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‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

GeekWire

Looking further ahead, the company is exploring a potential deal with the United Arab Emirates that could lead to the purchase of hundreds of reactors. At the United Nations climate conference in December, more than 20 countries including the U.S. Levesque declined to provide an updated price tag for the Kemmerer project.

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In new NFL deal, Amazon to be exclusive home for ‘Thursday Night Football’ at a reported $1B per year

GeekWire

Amazon is going deep in its relationship with the National Football League, signing on for a new 11-year deal that will make Prime Video the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football.” (Amazon Image). Sportico reported that Amazon effectively doubled the $660 million Fox was paying for “TNF” and will pay $1.3

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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

GeekWire

million seed round with investors including Grantham, United Airlines Ventures, Carbon Removal Partners and ReGen Ventures. The startup also received a $270,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation. Banyu Carbon has its lab and office space at CoMotion Labs at the University of Washington. .

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO Business Intelligence

The company’s North American business unit, which accounts for 40% of its revenue, was the first to move to the new system in October 2021. National Grid: A perfect storm National Grid, a utility company serving gas and electric customers in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, was facing a difficult situation.

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Amazon details how its warehouse robots are designed to help humans work more safely

GeekWire

Last week, Amazon announced that it would contribute $12 million to support a five-year partnership with the National Safety Council aimed at reducing musculoskeletal disorders, which account for about 40% of the injuries at Amazon’s warehouses. That robotic headcount is 75% higher than the estimate that Amazon shared two years ago.

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Your phone can tell when you’re depressed

Vox

Roughly 29 percent of US adults have been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives, and the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly a third of US adults will experience an anxiety disorder at some point. And those issues are significant: Rates of mental illness have skyrocketed over the past several years.

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Our buildings are making us sick

Vox

In its March announcement of a Clean Air in Buildings Challenge , the White House urged states, local governments, and schools to use any of the half-trillion dollars they got through the American Rescue Plan to improve buildings’ indoor air, signaling that the issue is increasingly one of national priority. Covid was a big wake-up call”.