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Jeff Bezos bumps Elon Musk from billionaires top spot with net worth of $200.3B

GeekWire

(Musk Photo: TED via YouTube; Bezos Photo: GeekWire / Kevin Lisota) Jeff Bezos is back on top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since 2021, overtaking Elon Musk as the richest person in the world with a net worth of $200.3 Tesla, meanwhile, is down about 50% from a 2021 peak.

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California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules

The Verge

Net neutrality died a horrible death in 2017, but things have just turned around: California’s landmark net neutrality law — erected in 2018 but immediately blocked by lawsuits from Trump’s Department of Justice and the telecom industry — can finally be enforced. Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) February 24, 2021.

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Building A Private Bank For The Next Generation

Forrester IT

As a result, high-net-worth clients are not fully benefiting from some of the digital innovations that are changing how customers interact with their private banks. To identify “The Top Global Private Banking Trends In 2021,” we interviewed senior executives […].

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Tim Wu, the ‘father of net neutrality,’ is joining the Biden administration

The Verge

Tim Wu — the Columbia law professor who coined the term “net neutrality” — is joining the Biden administration , where he’ll be working on technology and competition policy at the National Economic Council. Tim Wu (@superwuster) March 5, 2021. Photo: New America / Flickr. Putting this twitter feed on hold for now -- so long! —

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Microtransactions made up 61% of Activision Blizzard's 2021 income

TechSpot

Activision Blizzard released its fourth-quarter earnings and 2021 financial results earlier this week. Net revenues in Q4 were $2.16 According to the numbers, the company had record-breaking growth. billion, a seven-percent increase over the third quarter but a 10-percent year-over-year decline.

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Sustainability in Tech: What do clients want to know?

Forrester IT

C in early August 2021. The IEA Net Zero […]. Photo by Abhinav Sunil It seems our lives have now gone back to normalcy after the initial panicked reaction over the IPCC “code red for humanity” report on Global Warming of 1.5°C This is not the first time we have had startling reality checks for climate change.

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Google Cloud growth slows as Alphabet net income plunges

CIO Business Intelligence

Even though Google Cloud revenue growth showed signs of slowing, it nevertheless provided something of a bright spot as parent company Alphabet — hit hard by the tightening of customer budgets — posted a year-over-year decline in net income for its 2022 fourth quarter. Net income (profit) was $13.6 billion, up just 1% from $75.3

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