Bill Gates sat down for his seventh Reddit AMA session on Monday, February 26, dispensing some interesting perspectives. Asked about the biggest threat to humanity during the AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist offered the following. There are some things that aren’t likely but we should worry about – […]
When solar sours the home buying experience
Conventional wisdoms states that a roof crowned with solar panels adds value to a home. And for environmentally-conscious home buyers, finding a place already outfitted with the renewable energy-soaking arrays may seem like a nice perk. A recent story in Bloomberg by Esmé E. Deprez shows the downside of trying to purchase a home with […]
Watch: Nova’s Rise of the Superstorms
Harvey, Irma and Maria are names many in the U.S. and the Caribbean won’t soon forget. In the span of a month beginning in August 2017, those hurricanes were responsible for thousands of lives lost, according to some estimates, not to mention the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. They upended lives in Houston, Texas […]
Microsoft’s green underwater datacenter project reaches phase 2
Remember Microsoft’s underwater datacenter concept from a couple of years ago? Where the company stuffed servers and other IT equipment into a big metal tube and dropped it off the coast of California? Microsoft has done it again, this time off the coast of Scotland as part of the second phase of Project Natick, an effort […]
Earth Day 2018: Apple’s new robot recycler, Jane Goodall Google Doodle
Following up on Liam, Apple has a new robot that can disassemble iPhones, plucking valuable components from old phones that electronics recyclers can miss. It’s called Daisy, here’s how Apple describes it: Created through years of R&D, Daisy incorporates revolutionary technology based on Apple’s learnings from Liam, its first disassembly robot launched in 2016. Daisy […]
Earth Day 2018: America’s Greenest States
It’s that time again. In the run up to Earth Day, which falls on Sunday, April 22, personal finance site WalletHub has published its list of the greenest, most eco-friendly states in America. Like last year, Vermont takes first place in 2018. Oregon, Massachusetts, New York and South Dakota round out the top five. Interestingly, […]
Microsoft sets record 315-megawatt solar deal in the U.S.
Microsoft is set on making its cloud-computing operations are as environmentally-friendly as possible. The Redmond, Wash. tech titan announced on March 21 that it had inked a deal for 315 megawatts of solar power for its cloud data centers across two projects in Virginia, the largest corporate agreement of its kind in the United States. […]
AI and blockchain factor into Microsoft’s sustainability vision
Although I typically cover Microsoft from a software and cloud services perspective at eWEEK, the tech titan’s environmental initiatives also deserve some attention. Recently, Claudia Rössler, director of Industry Solutions, Strategic Business Development, Chemical and Agriculture, at Microsoft, posted five “big ideas” for a more environmentally conscious world using technology. Her thoughts on how AI […]
JFK Airport Terminal 4 is LEED Gold certified
NYC-area travelers now have a reason to feel good about flying out of John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport, Terminal 4 to be exact. Today, JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT), which operates Terminal 4 (T4), announced that the U.S. Green Building Council had awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings: Operations and […]
AT&T calls up 520MW wind deal
T-Mobile isn’t the only telecom provider that’s betting big on wind power. Several days after its magenta-hued rival announced a commitment to 100-percent renewable energy, AT&T announced two wind projects that will decrease the company’s carbon footprint. The company is purchasing a total of 520 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries, […]
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