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

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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. Photo: New America / Flickr. In a statement posted to Twitter, Sen.

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E-commerce company Kaspien, previously known as Etailz, is shutting down and laying off staff

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Kaspien/LinkedIn Photo) Kaspien Holdings , a publicly traded company that helps online brands boost sales on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms, is closing up shop. Earlier this month the company said it planned to lay off its workforce with the exception of a “core group of employees” by the end of January. 28, down 9.3%

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

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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%. This is the first time that the Seattle-based company has issued a sustainability report. grams last year.

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DocuSign joins growing list of tech companies summoning employees back to the office

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DocuSign rang the opening bell for the Nasdaq Stock Market in 2018. Nasdaq Photo) Another tech company wants its employees back in the office. Companies like Disney , Starbucks , and Apple are requiring workers to come in three or four times per week. Other tech companies have committed to remote.

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Amazon reveals first 5 companies to receive investments from its $2B Climate Pledge Fund

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Amazon on Thursday announced the first five companies selected to receive investments from its Climate Pledge Fund , a $2 billion initiative revealed in June to support innovations that will help the Seattle-based cloud computing and online shopping behemoth reduce its carbon emissions.

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Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public

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based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to go public via an IPO. The company’s platform is built to design and generate protein-based drug candidates and help screen them for optimal functioning. The company took in $1.1 Net losses were $14.4

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Absci shares spike 30% in IPO debut, valuing Washington state biotech company at nearly $2B

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based biotech company made its debut as a public company. The company is now valued at nearly $2 billion. Absci CEO Sean McClain started the company in 2011 in a basement lab in Portland, Ore., The company, which began commercial operations in 2018, is still in the early stages of building its drug company customer base.

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