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Microsoft's carbon footprint grew by twenty-five percent last year, reaching thirty-four million metric tons by the company's own accounting. The culprit, according to their sustainability report, is datacenter expansion — the same infrastructure powering the AI ambitions Microsoft keeps promising will change everything. The trade-off is becoming harder to ignore.
On the subject of Microsoft and AI, OpenAI has named GPT five point six as the preferred model behind Microsoft Copilot, even as rumors swirl about tension between the two companies. The announcement reads partly like a partnership reaffirmation — a signal to the market that whatever friction exists behind closed doors, the business relationship holds for now.
And Volkswagen is planning to cut roughly half its model lineup as sales continue to fall, particularly in China, where domestic electric vehicle makers have eaten deeply into the brand's market share. It's a striking contraction for one of the world's largest automakers, and a reminder that the shift to electric isn't just a technology story — it's a survival story for legacy industry.
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