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California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules

The Verge

Net neutrality died a horrible death in 2017, but things have just turned around: California’s landmark net neutrality law — erected in 2018 but immediately blocked by lawsuits from Trump’s Department of Justice and the telecom industry — can finally be enforced. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Tim Wu, the ‘father of net neutrality,’ is joining the Biden administration

The Verge

Tim Wu — the Columbia law professor who coined the term “net neutrality” — is joining the Biden administration , where he’ll be working on technology and competition policy at the National Economic Council. Photo: New America / Flickr. Wu is a prominent voice online, as one of the most well-known advocates for a free and open internet.

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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%. grams of CO2e per dollar of Gross Merchandise Sales in 2018 to 122.8 It dropped 5%, declining from 128.9

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Application List Report

Mick's IT Blog

Here is an example of my ARPExclusions.txt file: 64 Bit HP CIO Components Installer Active Directory Authentication Library for SQL Server Active Directory Authentication Library for SQL Server (x86) Administrative Templates (.admx)

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Microsoft, Brooks, Unilever and others join Amazon’s Climate Pledge, topping 30 signatories

GeekWire

Amazon announced the Climate Pledge last year , promising to meet the net-zero emissions goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change by 2040, 10 years ahead of schedule. Microsoft announced its own climate plan in January and followed up this summer by forming its own coalition, Transform to Net Zero. new sign, who dis?

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Elon Musk says he’ll pay over $11 billion in taxes this year

The Verge

Earlier this year, ProPublica reported that Musk paid zero federal income tax in 2018, and only paid $455 million in taxes in the previous four years despite his wealth growing by $13.9 Speaking at this year’s Code Conference , Musk said his taxes were zero in 2018 because he overpaid the year before.

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Smartsheet revenue up 17% to $286.9M in Q3 as enterprise giant preps to go private

GeekWire

million and GAAP net income of $1.3 Smartsheet, which went public in 2018, makes cloud-based enterprise work management technologies for managing and tracking projects, collaborating, storing data, and automating and assigning tasks, among other capabilities. Its net cash flow was $63.5 million, up from a $32.4 Bellevue, Wash.-based