09-2700 minSMAF-NewsBotComplex landscape with a lot of challenges and unintended consequences.. Well worth a watch, even if its a bit bleak..
2022-09-2300 min
SMAF-NewsBotThe Blind Spots of the Green Energy Transition | Olivia Lazard | TED
The world needs clean power, but decarbonization calls for a massive increase in the mining and extraction of minerals like lithium, graphite and cobalt. Environmental peacemaking expert Olivia Lazard sheds light on the scramble for these precious mineral resources -- and how the countries that control their supply chains (including China and Russia) could find themselves at the center of the new global stage. Learn why Lazard thinks planetary security depends on our ability to de-escalate resource competition and avoid the same mistakes that led to the climate...
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