Archives for July 22, 2020

Apple Commits to Carbon Neutrality, Microsoft Makes Eye Contact, Investors Try to Appease White House

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It’s another Thursday which means another week of big tech news talk with Mark Starling and the First News 570 crew. In this week’s roundup, the Apple commits to being carbon neutral, Microsoft wants to make eye contact with its customers, and US investors try to move on TikTok before the US Senate bans the app. You can listen to Mark and I point and laugh while talking about the wild and crazy technology world every Thursday morning, LIVE at 6:43am Eastern.

APPLE COMMITS TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2030

Earlier this week, Apple announced that they and their suppliers are committing to be carbon neutral by 2030. This means that their devices will have zero carbon impact at the point of sale. Apple’s pledge must also be met by their suppliers in which they must be 100% renewable for Apple production. Apple is going one step further by saying they will reclaim all of their greenhouse emissions by 2050. Apple isn’t the only one going greener, Microsoft is planning to be carbon negative by 2040 with other technology giants Amazon and Google following suit.

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