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Apple commits to be 100% carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030 — Already carbon neutral today for corporate emissions worldwide, the company plans to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero 20 years sooner than IPCC targets
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Ahead of next week's antitrust hearing, sources say the committee spoke with Microsoft's Brad Smith on his concerns about how Apple operates its App Store — Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are all set to participate …
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LinkedIn says it will cut ~960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs …
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AMD unveils 7nm Ryzen 4000 series desktop processors based on its Zen 2 architecture, but says they will only come in prebuilt OEM systems first — The new lineup is only coming to prebuilt OEM systems first, though — AMD is beginning to bring its latest 7nm Ryzen 4000 chips based …
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Soundcloud founders unveil Dance, an e-bike subscription service, launching initially in Berlin for €59 per month, backed by BlueYard Capital — You've heard of e-bike and e-scooter rentals startups spreading across cities. But today three veterans of the startup world will launch … | Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
A deep dive into how Robinhood makes money and how its UX design and algorithmic nudges can lead some inexperienced investors to undertake riskier trades — Don't be the gravy … For someone who clearly has strong opinions they enjoy communicating with others, investing occupies a weird place for me.
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Norway-based classified ads publisher Adevinta acquires eBay's classifieds business unit in $9.2B deal — Consolidation continues apace in the world of e-commerce, and today it was the turn of the classified ads market. Today, eBay announced that it had reached a deal to sell off …
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Linux Foundation announces initiative to help public health officials in pandemic battle, launches two COVID-19 tracker apps using Google and Apple APIs — The project will use the Google Apple Exposure Notification system to support public health authority's testing, tracing, and isolation practices.
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The autonomous vehicle industry is gravitating toward “highway-only autonomy”, including long-haul trucks, as its hyped pursuit of “go-anywhere” taxis stalls — Sector focuses on long-haul trucks and passenger vehicles after ‘autonomous disillusionment’| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: in Q2, US smartphone YoY sales fell 10% for Samsung, 23% for Apple, 25% overall; iPhone SE popular among people with older iPhones and Android switchers — New data from Counterpoint Research today highlights the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on smartphone sales.
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Adobe says it has hired Marc Levoy, a top researcher who developed computational photography for Google's Pixel line, to help it make a universal camera app — Marc Levoy is now at Adobe — Marc Levoy, the researcher who used software to turn Google's Pixel camera into a powerhouse …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Gett, the London- and Israel-based on-demand ride hailing service, raises $100M from new and existing investors, bringing its total raised to $750M — A number of on-demand ride hailing companies are feeling the strain from reduced business, with many consumers still reluctant to travel … Sponsor Posts
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