GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2021

But at the same time, the company last year lowered its carbon intensity, a measure of carbon pollution per dollar earned, edging slightly towards its pledged goal to reduce its net carbon footprint to zero by 2040. Fellow Seattle-area tech giant Microsoft also releases annual sustainability reports.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

CEO Taylor Hoang oversees the five Vietnamese eateries in her restaurants group, including spots near the headquarters for Microsoft and Starbucks. COVID-19 has ravaged the economy and unraveled social safety nets that provide meals for people who are hungry. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Serving up smarter logistics.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

His fund is equivalent to more than 7 percent of his net worth. Amazon , Microsoft , and Stripe , in contrast to Bezos, have all pledged to funnel money toward developing brand-new technologies to reduce and capture their industries’ greenhouse gas emissions. Support for mainstream environmental groups.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. Microsoft in January created its $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2021

Microsoft started the trend with a $750 million affordable housing initiative focused on areas around its Redmond, Wash., Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $186 billion. headquarters. billion pledge. DVIDS / DOD). The company also made a $381.8 ”

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

Paola Dela Cruz-Perez, a youth organizer for the nonprofit East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice said during a shareholder briefing held today. In 2019, thousands of workers at Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook walked out of work to protest a lack of action on climate change.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

OpenAI used an earlier version of Codex to build a tool called Copilot for GitHub, a code repository owned by Microsoft, which is itself a close partner of OpenAI. The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem”. The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem,” says Brockman. “At

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In a GatesNotes blog , the Microsoft co-founder cited a number of hopeful signs that humanity is heading in positive directions in its effort to quit its carbon addiction and stave off the most dire climate outcomes. The private sector is stepping up as a major player in combating the climate crisis, joining governments and nonprofits.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 25, 2023

“ChatGPT net worth” is one of the most searched queries on the Internet. So, let’s dive in and explore the net worth of ChatGPT! ChatGPT net worth or OpenAI net worth? ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence language model, and therefore it does not have a net worth in the traditional sense.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

Following her split with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, observers are now eager to see where French Gates will take Pivotal, an organization promoting initiatives that empower women and families. The company has made seven investments in six different companies or nonprofits since March 2019. It seems that time may have come.

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GeekWire

MARCH 24, 2023

“But in my experience great founders are rarely tax optimizers but rather focus on creating massive new value, so the net impact on our startup economy won’t amount to much, and the benefits to our civil society will far outweigh the cost.” Roughly two-thirds of those households are in King County.

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GeekWire

JUNE 1, 2021

Corporations including tech giants Microsoft and Amazon are using carbon removal in their gameplans for achieving ambitious carbon goals. I don’t think this should be put on consumers to figure out,” said Noah Deich , president of Carbon180 , a carbon removal, policy-focused nonprofit. ” Max Scher, Salesforce.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A nonprofit organization with Pacific Northwest ties has spun out its first venture capital fund totaling $60 million for investing in climate tech companies. Elemental Excelerator recently announced its Earthshot Ventures fund, whose participants include local notables Microsoft and Seattle Sounders owners Peter Tomozawa and Mark Agne.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Vox

MARCH 29, 2023

Instead of payment for my work there (which was done outside my time at Vox), I asked OpenPhil to make donations to the Against Malaria Foundation , a GiveWell-recommended charity that distributes malaria nets in parts of the world where they’re needed and where my wife and I donate annually. That’s why I need the 2captcha service.” (You

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“I’ve always believed that the rest of world would come around at some point because these problems have to be solved,” said David Kenney , executive director of VertueLab , a Portland-based nonprofit founded 14 years ago. “It sounds so dramatic to say it, but we literally have to solve these problems or we die.”.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

More than 683 companies, 136 countries and 234 cities have made pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Bringing together this cohort and acknowledging this is an important problem is a significant first step, said Lucas Joppa, Microsoft’s chief environmental officer. ” Microsoft was not evaluated.

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GeekWire

MARCH 15, 2022

million low-rate loan commitment and predevelopment grant to BRIDGE Housing, a nonprofit developer, for construction of 233 affordable apartments in Bellevue, near a light rail station that is scheduled to open next year. Microsoft has preserved or created 9,200 affordable housing units in the region since 2019. totaling $81.7

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Those small startups—including not only Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook but also less famous ones—grew into successful companies that attracted talented people who generated new wealth. The livability flywheel depends on leadership from elected officials, corporate and nonprofit executives, and the community.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Carbon capture is critical for us to address climate change in time and to actually reach net zero [emissions],” said Deepika Nagabhushan , a program director with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was an early investor in carbon capture technology. Bill Gates and British Columbia .

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

And I am part of the safety net of my extended family — when people need money, they come to me. I thought, look, if you get a job at Facebook, that’s your safety net. Nonprofits can do that. Like Slack forced Microsoft to get better. But at the same time, Microsoft forced Slack to get eaten. Businesses can too.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

For those of you who know or remember, Code Red, was a computer worm that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Information Server or IIS. Let's take apart packet captures you know, Project Honey net was going well. And so, this was right, right before Code Red hit. VAMOSI: Okay, the timing was great for Daniel.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2021

In Amazon’s letter to Inslee, Hurst wrote that the measure could help companies transition to lower carbon vehicles and fuels, something that Amazon is doing as part of its pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. “We Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

Botsman has spoken to and advised many high-profile organizations, including Google, Microsoft, Lend Lease and PwC. Previously, Jain held senior positions at Microsoft Research Cambridge, the Helen Hamlyn Centre, and Nokia Design London. Twitter: @anabjain. Shivvy Jervis. Location: London, England, UK. Twitter: @shivvyjervis.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2021

When MacKenzie Scott unveiled last year that she had donated $6 billion to support 500 nonprofits across the country, overwhelming applause rushed in for a billionaire who probably donated more money directly to charities in a single year than any living person ever had before. More net worth doesn’t always translate to more power.

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