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Record Revenue, Double Digit Hike For GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

million, a 4% increase and those who spoke out about causes in the U.S. This year Benin, Bolivia, Denmark, Panama, and Sri Lanka launched national GivingTuesday movements, and GivingTuesday launched its Europe Hub, which joins the Africa, India, Latin America & the Caribbean, and U.S. & was estimated at 9.2

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Which causes a lot of Iranian politics to take place outside of the country. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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A SpaceX rocket slamming into the Moon is a reminder to clean up our deep space junk

The Verge

The vehicle lofted a particularly valuable satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called DSCOVR, which monitors solar winds coming from the Sun to better predict space weather. And according to the astronomer who first figured this out, it’s a reminder that we need to take better care of our deep space junk.

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The tier list: how Facebook decides which countries need protection

The Verge

But given Facebook’s key role in civic discourse — it effectively replaces the internet in some countries — the disparities are cause for concern. But even the United Nations supports only six official languages ; Facebook has native speakers moderating posts in more than 70.

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Trump’s new tariffs: How key U.S. trading partners are reacting

Fast Company Tech

The agreement, first tranche of which is expected to be in place by the fall, would focus on enabling both nations to boost trade, investments and technology transfers in addition to deepening supply chain integrations, it said. ” He added that Vietnam was still overcoming the consequences of the long war between the two nations.

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