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Amazon Says It Didn’t Get a $10 Billion Contract Because Trump Hates Bezos

November 15, 2019 admin Amazon, aws, azure, Cloud computing, jedi, microsoft, Pentagon

Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:48:41 +0000

After ignoring endless internal and external protests, Amazon is now launching one over the Pentagon awarding the JEDI contract to Microsoft.

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Heat (The Elephant In The Room)

October 30, 2019 admin Amazon, buildings, clean power, climate change, co2 emissions, data centers, dublin ireland, energy efficiency, Europe, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, google, grid, heating emissions, home energy management, home heating, microsoft, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, United States

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:53:44 +0000

I came across a very interesting statistic the other day from the IEA’s Renewables 2018 report. The statistic is that 50% of total energy consumption globally is used for the production of heat for our homes, industry, and other applications

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Internal Email Shows GitHub Plans to Renew ICE Contract

October 9, 2019 admin activism, Border Protection, Chef, customs border protection, github, government, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, microsoft, power

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:40:36 +0000

Even though GitHub leadership and others oppose ICE’s child separation policy, an internal email suggests GitHub won’t stop ICE from renewing a contract with the tech company.

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ENGIE, Microsoft Seal Innovative ‘Firm Power’ PPA for 230 MW Wind and Solar in Texas

September 26, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, engie, firm power, iiot, iiot power, International, Markets, microsoft, news, ppa, Renewables, renewables procurement, Solar, Technology, texas, vfa, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:03:14 +0000

The post ENGIE, Microsoft Seal Innovative ‘Firm Power’ PPA for 230 MW Wind and Solar in Texas appeared first on POWER Magazine.

ENGIE, the world’s largest independent power producer, has signed an innovative volume firming agreement (VMA) with Microsoft that will allow the technology giant to buy “firm” power from wind and solar projects in Texas under a specially structured power purchase agreement (PPA). The companies on Sept. 24 said the long-term PPA will allow Microsoft to […]

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Corporations & Renewables: Taking The Bull By The Horns

September 26, 2019 admin apple, clean power, corporate renewables, google, greenpeace, microsoft, ppas, Solar energy, thenergy, thomas hillig, wind energy

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:00:58 +0000

Commitment to sustainability has required untiring efforts from corporates. The race does not stop at 100% renewables. For taking up the sustainability reins, an attack is the best form of defense. At the beginning of this process, pragmatism was important. Corporate renewable energy pioneers were mainly focusing on standard corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) and guarantees of origin (GOs). Now, sustainability leaders mainly focus on three areas: Location, supply chain, and synchronization of consumption and renewable energy supply

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Working on Microsoft’s Cortana Is Laborious and Poorly Paid

August 14, 2019 admin Artificial Intelligence, Contractors, cortana, Cybersecurity, Labor, machine learning, microsoft, privacy, skype, tech-power

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:46:34 +0000

Leaked documents show that Microsoft’s contractors are paid between $12 and $14 an hour and are asked to transcribe as many as 200 audio clips per hour to train the Cortana virtual assistant.

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Vulnerability Exposed Microsoft Azure Users to Cyberattack

August 8, 2019 admin hacking, microsoft

Credit to Author: Karl Bode| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:03:16 +0000

New report says flaw with common remote desktop access protocol left millions of users and researchers open to attack.

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Major Video Game Companies Commit to Disclosing Loot Box Probability

August 7, 2019 admin ESA, loot box, loot boxes, microsoft, microtransactions, Nintendo, Sony

Credit to Author: Nicole Carpenter| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:43:18 +0000

Companies such as Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are committing to reforming practices around paid lootboxes, the Entertainment Software Association says.

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