#Amazon rejects #AWS #climate disclosure proposal
Amazon's board urges shareholders to reject a proposal that would have megacorp disclose more information on impact of #datacenters on its climate commitments.
Amazon has made high-profile climate commitments central to its corporate strategy, but also that the firm's cloud business aims to massively expand its infrastructure over the next several years. This calls into question whether the original commitment is realistic
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/amazon_climate_goals/
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#Amazon rejects #AWS #climate disclosure proposalAmazon's board urges shareholders to reject a proposal that would have megacorp disclose more information on impact of #datacenters on its climate commitments -
Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 #robotvacuumsSammy Azdoufal wanted to steer his #DJI Romo with a controller.Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 #robotvacuums
Sammy Azdoufal wanted to steer his #DJI Romo with a controller. Building his app, he used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how robot communicated with DJI’s cloud. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other #vacuums across 24 countries.
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Forget Craigslist #apartment scams.Forget Craigslist #apartment scams. The Bay Area has a more sinister rental problem.
#AI Now Helps Manage 16% of America's #Apartments
AI is common in large apartment complexes not just in the tech-centric Bay Area, but across the entire country. It all kicked off at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he said, when contactless, self-guided apartment tours and completely virtual tours where people rented apartments sight unseen became commonplace.
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#WorldHappinessReport Says #SocialMedia Makes #Teens UnhappyThe World Happiness Report for 2026 says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens’ #mentalhealth with heavy use contributing to a drop in wellbeing among young people#WorldHappinessReport Says #SocialMedia Makes #Teens Unhappy
The World Happiness Report for 2026 says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens’ #mentalhealth with heavy use contributing to a drop in wellbeing among young people.
The report found that heavy social media use affects girls disproportionately and is associated with digital crimes such as sextortion and #cyberbullying, as well as higher rates of #depression and #anxiety.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/world-happiness-report-says-social-media-makes-teens-unhappy
https://archive.ph/TSQ2g