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Amazon sustainability report: Carbon emissions rose 19% in 2020 as pandemic drove huge revenue

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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. The company, which employs more than 1 million people worldwide, posted record revenue of $386 billion last year.

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Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

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The objective was to cast a broad net rather than to focus on a certain set of immune cells, for example, in order to capture the big picture of what’s going on. The scientists are deconstructing the human biological response to COVID by studying thousands of markers found in blood and plasma.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 ” Sharma joined Madrona last year from Amazon Web Services. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Expedia has been crushed by the pandemic as travel restrictions slow its business. billion in 2019.

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Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

Vox

The report , which comes from the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), asserts that Amazon takes a larger and larger cut of sellers’ earnings through the various fees it levies on them. AWS netted $13.5 ILSR estimates seller fees netted $24 billion. billion in 2020, according to Amazon’s financial data.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

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Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Webby Award for Music : Bastille - Doom Days Web AR by Powster. Collective.

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