Tech tackles carbon: WeTransfer and Apple confirm emissions cuts, TikTok moves to tackle climate misinformation

Stuart Stone
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Tech tackles carbon: WeTransfer and Apple confirm emissions cuts, TikTok moves to tackle climate misinformation

WeTransfer deletes 78 per cent of server emissions, as TikTok moves to cut climate misinformation and Apple takes chunk out of MacBook footprint

WeTransfer has this week revealed that strategies to curb its carbon emissions have delivered a 78 per cent reduction in emissions from its server use, despite platform usage and subscriptions increasing...

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