Bill Gates climate fund reportedly plans to invest $15 billion in clean tech
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/bill-gates-bec-climate-fund-plans-to-invest-15-billion-in-clean-tech.html
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Bill Gates climate fund plans to mobilize $15 billion into clean tech
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a fund backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, is planning to invest in clean tech projects.
Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7d7j9/google-had-secret-project-to-convince-employees-that-unions-suck
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Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’
New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, 'Project Vivian,' between late 2018 and early 2020.
All hail the Ariane 5 rocket, which doubled the Webb telescope’s lifetime
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/all-hail-the-ariane-5-rocket-which-doubled-the-webb-telescopes-lifetime/
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All hail the Ariane 5 rocket, which doubled the Webb telescope’s lifetime
"It would have been criminal not to do it."
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Apple reportedly wants nothing to do with Zuck's metaverse
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Apple reportedly wants nothing to do with Zuck's metaverse
You're on your own, Meta.
GM finally bends the knee to California’s authority to set vehicle pollution rules
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22876516/gm-california-vehicle-emissions-letter-newsom-trump
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GM finally bends the knee to California’s authority to set vehicle pollution rules
GM backed Trump’s fight with California and lost.
Artificial Sun Just Broke a Record for Longest Sustained Nuclear Fusion Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinas-artificial-sun-reactor-broke-record-for-nuclear-fusion-180979336/
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Smithsonian Magazine
China’s Artificial Sun Just Broke a Record for Longest Sustained Nuclear Fusion
Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes
Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe—and threatening the future of crypto
https://fortune.com/2022/01/05/crypto-blackouts-bitcoin-mining-bans-kosovo-iran-kazakhstan-iceland/
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Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe—and threatening the future of crypto
Mining Bitcoin is one of the most profitable businesses on the plant—but it also consumes too much energy for a growing list of nations.
A Texas team comes up with a COVID vaccine that could be a global game changer
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/05/1070046189/a-texas-team-comes-up-with-a-covid-vaccine-that-could-be-a-global-game-changer
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Uber CEO Admits Company Can Afford Labor Protections for Drivers - Dara Khosrowshahi told investors that Uber “can make any model work” in response to new EU regulations — a departure from the gig employer’s public stance.
https://theintercept.com/2022/01/07/uber-drivers-labor-protections-dara-khosrowshahi-european-union/
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Uber CEO Admits Company Can Afford Labor Protections for Drivers
Dara Khosrowshahi told investors that Uber “can make any model work” in response to new EU regulations — a departure from the gig employer’s public stance.
Touchscreen tech swaps rare metal for graphene, with no performance drop
https://newatlas.com/electronics/indium-graphene-oled-touchscreen/
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Touchscreen tech swaps rare metal for graphene, with no performance drop
Indium is one of the rarest metals on Earth, but it’s a key ingredient in ubiquitous electronic devices. Engineers have now demonstrated a way to swap indium for graphene, to make devices with the exact same electronic properties.
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Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature
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Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature [Updated]
Apple's VPN-like iCloud Private Relay setting makes it difficult for ISPs to track you—and they hate it.
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Canon can’t get enough toner chips, so it’s telling customers how to defeat its DRM
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Canon can’t get enough toner chips, so it’s telling customers how to defeat its DRM
Lack of chips produces "no negative effects on print quality," Canon says.
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ISPs must accept gov’t subsidy on all plans—no more upselling, FCC chair says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/isps-must-accept-govt-subsidy-on-all-plans-no-more-upselling-fcc-chair-says/
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ISPs must accept gov’t subsidy on all plans—no more upselling, FCC chair says
FCC chair seeks stricter rules after ISPs used previous subsidy to upsell users.
Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say
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Time
Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say
TIME spoke to 19 Reddit moderators around the world who say Reddit has ignored their pleas for the company to rein in hate-speech in non-English language subreddits
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Low-cost warfare: US military battles with ‘Costco drones’ | Financial Times
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Astronomers discover a strange galaxy without dark matter
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Astronomers discover a strange galaxy without dark matter
New observations suggest that dark matter isn't as ubiquitous as scientists thought.
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In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/health/heart-transplant-pig-bennett.html
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In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig
The breakthrough may lead one day to new supplies of animal organs for transplant into human patients.
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A former Amazon drone engineer who quit over the company's opaque employee ranking system is working with lawmakers to crack it open
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employee-ranking-system-drone-engineer-lawmakers-bill-washington-2022-1
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A former Amazon drone engineer who quit over the company's opaque employee-ranking system is working with lawmakers to crack it…
Pat McGah said he took severance after Amazon managers informed him he was among the "least effective" members of his team, Bloomberg reported.
Intel’s funding threatened by Marco Rubio after ‘humiliating apologies’ to China | Intel apologized for referencing forced labor in Xinjiang
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/11/22877916/intel-xinjiang-apology-marco-rubio-threatens-funding-chips-act
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Intel’s funding threatened by Marco Rubio after ‘humiliating apologies’ to China
US companies in China are facing pressure on all sides
California’s blueprint budget has $6.1 billion for electric vehicle initiatives
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/california-proposes-6point1-billion-in-new-incentives-for-electric-vehicles-.html
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California’s blueprint budget has $6.1 billion for electric vehicle initiatives
California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a $286.4 billion budget proposal, dubbed the "California Blueprint," for the state on Monday.
After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/after-ruining-android-messaging-google-says-imessage-is-too-powerful/
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After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful
Google failed to compete with iMessage for years. Now it wants Apple to play nice.
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