NonProfit PRO
JULY 8, 2024
Maps can be a great visualization tool and an engaging way for supporters to connect with the causes they care about. Here are five ways nonprofits use maps to support their missions.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
The mandate, set to come into effect in September 2024, was announced in an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. It will require Microsoft's China-based workers to verify their identities when logging in to work computers or phones. The change is part of Microsoft's global Secure Future Initiative that is.
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NonProfit PRO
JULY 8, 2024
How does your organization compare with peers? Download this report for new data, trends and insights from 1,000 nonprofit leaders on the state of nonprofit operations, fundraising strategies, automation and mission impact.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
Upscaling technologies continue to improve every year, and today we'll be looking at five games updated to use AMD FSR 3.1 to compare against the latest in Nvidia DLSS 3.7 and Intel XeSS 1.3.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
The NonProfit Times
JULY 8, 2024
Albert Einstein once said: “If you cannot explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” As grant directors, managers, and writers you need to understand what you are writing about in your proposals, especially if you aren’t involved directly in the project or program development. If you don’t understand it in writing, potential funders won’t understand it in review either.
Nonprofit Technology brings together the best content for nonprofit technical enthusiasts from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
sgEngage
JULY 8, 2024
Endowments are the result of a successful long-term strategic plan. Through major giving and capital campaigns, your organization has created a pool of endowed funds to create a consistent funding tool in perpetuity. That is wonderful—if you have the tools to accurately track and manage all the moving pieces. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for a lot of spreadsheet-induced headaches.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
"If you think of a laptop in a cold office, the laptop will still heat up as it operates, causing the temperature of the room to increase as well," said Gabriele Pasquale, a PhD student on the LANES (Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures at EPFL) team that made the.
InfoWorld
JULY 8, 2024
In a highly-anticipated federal ruling on July 3, US District Court Judge Ada Brown determined that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) did not have the authority to issue a nationwide ban of non-compete agreements. Although the judge’s decision was preliminary, employment lawyers watching the case agree that the FTC non-compete move is effectively dead.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
After spending 378 days in almost complete isolation in a simulated Mars environment, the first CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission crew exited the Mars Dune Alpha building this Saturday. The four volunteers spent more than a year doing simulated "Marswalks" and growing vegetables, providing NASA with a.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
InfoWorld
JULY 8, 2024
Well, that didn’t take long. After all the “this time it’s different” comments about artificial intelligence ( We see you, John Chambers !), enterprises are coming to grips with reality. AI isn’t going to take your job. It’s not going to write your code. It’s not going to write all your marketing copy (not unless you’re prepared to hire back the humans to fix it).
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
Affinity Photo, one of the best alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, now offers a six-month trial period you can download and use, along with the complete Affinity Suite. Recently acquired by Canva, Affinity Photo provides a comprehensive set of image editing tools suitable for both beginners and experts.
InfoWorld
JULY 8, 2024
In 2007, some of the programmers at Google looked at their options for writing software and didn’t like what they saw. They needed to manage millions of lines of code that would be constantly storing and shipping data for the world wide web. The code would juggle thousands or maybe millions of connections on networks throughout the globe. The data paths were full of challenges from race cases and concurrency.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
YouTube's "Erase Song" feature lets users precisely zap copyrighted tunes from their clips while keeping all the other audio intact. YouTube chief Neal Mohan hyped the new tool on X/Twitter, saying it will help easily remove copyright-claimed music from videos while preserving everything else.
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Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.
InfoWorld
JULY 8, 2024
Rust has leaped to its highest position ever in the monthly Tiobe index of language popularity , scaling to the 13 th spot this month, with placement in the top 10 anticipated in an upcoming edition. Previously, Rust has never gone higher than 17 th place in the Tiobe Programming Index. Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen attributed Rust’s ascent in the just-released July index to a February 2024 US White House report recommending Rust over C/C+, for safety reasons.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
Mohamad Khoshkalam, a researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), has developed a promising new material for solid-state batteries that could check all the boxes – capacity, safety, eco-friendliness, and low cost.
InfoWorld
JULY 8, 2024
As agents using artificial intelligence have wormed their way into the mainstream for everything from customer service to fixing software code, it’s increasingly important to determine which are the best for a given application, and the criteria to consider when selecting an agent besides its functionality. And that’s where benchmarking comes in. Benchmarks don’t reflect real-world applications However, a new research paper, AI Agents That Matter , points out that current agent evaluation and be
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
This tiny PC is 15 cm (5.9 inches) wide and 10 cm (3.9 inches) tall, making it just a smidge taller and wider than the average smartphone. If that's not enough, you can cut the height even more by folding it from the center. It's thicker than most handsets and.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Towards Data Science
JULY 8, 2024
Leveraging TensorFlow Transform for scaling data pipelines for production environments Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash Data pre-processing is one of the major steps in any Machine Learning pipeline. Tensorflow Transform helps us achieve it in a distributed environment over a huge dataset. Before going further into Data Transformation, Data Validation is the first step of the production pipeline process, which has been covered in my article Validating Data in a Production Pipeline: The
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
Anandtech forum member igor_kavinski claims the 9950X could have a 5.85 GHz FMAX, which is the same as the maximum frequency for the Ryzen 9 7950X. The two chips also share a few other features, such as a 5.7 GHz peak boost clock and a 170W TDP that can exceed.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 8, 2024
Mastering AI by Jeremy Kahn is absolutely a must-read for every business leader who wants to better understand the history and evolution of AI (Artificial Intelligence), and more important, the promise and perils of AI for businesses and society. Even if you think you have a basic understanding of AI, this book is an essential resource for you. That is because Kahn delivers not only a timely, thorough and thought-provoking examination of AI’s benefits to humanity as well as its potentially chill
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
More than five years after shareholder Richard Tornetta filed suit against Tesla over claims it breached its fiduciary duty by unjustly enriching its CEO to the tune of $56 billion, Delaware Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick voided Musk's pay package in January. Soon after, the four law firms that represented.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!
The NonProfit Times
JULY 8, 2024
The nonprofit community’s ongoing trend of fewer donors providing increasing amounts of funding and volunteer hours is disturbing. The drop in volunteerism, as well as potential funders pulling back on making small donations, creates lack of agency — a loss of faith that individuals’ actions are meaningful. If this trend continues, it could erode social cohesion and self-governance within the United States.
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
The CMF Phone 1 (CMF being short for Color, Material, and Finish) features a 6.67-inch Super AMOLED display (1,080 x 2,400, 395 PPI) with a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate driven by MediaTek's Dimensity 7300 SoC, an octa-core chip built on a 4nm manufacturing process. It's paired with 8 GB of RAM.
TechNode
JULY 8, 2024
On July 6, the President of VeriSilicon, Dai Weimin, delivered a speech and presentation titled “Opportunities and Challenges of AIGC Chips” at the RISC-V and Generative AI Forum during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024, held at the Shanghai World Expo Center. Based on current generative AI technology, achieving intelligence on par with or surpassing the human brain requires continuously expanding the scale of model parameters, a trend that necessitates an exponential
TechSpot
JULY 8, 2024
In an interview Sony gave to AV Watch recently, the company admitted it's going to "gradually end development and production" of recordable Blu-rays and other optical disc formats at its Tagajo City plants in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Essentially, 25GB BD-REs, 50GB BD-RE DLs, 100GB BD-RE XLs, or 128GB BD-R XLs.
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Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.
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