No stranger to controversy, Amazon finds itself in the midst of an intractable contest between environmental activists and its mission as a profit-driven business.
Microsoft and other major companies launched the Transform to Net Zero initiative this week with the goal to accelerate progress toward a net-zero-carbon-emissions future. Coalition members — A P. Moller-Maersk, Danone, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Natura,...
Apple said it is supporting the development of what it claims is the first-ever direct carbon-free aluminum smelting process and that the first batch of this low-carbon aluminum is being...
A Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative has been launched to enhance the power grid’s modularity, interoperability, and scalability to accelerate the effort toward carbon neutrality by 2050. article: https://www.environmentalleader.com/2020/06/launched-digital-substation-initiative-to-modernize-power-grid-infrastructure/
article: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/lf-energy-announces-open-source-substation-project-to-better-handle-variabl/580413/
Linux Foundation organization, LF Energy, with GE Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric and RTE, also launched CoMPAS to make substation systems interoperable as part of this initiative. article: https://devops.com/lf-energy-launches-digital-substation-initiative-to-modernize-power-grid-infrastructure/
This month the tech industry’s lexicon is seeing a small but significant shift: Common technical phrases, most notably “Master/Slave” and “Whitelist/Blacklist” that have been red-flagged as offensive, or even racist,...
Much like any other profession, the IT industry does not exist in a vacuum. Social upheaval will have as much impact on IT professionals as it does on any other....
It may seem like things are falling apart this year, but it’s actually a new beginning. article: https://www.rd.com/list/why-2020-is-the-wake-up-call-we-needed/
A bigger, long-term question may be how to implant greater transparency in an ever more automated and digital grid. And yet another challenge is how to acknowledge the true vulnerabilities...
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