⌨️ Microsoft will capture all CO2 it's ever emitted
By 2030 the company will draw more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than it puts in, and be carbon negative. By 2050 all emissions they have caused since 1975 will be captured.
💡 Google should be lauded for its ambitious efforts other than search
Google was a hit on the stock market when they released their latest quarterly report. They still make a lot of money in searches, but nearly a billion dollars in losses in the "other bets" category made the stock market angry.
🌳 This artificial tree sucks up as much pollution as 275 regular trees
Called CityTree it only occupies 1 percent of the space needed for 275 trees. Now you can find them in London, and hopefully soon in many other countries.
🚀 SpaceX become largest commercial satellite operator
With the launch of 60 Starlink satellites SpaceX gets closer to start operating their global space internet.
🚄 Zero deaths on Indian railways for the first time in 166 years
The number of killed has gone from over 2000 in the 60s to zero last year.
👩⚕️ Google AI as good as doctors to identify breast cancer, and will soon be better
Googles Deepmind has developed an AI that helps identify cancer in brest x-rays, mammography. The AI is already as good as, in one test, and better than human doctors, in another test.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield's guide to optimism
He has written the bestseller An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth, and here now is his guide to optimism.
📅 The best decade in human history
Poverty declined, wealth increased, new science breakthroughs and bigger opportunities for more people than ever before. 2010 to 2020 has been the best decade in human history.
🏭 Goldman Sachs will no longer fund new coal projects
Goldman Sachs announces that it will no longer fund new coal projects. They will also not fund any extraction projects in the Arctic.