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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. Giving by funder type.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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TAACCCT Grantee Focus Group / Reception

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TAConnecT is a source of neutral information relevant to a major, nation-wide federal program designed to improve community college education. The focus group provided great insight that will help us design the most effective online tools for TAConnecT, and the most useful content from the perspective of community college stakeholders.

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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

TechCrunch

Agriculture has deep roots in Denmark, a historically proud farming nation, which is why the company was born here, but we are scaling across Europe and intend to expand globally.” Agreena was founded by Haldrup, Julie Koch Fahler and Ida Boesen.

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Quantum Machines acquires QDevil to build out its full-stack quantum orchestration platform

TechCrunch

Together we will continue to further develop the quantum community in Denmark and deliver revolutionary technologies that will make it seamless for companies developing quantum computers to realize the potential of their QPUs.” “It’s really all of that.

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Japan’s Terra Drone gets $14M lift from Saudi investors

TechCrunch

Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion The move comes in line with Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” plan , which lays out goals to reduce the nation’s dependence on hydrocarbons and promote the use of drones in services.

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

TechCrunch

Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded by Uber in 2009. Adaptable, environmentally friendly solutions to car congestion and urban pollution were in high demand even before the global spread of the coronavirus in 2020.

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