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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Because they have such short generation times, even small conservation steps can make a big difference and we can see populations bounce back. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help.

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Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse

Fast Company Tech

Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services, and Elon Muskwho has been helping enact that plansaid this week that the U.S. Musks conflicts of interest Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency have taken unprecedented steps to shrink the federal government.

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Trump guts the Department of Education, making discrimination complaints ‘virtually impossible’ to resolve

Fast Company Tech

The OCR is one of the federal governments largest enforcers of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, investigating thousands of allegations of discrimination each year. Trump and his conservative allies have long wanted to shut the department, with Trump calling it a big con job.

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Experts Weigh In: Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Government

Forum One

I find the rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) thrilling, with endless applications for our Forum One partners, but I know from discussions with my counterparts in government agencies that AI and ML can also be mystifying, and even scary. ‍Jay earned a B.A.

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Facebook reportedly choked traffic for left-leaning news sites including Mother Jones

The Verge

According to the WSJ , some policy executives at Facebook voiced concerns in 2017 about pending changes to the news feed algorithm that they thought might have a larger impact on right-leaning news sites like the Daily Wire. It turned out Facebook had inflated its video metrics. Romney later said his comments were “completely wrong.”.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

This lab will bring together leaders from across the nonprofit, government, and for-profit sectors to lend their expertise to ideate and co-design technology solutions to advance progress on this issue. He holds a master’s in neuroscience and a master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar.

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UK bans Huawei from 5G networks, with total removal by 2027

The Verge

Huawei’s networking equipment is to be be phased out of the UK’s 5G networks, the government announced today. As part of the announcement, the government said that it is also advising full fibre broadband operators to transition away from buying Huawei’s equipment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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