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Generalizing Your Mission Won’t Help Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

To fundraise for your organization effectively, you must be specific in your mission and define your audience to generate the right support.

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OpenRecall is a free and open source alternative to Microsoft's Recall feature

TechSpot

Last week, coder and well-known Windows tipster Albacore demonstrated how Recall can be enabled on traditional Windows 11 PCs without a built-in NPU. Now another developer has created a third-party app to bring similar functionality to all devices running Windows, macOS and Linux. Called OpenRecall, the new tool is free.

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Gateway Foundation Announces Grant Funding Opportunity

NonProfit PRO

Gateway Foundation announced that $2 million in funds from the sale of the Beacon House are now available to provide grants.

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Wi-Fi can measure your breath and heartbeat with remarkable accuracy, research shows

TechSpot

It turns out that the channel state in modern Wi-Fi is quite sensitive to tiny movements and environmental changes. By precisely measuring the time of flight and angle of arrival of Wi-Fi signals bouncing around a room, Delta has crafted algorithms that can track breathing with great precision.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

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!

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The Ultimate List of 650+ Live & Silent Auction Item Ideas!

NonProfit PRO

One of the most critical elements for your live, silent, or hybrid auction success is making sure that the items you're putting up for bid are irresistible. Need great ideas to spell success for your live and silent auctions? Download The Ultimate A-to-Z List of Live & Silent Auction Item Ideas for Benefit Auction Success to access over 650 auction item ideas that will captivate and delight your guests!

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Under Pressure: 2024 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector Report

Charity Village

The 2024 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector Report is the fourth installment in a series initiated by a partnership between Vantage Point, Vancouver Foundation, Victoria Foundation, City of Vancouver, United Way British Columbia, and Vancity Community Foundation. The report highlights the findings from the 2024 State of the Sector Survey of 558 nonprofits across British […] The post Under Pressure: 2024 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector Report appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Sony removes 8K logo from retail PlayStation 5 packaging

TechSpot

When Sony launched the PlayStation 5 in late 2020, an accompanying FAQ noted the console was compatible with 8K displays. Sony further said that after a future system software update, the system would be able to output resolutions up to 8K once content was available.

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Use your arts degree to create a meaningful career in the nonprofit sector

Charity Village

Earning a degree in the arts is a great step towards creating a meaningful career in the nonprofit sector. For those of us who dedicate our careers to the nonprofit sector, we work to improve not only our communities but also the greater world around us. Similarly, those who study and work in the arts, […] The post Use your arts degree to create a meaningful career in the nonprofit sector appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Micron GDDR7 memory will bring significant improvements to next-gen gaming GPUs

TechSpot

Micron's GDDR7 memory is expected to replace both GDDR6 and non-standard GDDR6X chips currently used in modern GPUs for gaming and AI workloads. The Idaho-based company stated that graphics cards built with GDDR7 will provide over 30 percent more frames per second for both ray tracing and rasterization rendering algorithms.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Is A Gift Chart Appropriate If Not In A Capital Campaign?

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether a gift chart is appropriate to raise funds if not in a capital campaign: Dear Charity Clairity, We have an ambitious individual fundraising goal of $500,000 this year – almost 1.5 times what we raised last year!

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Google Chrome crowned fastest browser with record Speedometer 3.0 score

TechSpot

Speedometer 3.0 basically tests how well web browsers handle modern web apps by simulating real user actions like adding to-do items and editing text to see how responsive the browser is. By running these tasks repeatedly at an extremely rapid rate, the benchmark measures performance and gives a clear picture.

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Volunteering Is Back and Bigger than Ever

Tech Soup

Contrary to what recent U.S. census data might have you believe, volunteering has made a remarkable recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest in volunteering and actual volunteer participation have not only rebounded to pre-pandemic levels but have exceeded them in many cases.

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Adobe can scan user-generated content stored in its cloud, and users aren't happy

TechSpot

Video game concept creator Sam Santala recently discovered that Adobe has imposed new "Terms of Use" for its tools since February 2024, stating that the company has "full access" to content, including NDA-protected documents. Santala expressed his surprise about the new terms, threatening to cancel his subscription and switch to.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

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.

