This week, Google announced that it will go beyond its commitment to offset its carbon footprint with renewable energy generation and will strive to power its data centers and offices using solely carbon-free electricity by 2030. To put this commitment in perspective, Google … [Read more...] about Google promises to operate using only carbon-free energy by 2030
Google is offering affordable alternatives to college degrees
In 2019, the median annual salary for a full-time worker over the age of 25 was about $66,000, if they had a bachelor's degree. With only a high school diploma, it dropped to about $39,000. But that increase in earnings doesn't come cheap. Since 1985, the price tag on a … [Read more...] about Google is offering affordable alternatives to college degrees
Google is creating the world’s largest earthquake detector
Google is on a mission to create the world’s largest earthquake detector. To do this, the tech giant is using the same accelerometer that rotates your screen. Beginning with Android 5.0's launch on August 11, phones running the OS will start becoming part of Google's Lucious … [Read more...] about Google is creating the world’s largest earthquake detector
Google’s internet balloons are now connecting Kenya to the web
We may take our access to the internet for granted, but more than 40 percent of the global population still can’t connect to the web. With this in mind, Alphabet’s internet-beaming Project Loon has set off on a mission to overcome this digital divide, starting in … [Read more...] about Google’s internet balloons are now connecting Kenya to the web
Drone delivery service will soon start dropping books to kids in Virginia
For many school librarians, getting kids to read over the summer can be a challenge, but a librarian in Christiansburg, Virginia, has found an ingenious way to get kids to read more: drones. In a hope that watching a drone deliver books to their house will entice kids to read … [Read more...] about Drone delivery service will soon start dropping books to kids in Virginia