1. Greenpeace rains on Apple's iCloud

    Greenpeace rains on Apple's iCloud

    Environmental activists at Greenpeace took their campaign to pressure cloud computing providers on energy to Apple's headquarters today.

    Protesters set up a portable building -- i.e. a "pod" -- and protesters dressed as iPhones stood outside Apple's buildings in Cupertino, Calif.

    Greenpeace also projected messages onto the glass entryway into one building asking Apple to "just stop using coal" and "be part of the next century, not last."

    It's the latest event designed to bring attention to Greenpeace and its Clean Our Cloud campaign which is pressuring large data center operators to use more renewable energy.

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