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OpenAI unveils OpenAI library for.NET

InfoWorld

Microsoft is heralding the arrival of an official OpenAI library for.NET developers. The OpenAI library supports the complete OpenAI API and OpenAI’s latest flagship model, GPT-4o, which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. Announced June 6 and available now in a first beta, the OpenAI.NET API library is accessible from NuGet. Resulting from Microsoft’s collaboration with OpenAI, the OpenAI.NET API library provides sync and async access to the OpenAI REST API from.NET applicat

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Apple set to launch Passwords app, taking on LastPass and 1Password

TechSpot

Apple has long offered iCloud Keychain as a password manager to its users, letting them generate, store, and sync passwords across iDevices and the Vision Pro. However, it's not as user-friendly or feature-packed as the top password managers available today.

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Generative AI agents will revolutionize AI architecture

InfoWorld

In the rapidly evolving field of cloud computing, the emergence of generative AI agents, or more colloquially, agentic AI, heralds a potential paradigm shift in how we do AI in the cloud—even before we fully capitalize on generative AI’s true potential. Just as cloud computing transformed the tech landscape, agentic AI has the potential to revolutionize our approach to generative AI architecture by introducing autonomy, intelligence, and efficiency.

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How Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League became a $200 million failure

TechSpot

With many initially expecting Suicide Squad to be similar to Rocksteady's (mostly) much-loved Batman Arkham series, the anticipation turned to disappointment as Kill the Justice League was revealed to be a live service title with none of the magic of the early single-player Arkham entries. Sure enough, it launched to.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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6 security best practices for ASP.NET Core

InfoWorld

Today’s web applications are vulnerable to a variety of security threats. Hence, you should have your strategies in place to safeguard your data and protect your application against attacks. Securing your application requires a proactive approach combined with implementation of the recommended best practices as discussed in this article. This article examines six strategies you can adopt to secure your web applications, taking advantage of protections available in ASP.NET Core.

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Apple updates warranty coverage to exclude hairline cracks in iPhone and Apple Watch displays

TechSpot

The standard one-year warranty that Apple includes with all its products doesn't include cosmetic damage to the devices, such as scratches and dents, unless it can be proved that Apple was to blame (e.g., a manufacturing fault). Apple has, however, covered single hairline cracks in iPhones and Apple Watch displays.

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TypeScript adds support for ECMAScript’s Set methods

InfoWorld

TypeScript 5.5, the latest version of Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant , has graduated to a release candidate (RC) stage. The update, which brings improvements ranging from performance and size optimizations to regular expression checking, recently added support for ECMAScript’s new Set methods. The TypeScript 5.5 release candidate was introduced June 6 and can be accessed through Nuget or the following command: npm -D typescript@rc.

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T-Mobile's Home Internet Backup keeps ISP customers connected during outages

TechSpot

With Home Internet Backup, T-Mobile leverages its 5G network to provide a reliable backup internet connection for cable and fiber customers. For $30 a month with AutoPay (or $20 if you have an eligible T-Mobile voice line), you get 130 GB of 5G data to use when your main internet.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

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!

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AWS is investing heavily in building tools for LLMops

InfoWorld

Amazon Web Services (AWS) made it easy for enterprises to adopt a generic generative AI chatbot with the introducing of its “plug and play” Amazon Q assistant at its re:Invent 2023 conference. But for enterprises that want to build their own generative AI assistant with their own or someone else’s large language model (LLM) instead, things are more complicated.

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GOG games can be inherited upon death, but you'll need a court order

TechSpot

Valve recently stated that a Steam account and its entire library of digital games cannot be transferred to a third party, even if the original owner has died. Now, GOG is addressing the issue, confirming that the ownership of digital content is a very complex topic. The digital store is.

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Kuaishou unveils Sora-like model, claims it can generate two-minute videos

TechNode

Kuaishou on Thursday introduced a text-to-video model, “Kling,” which the short video platform operator says can generate “up to two minutes of video with 1080p high-definition.” In a demo the company released, the Sora-like model shows the ability to create a video featuring a cat driving a car through a busy downtown street based on simple text prompts, with Kuaishou saying Kling aims to “make imagination alive.” The Douyin rival also highlights Klings abili

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Civilization VII reveal leaks hours ahead of Summer Game Fest

TechSpot

Eagle-eyed users on Resetera and Reddit spotted a banner for Sid Meier's Civilization VII on the 2K Games website, which has now been removed.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

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.