Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, is always known to veer towards low-carbon technology. However, Tesla’s recent backing of bitcoin could turbo-charge the global usage of a currency that is known to cause much more pollution each year than any small country.
Bitcoin production generates between an estimated 22 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year according to the 2019 study in Joule.
But there is hope in this situation because Tesla’s bet on bitcoin brings growing attempts in the cryptocurrency industry to mitigate the environmental damage of mining. This movement can be advanced by Musk, who this week separately offered $100 million for inventions that can pull carbon dioxide from oceans and seas.
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With its access to a secure and world-class software, Apple could tackle the problem people encounter acquiring crypto assets due to know-your-customer regulations with the company offering a closed system that improves asset security, prevents nefarious activities and has instant access to sellers and buyers; according to an RBC Capital Markets report.
The RBC report came the same day that bitcoin strode nearer mainstream acceptance after Tesla revealed it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin and soon would accept it as a way of payment for cars.
Apple has been proceeding cautiously when it comes to cryptocurrencies. In 2014, Apple banned cryptocurrency wallets from its Apps, but then changed the decision and currently allows them. Although, Apple does not allow its Apple Card credit card to be used when it comes to buying cryptocurrencies.
Dropshipping is the trendy e-commerce model that is behind the ads for products found on Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram and Facebook. The model relies on targeted ads that are designed to stop consumers from scrolling and make impulse purchases, usually from A store in Shopify set up for that product.
The dropshipper will not place an order until the customer does, rarely touching the merchandise that are often directly shipped from China; in turn can cause delivery times of more than 90 days.
Twitter Inc missed expectations on user growth and warned that this rate would slow in the coming quarters as the boost from last year’s pandemic-fueled surge fizzles.
Twitter said it expected “modest impact” from the rollout of Apple Inc’s planned privacy changes to its iOS system.Twitter has recently launched disappearing tweets named “fleets” as a way for users to post on the site and has acquired newsletter startup Revue last month.
Hyundai and Apple started talks over a car partnership in 2018. However, progress was hampered by Hyundai’s reticence on working with outsiders.
Hyundai stock slid 6.2%, wiping $3 billion off its market value. The announcement brings the curtain down on the potential tie up, with some executives raising concerns regarding becoming a contract manufacturer for the Apple in a tie up similar of electronics firm Foxconn’s role in producing devices for Apple such as the iPhone.
Tesla has announced on Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it bought bitcoin for “more flexibility to further diversify and maximise returns on our cash”.
Tesla’s big move into bitcoin represents a significant percentage of its cash in this new investment. This move raises questions around Musk’s behaviour on Twitter, where he had been credited for increasing cryptocurrency prices like dogecoin and bitcoin through posting positive messages that encouraged more people to purchase the digital currencies.
In this pandemic stricken time, businesses and particularly service providers are trying their best to ease out the pressure on their employees. Falling on the same spectrum, Microsoft pushes for the new Microsoft Viva that is designed to act as a portal for both businesses and employees to navigate the complexities of telecommuting and distant work.
Microsoft figures Viva will help in this innovative computerised period of work. Viva isn’t an assistance or application, it is instead set up as a stage for improving distant work:
Jared Spataro, head of Microsoft 365 says:
“We need to stop thinking about work as place and start thinking about how to maintain culture, connect employees and harness human ingenuity in a hybrid world”
Spataro had predicted early on in the pandemic that it would forever change the way we work and learn, and that Microsoft Viva will be the very result of trends Microsoft has been witnessing.
Viva is intended for this new advanced and adaptable period of work, incorporating into Microsoft Teams and works instead of the prior intranet through gathering fundamental pieces of a business into one area. Microsoft separates Viva into four specific modules namely insights, learning, connections and topics.
Connections includes resources such as company policies, internal communications and benefits. It’s designed to be the portal you would go to if you just started at a given company and you have never met your colleagues due to the lockdowns. Viva Connection is designed on top of Microsoft’s Sharepoint technology that includes town halls, company news and employee resource communities or groups. Essentially, it’s a dashboard for connecting coworkers remotely.
Microsoft states Viva Insights will include data for leaders and managers to monitor work trends, patterns and that privacy shall be protected. Spataro says “ This means personal insights are visible only to the employee, while insights for leaders and managers are aggregated and de-identified by default to protect individual privacy”
Viva learning is Microsoft Viva’s third module, and as the name implies, it is about employee development and learning. This is the module where employers house courses, training materials and content for employee education. This includes content from Microsoft Learn, LinkedIn Learning and even an organisation’s own content along with training material sourced from third-party providers.
Viva’s last module is Topics which uses AI to automatically surface topics cards with videos, documents and organises content automatically. Viva Topics generates topics cards from apps such as Sharepoint, Teams and Office.
Microsoft launched Viva on Feb. 4, 2021, with parts of the platform to roll out within 2021.
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