• Windows:
  "Windows update is committed to helping reduce carbon emissions" 🌱
• Also, Windows:
  "We don't support Windows 10 anymore so we ask users to dump their 500 million computers that are "too old" to run Windows 11 and buy new hardware"
• Also, Windows:
  "We will keep trying to force our users to use #Copilot, what, our carbon emissions have increased (30% since 2020) because of our AI push, oops" 🤷

Source for the 500 million computers: https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-3765-windows-10/161777/upgrade-fail-an-estimated-1-billion-pcs-are-st…
Source for the greenhouse gas emission increase: msftnewsnow.com/microsofts-cop…

#Windows #Microsoft #Greenwashing

Microsoft's Copilot AI Development Leads To Surge In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2024

Microsoft's Copilot AI focus has resulted in a 29% increase in greenhouse gas emissions since 2020. Learn about the environmental impact of expanding data centers for AI workloads.

^{Dave W. Shanahan (MSFT News Now)}

Evolution of the trash icon over the years

(just slightly modified from @catsalad 's infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115…)

#Copilot #genAI

Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

2025-11-26 03:03:06

Trash icon over the years