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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. By ShannonPerry.

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As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

GeekWire

The market for clean energy projects is becoming “even more competitive, with fewer attractive projects to choose from,” said Delp, who added that “organizations with sustainability goals should act with speed to secure [power purchase agreements] now.”

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Prudential to shut down Assurance, the insurance tech startup it acquired for $2.35B in 2019

GeekWire

A story by The Wall Street Journal in 2022, “How Prudential’s Big Tech Bet Went Sour,” cited missed financial targets and government inquiries over regulatory matters. ” Prudential reported first quarter net income of $1.1 But just a few years later there were signs of trouble. “Our work made a difference.

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The craziest stories of the tech sector

Network World

Network World started its Wider Net stories in 2003 in an effort to lighten up our news pages, acknowledging that there is a lot more to the world of enterprise networking and IT other than speeds and feeds of switches and routers and WAN links.

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Uber thinks it could actually turn a profit this quarter

The Verge

The disclosure came in a new filing made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Whereas the company previously expected to make a net loss of under $100 million, it now believes it could make an adjusted profit of up to $25 million. “We Uber says it may be profitable this quarter for the first time in its history.

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Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

GeekWire

AWS posted net sales of $10.2 Zoom and AWS are among a group of tech companies seeing demand surge due to the pandemic. billion in Q1 , an increase of nearly 33% from a year ago, and profits of more than $3 billion. Zoom video conferencing rival Microsoft Teams is also growing rapidly.

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Apple reportedly wants in on NFL Sunday Ticket

The Verge

Apple might finally be playing that game to spruce up Apple TV Plus: The Information reports the trillion-dollar phone maker has expressed early interest in securing the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package — a subscription covering every game that is not airing on local affiliates — for its video service.

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