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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. (Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. “If commercial fusion energy becomes available by the end of this decade, it could ease all the various possible pathways to [carbon] net-zero by 2050.” Click to enlarge. The reactor in Everett, Wash., should start operating in 2024.

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GameStop’s best early Black Friday deals: games, accessories, and more

The Verge

All of the services, when paired with the hardware, don’t cost any more than they would if you purchased them individually — the program just gives you the option of paying in installments. The prices for these products remain unchanged, but this promo can net you a discount of up to $42, depending on what you buy.

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Technology Short Take #50

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. It’s important to note that these security enhancements don’t really represent “net new” functionality but rather reflect existing Linux security constructs now being exposed and usable by Docker. Anthony Metcalf has a collection of posts over at PlanetVM on NSX packet walks (see here , here , and here ).

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Can the telecoms industry power down its impact on the environment?

TM Forum

The latest cycle of technology investments around 5G and cloud operations are often discussed in terms of driving down power consumption on a per unit basis, but many new network deployments have a net increase in overall consumption. The GSMA has set a goal for the mobile industry to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity

Vox

The AI realizes it can achieve more confidence in its calculation if it uses all the world’s computing hardware, and it realizes that releasing a biological superweapon to wipe out humanity would allow it free use of all the hardware. began: “The survival of man depends on the early construction of an ultra-intelligent machine.”

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California company breaks ground on Washington’s first commercial sustainable aviation fuel plant

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Twelve broke ground today on the site of a defunct sugar beet refinery in Eastern Washington, marking the start of construction of what will be the company’s and the state’s first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel facility. There’s some risk in the timeline, for sure,” he said.

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