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Fountainhead: The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail

Fountainhead

I browse the web: Site tracking; clickstream storage; site analytics; Email storage, including replication on devices as well as replication in geographical-mirrored data centers. Browse an online store: All of the above, plus clickstream storage and analysis. At my home: electricity usage via smart metering data collection.

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Amazon, Microsoft, Breakthrough Energy share climate news as ‘Climate Week’ kicks off

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The program is pursuing public-private partnerships to develop technology to cut carbon emissions. Its initial focus areas include direct air capture of carbon, green hydrogen fuel, long duration energy storage and sustainable aviation fuel. The new investments reportedly exceed $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.

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Chevron leads $318M investment round for carbon capture company Svante as sector booms

GeekWire

The CO2 is then concentrated for storage or industrial uses. The company’s latest round included an additional 13 investors, tapping funds affiliated with the 3M Company, Samsung and United Airlines and others. Svante’s big round is one data point in a banner year for the carbon removal and storage sector.

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Can tech help cities plan for disasters? 7 ideas from an urban resilience hackathon

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The UW hackathon centered on various pitches each addressing a different aspect of urban resilience to be tested against a future earthquake, pandemic, excessive heat event, or massive airline flight grounding. The pitches were also assessed for support of the Seattle Climate Action Plan and Seattle Race and Justice Initiative.

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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

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Cabana’s customized Ford Transit cargo vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. The Ford Transit vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. ” The company took off at a time when traditional travel — airlines, hotels, etc. were taking a financial hit due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both?

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When it comes to removing carbon there are two approaches: natural solutions such as planting and protecting forests and farming practices that trap carbon in the soil, and industrial solutions including technology that captures carbon from the air for permanent storage. But an overall greening of the airline industry is long, long ways off.

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Here are the Washington state companies that made Deloitte’s annual list of fastest-growing firms

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Its enabled Coinstar ATMs are being introduced in a pilot program with Walmart. . Qumulo is a data storage platform for multi-cloud environments. The NFL team uses Qumulo’s software to optimize data storage for the security of their venue, Levi’s Stadium. with a vision of expanding globally. 129: eXp World Holdings.

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