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10 unique places in the world you must see

Medium Technology Section

Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) The worlds largest salt flat, this place creates a surreal mirror effect after rain, making it look like a vast, endless reflection of the sky. Aurora Borealis

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General Motors strikes a deal to source lithium in the US for its electric car batteries

The Verge

Most of the world’s lithium comes from two places: lithium brine deposits in South America’s “lithium triangle” of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia; and hard-rock deposits in Australia. It’s a risky bet by GM, given that there is no full-scale lithium production in the US from geothermal wells.

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Italy’s Commerce Layer raises $16M led by Coatue for its headless commerce platform

TechCrunch

Conforti told me that the company saw its revenues grow 6x in the last year — albeit it was starting from a small place, with only six customers on its books back in May 2020.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

After she co-founded the Foundation For Friends of Nature in Bolivia, a million acres of natural habitat were put in to public trust. They persuaded her to run the place long enough to get it back on its feet. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. Coming Back Home and a Challenge of a Lifetime.

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A Facebook loophole is allowing politicians around the world to fake support and criticize opponents

The Verge

One case utilizing this loophole took place in Honduras, where administrators operating the Facebook page of the country’s president, Juan Orlando Hernández, created hundreds of Pages to like their own posts and create the appearance of popular support.

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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries

Tech Soup

to find the closest place to properly recycle it. It is mined mainly in Chile and there are also large deposits in Bolivia. When it's time to recycle it, just go to Earth 911. Lithium-ion batteries are actually pretty benign environmentally.

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See3 Celebrates Blog Action Day

See3

Bloggers, activists and friends gathered at our office to watch The New Silver , a film about a woman in Bolivia who is fighting to build a better life for her family with the help of microcredit. This year’s topic was poverty so See3 decided to host a screening of the Dollar A Day film series released by GlobalDevelopmentMatters.

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