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

GeekWire

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%. Some 10,000 vehicles should be on the road by 2022. Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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US Commerce Department report highlights alarming chip inventory levels

TechSpot

For comparison, the figure was closer to 40 days in 2019 before the pandemic. The Commerce Department found that among 25 immediate / end users of semiconductors, median inventory levels had dropped to fewer than five days by September 2021.

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Apple sold 80 million iPhones in Q4 to become top smartphone vendor for the first time since 2016

TechSpot

For comparison, Samsung managed to sell 62.1 percent versus Q4 2019. Market research firm Gartner in its latest report said Apple sold 79.9 million iPhones during the final three months of 2020, an increase of 14.9 percent compared to the same period a year ago. million smartphones to end users during the quarter, down 11.8

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10 most popular articles of 2019

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

As we say goodbye to 2019, let’s take a look back at the last year. The Mobile App Comparison Chart: Hybrid vs. Native vs. Mobile Web (2019 Update). To help clear up confusion, we’ve created a handy comparison chart to help you understand which mobile app approach is right for you. 5 IT trends to watch in 2019 and beyond.

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Epic says Apple ‘cherry picked’ info about Fortnite’s popularity in new filing

The Verge

By July 2020, interest in Fortnite had decreased by nearly 70% as compared to October 2019. Over the period of time that Apple cherry-picked for its Google search volume comparison (between October 2019 and July 2020), the number of daily active users on Fortnite actually increased by more than 39%,” the filing states.

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Zeiss’ full-frame Android camera is available to preorder for $6,000

The Verge

It was originally supposed to be released in early 2019. The obvious comparison would be with Sony’s RX1 compact cameras, which also feature full-frame sensors and Zeiss-branded 35mm f/2 lenses; the last one cost $3,300 in 2015. Why would anyone pay $6,000 for the ZX1? There’s also Wi-Fi, USB-C, and 512GB of onboard storage.

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Reddit shares daily active user figures for the first time

TechSpot

Reddit averaged 52 million daily active users in October, which is an increase of 33 percent from the same period in 2019, per the WSJ report. For comparison, Facebook’s average daily active user count in the month of September was 1.82 Twitter, meanwhile, reported 187 million monetizable daily active.