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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

Ars Technica

On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice. According to a bug report on Cursor's official forum, after producing approximately 750 to 800 lines of code (what the user calls "locs"), the AI assistant halted work and delivered a refusal message: "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Meta has obtained an emergency ruling blocking whistleblower and former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her memoir Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism. In other news, have you seen Barbra Streisand's house? The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) handed down the emergency arbitration ruling on Wednesday, finding that Meta was likely to succeed in its case against Wynn-Williams for breach of contract.

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8 Steps to Launch a Peer-to-Peer Campaign for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. A peer-to-peer campaign (or P2P) is a type of fundraising where individuals organize and host a campaign on behalf of a nonprofit organization and collect donations from their friends.

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SpaceX Has a Major Problem: New Versions of Starship Are Performing Worse Than Older Ones

Futurism

Starship, the SpaceX megarocket that's slated to bring astronauts to the Moon and perhaps one day Mars, is hitting a major snag in its development : the latest version of the spacecraft, known as Block 2, is performing worse than its predecessor, in the New York Time's analysis. On Thursday, during Starship's eighth orbital flight test, the vehicle's upper stage exploded, showering debris down over the coast of Florida.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

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Anthropic researchers forced Claude to become deceptive — what they discovered could save us from rogue AI

VentureBeat

Anthropic researchers reveal groundbreaking techniques to detect hidden objectives in AI systems, training Claude to conceal its true goals before successfully uncovering them through innovative auditing methods that could transform AI safety standards.

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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

If the joy of seeing butterflies seems increasingly rare these days, it isnt your imagination. From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22% across the continental United States. Thats 1 in 5 butterflies lost. The findings are from an analysis just published in the journal Science by the U.S. Geological Surveys Powell Center Status of Butterflies of the United States Working Group , which I am involved in.

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NYC Weed Shop Owner Says She May Park Her Tesla Outside and Give Out Sledgehammers to Destroy It

Futurism

An angel investor-turned-dispensary owner has sold one of her family's two Teslas amid dissatisfaction with the company's boisterous CEO and is considering a more dramatic fate for the other one. In a post on her personal blog, investor Joanne Wilson wrote that her partner suggested they let customers at Gotham, the luxury dispensary she owns in downtown Manhattan, use their spare Tesla to take out their frustration on 4/20.

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Cybertruck suffers catastrophic failure in this stress test. Watch it happen.

Mashable Tech

Ever since the Tesla Cybertruck launched, people have been putting the truck through its paces with hilarious, and often catastrophic , results. Tech YouTuber JerryRigEverything — mostly known for his smartphone durability test — put a Cybertruck through a different kind of test by loading the truck’s hitch up to its 11,000-pound tow limit to see if the truck could handle it.

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

Ars Technica

After DownDetector reported that tens of thousands of users globally experienced repeated X (formerly Twitter) outages, Elon Musk confirmed the issues are due to an ongoing cyberattack on the platform. "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk wrote on X. "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Apple Mac Studio M4 Max review: A creative powerhouse

Engadget

The Mac Studio is Apples ultimate performance computer, but this years model came with a twist: Its equipped with either an M4 Max or an M3 Ultra processor. The latter might seem like a step backward, since nearly all Macs (except the Mac Pro) are now equipped with M4 chips. However, the M3 Ultra is indeed Apples best-performing processor, which makes the new Mac Studio its fastest computer ever.

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Korean Air replaced its iconic logo for the first time in 40 years

Fast Company Tech

For the first time since 1984, the airline Korean Air is updating its charmingly retro look to new branding thats better suited for the modern era. The rebrand, designed by the global creative consultancy Lippincott , includes a new wordmark, refreshed logo, and pared-down color scheme. Its set to debut across Korean Airs operations and on the livery of its aircraft in the coming weeks.

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Man Installed "Kill Switch" So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose

Futurism

For most of us, getting revenge on a company that screwed us over will only ever be a bitter daydream. But when one company messed with the wrong man, he decided to make good on that fantasy, turning it into costly reality. Last week, a Texas-based software developer by the name of Davis Lu was found guilty by a federal jury for maliciously disrupting servers at Eaton Corp, a huge power management firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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Netflixs Adolescence review: One of the best, most devastating shows of 2025

Mashable Tech

For anyone who's seen Boiling Point — Philip Barantini's one-shot kitchen drama starring Stephen Graham — Adolescence is surely high on the to-watch list. Co-created by Graham himself alongside frequent collaborator Jack Thorne, and directed by Barantini, the four-part Netflix drama/thriller takes Boiling Point 's one-take format and multiplies it across four settings, following the shattered lives of a family whose 13-year-old son is accused of murdering a classmate.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.

