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Google DeepMind and WRI launch ForTy, a six-category global forest map: Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released ForTy, a global map that classifies forests and other land into six categories, including primary forest, plantations and tree crops. It identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas, and 60% of plantations.

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Amazon pledges over €16B in Germany for AWS, AI, satellites and robotics: Amazon pledged to invest more than €16 billion ($17.9 billion) in Germany in 2027, according to Bloomberg. The spending will cover AWS and AI data centers, its Leo satellite program, Prime Video media production, and a Berlin robotics lab.