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SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Amy Sample Ward

In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Let’s consider this example in comparison to a generic sector, focusing on a global issue, like the environmental & climate sector working on climate change. Speak the Local Language.

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YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ subscription offers ad-free viewing for less

The Verge

Google is piloting a more affordable premium subscription tier for YouTube that offers ad-free viewing without YouTube Premium’s other features like offline downloads or background playback. month (or local equivalent per month) and it includes ad-free videos on YouTube,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. a month in Europe.

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Think Global, Act Local

Connection Cafe

Two recent advocacy victories this week by PETA and my former colleagues at Defenders of Wildlife are a great reminder of a little practiced truth: organizations are seeing greater (and often easier) success in leveraging online advocacy to change policy at the state and local level.

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Preference learning with automated feedback for cache eviction

Google Research AI blog

The reward model is a lightweight neural network that is continuously trained with ongoing automated feedback on preference comparisons designed to mimic the offline oracle. geographic location), which influences local network conditions and what content is locally popular, among other things.

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Nvidia debuts new products for robotics developers, including Jetson Orin Nano

TechCrunch

It sits on the entry-level side of the Jetson family, which now includes six Orin-based production modules intended for a range of robotics and local, offline computing applications. ” Nvidia debuts new products for robotics developers, including Jetson Orin Nano by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Egypt’s e-commerce platform Wasla nabs $9 million from retail finance provider Contact

TechCrunch

It is set to also introduce a price-comparison tool, as it continues to add new functionalities for a better end-to-end shopper experience. “In Offline payment is also a costly option for buyers as it comes with a cash-on-delivery fee. It aggregates deals for a network of over 100, local and regional, e-commerce merchants.

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Nuvemshop, LatAm’s answer to Shopify, raises $90M in Accel-led Series D

TechCrunch

As for comparisons to Shopify, Sosa said the company doesn’t necessarily make them but believes they are “fair.”. Latin America is no exception to this trend, and we believe that Nuvemshop h as the level of sophistication and ability to understand all that change and fuel the continued transformation of commerce from offline to online.”.

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