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

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As Amazon’s sales skyrocketed during the pandemic, its carbon emissions rose — by 19%, according to its 2020 sustainability report , released Wednesday. The report is Amazon’s third annual sustainability report assessing progress toward its 2019 Climate Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Amazon Graphic).

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

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But the Redmond company was blindsided Friday by the OpenAI board’s decision to remove Altman, learning about it shortly before the news was announced, according to a report by Axios , which GeekWire confirmed independently. But, as I understand it, it was a “misalignment” of the profit versus nonprofit adherents at the company.

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Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

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— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board members in its quest to expand its impact on the tech industry: Clockwise from top left: Jeffrey Spector, Michele Broderick, Melina Garcia and Justin Beals. Ada Developers Academy Photos).

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Decision makers are realizing that technology is essential for reaching their ESG goals,” noted Bjoern Stengel, IDC global sustainability research lead, in the report. CIO Wetmur is taking things a step further at Morgan Stanley with a more sustainable approach to application development. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. In March, Gopuff closed a $1.15

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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

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The Institute for Systems Biology scientists are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to coordinate the research with patients, collect clinical data and process the vast numbers of data points. Heath noted there were reports from the 1918 Spanish flu of people experiencing lasting ill-effects of the disease. ISB Image).

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