Amazon to meet Paris climate agreement. Jeff Bezos said Thursday that Amazon.com Inc. plans to be carbon neutral by 2040 and plans to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early. Amazon said it expects 80% of its energy use to come from renewable sources by 2024, up from its current 40%, and eventually plans to transition to zero emissions by 2030. (WSJ)
Huawei smartphone upgrade is missing something. With the company banned from buying U.S.-sourced technology, Huawei Technologies Co.’s new Mate 30 phone series will run on an open-source version of Google’s Android operating system, which doesn’t include the Play app store and other Google apps. (WSJ)
Google drone to deliver in Virginia. Wing, Alphabet Inc.'s drone unit, will test drone delivery in Christiansburg, Va., partnering with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and FedEx Corp. to handle small packages, including aspirin and select FedEx packages. Wing currently has commercial deliveries in Helsinki, Finland and Canberra, Australia. (TechCrunch)
Fintech company Stripe joins Silicon Valley elite. A $250 million investment puts the fintech startup's valuation at $35 billion valuation, up about 50% from an early 2019 funding round. Stripe Inc.’s technology allows internet companies and online marketplaces to accept credit cards for their goods and services and pay out money to the people and firms that sell on their platforms. (WSJ)
Dinner with Facebook friends. Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a lobbying trip to the capital at dinner Wednesday organized by Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.). One attendee, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), who has been sharply critical of Facebook, described the meeting as a mix of criticism and constructive dialogue over the tech industry’s “repeated failures” to protect election security and consumer privacy. (WSJ)
The prince of mobile payments in India is ... Google? Indian consumers use Google Pay, the most downloaded financial technology app world-wide last year, to buy train tickets, pay bills and even to purchase lunchtime meals from street vendors. (WSJ)
VIDEO: China tapping AI to raise smarter students. A growing number of classrooms in China are equipped with artificial-intelligence cameras and brain-wave trackers. While many parents and teachers see them as tools to improve grades, they’ve become some children’s worst nightmare. (WSJ)
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