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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

The Society of Authors have published an open letter calling for UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for possible copyright infringement regarding its LLM, Llama 3. Signatories of the letter include successful British authors Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Val McDermid and Sarah Waters.

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Authorities have taken down the dark web’s largest illegal marketplace

The Verge

DarkMarket, reportedly the world’s largest dark web marketplace, has been taken offline by a Europol-coordinated international operation, according to authorities (via Gizmodo ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The dark web marketplace traded everything from drugs and counterfeit money to stolen credit card details and malware.

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8 Grant Research Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Government. GrantScape is a database of current grant opportunities offered by foundations and federal, state, and local governments. About the Author. Grant Gopher is a simple and powerful grant research database that nonprofits can search by state, county, program, and keywords. Plans & Pricing. Grants.gov :: grants.gov.

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Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know

Candid

A nonprofit is more like a public company than a private enterprise in that it’s governed by a board of directors as well as its executive team. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions: What’s the difference between an advisory board and a governing board?

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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. Why board micromanagement makes nonprofit leaders furious Board members are supposed to focus on governance, strategy, and oversight. One of the most common complaints of executive directors is board micromanagement.

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Pakistani government brought local internet down with its new censorship firewall

TechSpot

The Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) was established in 1992 as a lobbying initiative to promote the development of Pakistan's IT industry with the Islamabad government. Read Entire Article

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Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorithms, says new government study

The Verge

With the arrival of the pandemic, we need to understand how face recognition technology deals with masked faces,” said Mei Ngan, an author of the report and NIST computer scientist. “We This matches reports we’ve heard from inside government. Error rates spiked as high as 50 percent for some algorithms.