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Practical climate solutions and big corporations
Retailers like Walmart derive the bulk of their sales from products that ultimately originate in nature. That means they have a stake in reversing the course of biodiversity loss.
"The business community has woken up and taken notice of this," Kathleen McLaughlin, Walmart's executive VP and chief sustainability officer, says "Time for nature: Turning biodiversity risk into opportunity," a livestream conversation hosted by GZERO in partnership with Suntory.
As a result, Walmart is doing its part by engaging with its suppliers on biodiversity protection. It's the only way, she adds, to "protect, restore, and better manage 50 million acres of land and a million square miles of ocean" where the company indirectly sources raw materials for its products.
McLaughlin says that Walmart is embracing nature-positive to support both the livelihoods of producers and still provide affordable products to consumers.
Learn more about this GZERO Media live discussion: https://www.gzeromedia.com/sustainability
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup aims to process thoughts; TikTok & Walmart
Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of WIRED, helps us make sense of today's stories in technology:
What is going on with Elon Musk's startup, Neuralink?
He demonstrated on a Friday night, this small little sensor you put into your skull, or as he showed on TV, into the skull of a pig, it can read and write electrical signals into the brain. What will it likely be able to do? It may, for example, be able to process simple thoughts, allow people who have lost ability to move their arm, to move their arms again. The long-term promise, which Musk talked about, would allow you to download and rewind your memories, highly unlikely and highly speculative.
Why does Walmart want to buy TikTok?
Well, TikTok will generate tons of revenue. It's a booming platform and there are lots of possible ways it could integrate with Walmart. E-commerce, advertising, branding. I don't know if that's a great idea for TikTok but it does make sense for Walmart.
UK Regulates 'Online Harm': Tech in 60 Seconds
Can the U.K. successfully regulate online harm?
That is going to be hard! The UK would really like to wipe toxic content off the Internet. But who defines it? How does that really work? It's hard to determine. One man's toxicity is another man's fair debate.
What will happen if the Senate rejects that neutrality legislation?
The Senate will reject net neutrality legislation. It is a partisan issue and the Senate is run by Republicans. So what happens? Well maybe some bad things will happen or relitigate it in 2020. Meanwhile, the Democrats will fundraise on it.
Can robots help make Walmart competitive against Amazon?
Walmart is adding lots of robots to their stores. It's not really where they compete against Amazon, but it could make the company more efficient, which will help the general battle.
What is the Pentagon's JEDI contract?
It is a massive cloud contract. Right now they've said it's down to two companies - Amazon and Microsoft. There's 10 billion dollars at stake and it's making all the cloud vendors get a little bit nasty.
And go deeper on topics like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence at Microsoft Today in Technology.