Ars Technica

DENVERThe US Space Force lacks the full range of space weapons China and Russia are adding to their arsenals, and military leaders say it's time to close the gap. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force's chief of space operations, told reporters at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium last week that he wants to have more options to present to national leaders if an adversary threatens the US fleet of national security satellites used for surveillance, communication, navigation

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Ditch the Fear, Embrace The Magic: Leadership Lessons From A 4- And 5-Year-Old

Bloomerang

Leadership lessons are everywheresometimes even in a crowded YMCA pool. Recently, I started teaching my grandnieces, Vaitea (5) and Hoolai (4), how to swim. My sister Mahealani and my niece Hepua were in the water with us, surrounded by kids and parents splashing around. The girls were pumped. I had my tried-and-true lesson plan ready to go. Five minutes in, I realized I had completely underestimated them.

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$3,500 and bills paid: How these local organizations are helping L.A. fire victims recover

Fast Company Tech

When the Eaton Fire burned through Altadena in January, Patricia Lopez-Gutierrez and her children had to flee from the house theyd been renting for a decade. Lopez-Gutierrez also lost work: Shes a housecleaner, and her clients lost their own homes in the fire. “I’ve been here for 18 years, and I really don’t want to leave this area,” she said through a translator. “My children and their schools are here.

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2025 Website Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your website is the foundation upon which your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns are built. How well your nonprofit’s email and social media campaigns perform depends upon how well your website communicates your mission and programs and whether it is optimized to capture leads and inspire action.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Lunar Eclipse 2025: How to take the best blood moon photos with your phone

Mashable Tech

The lunar eclipse is coming, and it's going to be a big one. The so-called blood moon on Thursday evening or Friday morning (depending on your time zone) will see the moon illuminated in a dusty red hue during a total lunar eclipse. While it'll be a sight to behold, it'll also be a sight to capture in photos. Thankfully, phone cameras have gotten really good over the years – and there's no reason you can't capture a solid photo with a decently modern phone.

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Google’s Gemma 3 is an open source, single-GPU AI with a 128K context window

Ars Technica

Most new AI models go bigmore parameters, more tokens, more everything. Google's newest AI model has some big numbers, but it's also tuned for efficiency. Google says the Gemma 3 open source model is the best in the world for running on a single GPU or AI accelerator. The latest Gemma model is aimed primarily at developers who need to create AI to run in various environments, be it a data center or a smartphone.

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The best gaming handhelds for 2025

Engadget

Handheld gaming systems are having a moment. While people have been gaming on the go since the days of the Game Boy, the last few years have brought a tidal wave of devices that let you play all sorts of games wherever you want. Because new handhelds seem to launch every week, though, figuring out which ones are actually worth your attention can be overwhelming.

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D-Wave says it achieved ‘quantum supremacy,’ using a computer to solve a problem that would otherwise take a million years

Fast Company Tech

D-Wave is about to make waves. The quantum computing firm announced on Wednesday that, for the first time, it was able to successfully simulate the properties of magnetic materials using its Advantage2 annealing quantum computer, which allows us to invent and evaluate new materials without needing to build them in the lab, D-Wave CEO Dr. Alan Baratz tells Fast Company.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Build Trust by Integrating Your Fundraising and Finance Systems

sgEngage

Integration is a hot term these days. As we see more of our processes move from paper files and folders to purpose-built systems in the cloud, we also see endless possibilities for automation, notifications, and API processes to extend the functionality of our individual solutions. The “machines” can finally “talk” to each other.

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Moon lander digs up major data not collected since Apollo astronauts

Mashable Tech

The last time NASA collected data on the heat emerging from the moon 's interior was when the space agency still sent astronauts on Apollo missions. The lunar heat-flow study had seemingly ended. Because the data can't be obtained with orbiters, no further measurements were taken after just two were made in the 1970s. But all that has changed since Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace successfully landed Blue Ghost on the moon on March 2.

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Google’s Gemini AI can now see your search history

Ars Technica

Google is continuing its quest to get more people to use Gemini, and it's doing that by giving away even more AI computing. Today, Google is releasing a raft of improvements for the Gemini 2.0 models , and as part of that upgrade, some of the AI's most advanced features are now available to free users. You'll be able to use the improved Deep Research to get in-depth information on a topic, and Google's newest reasoning model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a

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The Engadget team's favorite productivity tools to get things done

Engadget

Your digital life can get just as cluttered and chaotic as your "IRL" life if you're not too careful. And if you work remote even some of the time, that can add to the massive amount of online information you're juggling on a regular basis. That's why many of us on the Engadget team have done a lot of trial and error with a bunch of digital tools to see if any of them can help us keep things organized personally and professionally.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.