Innovative Environmental Initiatives from Tech Giants

Jeff Bezos pens his farewell to the troops, and also, the shareholders. A big Google Earth update. Some thoughts on yesterday’s Coinbase debut. DJI updates its mid-level workhorse drone. And Ford is taking baby steps to that sort of super cruise control that I really want while we’re wait for full autonomy.

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• Links:
• Jeff Bezos says Amazon needs to do a better job for employees in his final shareholder letter as CEO (CNBC)
• Google Earth’s historical 3D time lapses show the ravages of climate change (The Verge)
• Apple announces $200 million investment fund for forest restoration projects (9 to 5 Mac)
• Parallels 16.5 with native Apple Silicon support now available, up 30% faster VM performance than Intel (9 to 5 Mac)
• I funded Coinbase in 2012. Making 6000x on my best startup investment yet (Gary Tan)
• DJI’s new Mavic Air 2S comes with one big upgrade (The Verge)
• Ford’s hands-free BlueCruise driving feature coming soon to the F-150 and Mustang Mach-E (The Verge)

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