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Reset the Net Campaign

CTOvision

Fight for the Future , a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and Internet freedom, is spearheading an anti- National Security Agency protest on June 5 th to Reset the Net. How the Reset the Net protest will actually manifest itself remains to be seen.

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Net Zero Pledges Are So Worthless, a Country Almost Entirely Reliant on Oil Just Made One

Gizmodo

The United Arab Emirates, a country that’s economy is dominated by oil and gas production, announced on Thursday that it was committing to net zero emissions by 2050. It’s the first country to make a net-zero commitment in the Persian Gulf, and adds to a growing list of countries across the world that have announced a… Read more.

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Exxon May Finally Release a Climate Plan That Only Sort of Sucks

Gizmodo

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Exxon, the company that for decades pushed climate denial on the world, is “ considering ” making a pledge to get its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join the Big Oil climate pledge party. Read more.

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New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development

GeekWire

(GitClear Photo) AI is like a “brand new credit card here that is going to allow us to accumulate technical debt in ways we were never able to do before,” Armando Solar-Lezama, a professor at MIT, told The Wall Street Journal in a story last year about AI coding tools.

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Amazon to lay off 18,000 corporate and tech workers

GeekWire

The Wall Street Journal first reported about the larger number earlier Wednesday. The Journal noted that the 18,000 figure would represent the largest layoffs revealed so far during a wave of cutbacks at major tech companies. It reported a net income of $2.9 Amazon met expectations for third quarter revenue, reporting $127.1

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The FTC has reportedly opened an investigation into Amazon’s MGM acquisition

The Verge

On June 22nd, The Wall Street Journal had reported that the investigation was in the works , and Senator Elizabeth Warren called on the agency to give the deal a “meticulous” review in a letter addressed to Khan and shared exclusively with The Verge on June 29th.

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Bill Gates backs Cipher, a new online climate news source produced by his Breakthrough Energy

GeekWire

Cipher’s stated mission “is to help accelerate the technological transformations required to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through trustworthy and objective journalism.” It notes that its own editorial leadership will have “final say over our journalism.

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