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AI boom creates toxic e-waste equivalent to 250 Eiffel Towers per year

The AI data center boom generates about 2.5 million metric tons of e-waste annually, equivalent to 250 Eiffel Towers. Toxic metals like arsenic, lead, and mercury contaminate the environment. Waste pickers in places like Kenya's Dandora dumpsite face health hazards and seek inclusion in policy-making.

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Java News: Value Objects, WildFly 41, TornadoVM, LangChain4j, Oracle AI Agent Studio

Overview of the latest Java ecosystem news: OpenJDK updates (Value Objects, JDK 27 and 28), release of WildFly 41, TornadoVM 5.1.0 with support for 8-bit floating point numbers on CUDA, LangChain4j 1.18.0 with new integrations, and Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications.