Microsoft has developed technology to help the company on its road to carbon negative by 2030. Chief Environmental Officer, Lucas Joppa, said Microsoft looks to be the blueprint for other companies to reduce their carbon footprints.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, as co-CEO.
Samsung is working to empower start ups across the globe to create innovative technologies that can be applied in our everyday lives. Young Sohn, corporate president and chief strategy officer at Samsung, talks newly announced winners of the extreme tech competition.
The three nations alleged Thursday that hacking group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and believed to be part of the Russian intelligence service, is attacking academic and pharmaceutical coronavirus research institutions involved in vaccine development.
Advertising agencies are expressing concerns about the potential for TikTok to share user data with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance — something the social media platform flatly denies is happening.