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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

Fast Company Tech

Maher gives a preview to her testimony, sharing how funding cuts would impact Americans broad access to crucial news and information, particularly in rural and local areas. I think that that’s something that often gets lost in the conversation about public radio is the overall percentage of funds that go directly to local stations.

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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

MacKenzie Scott, who in the past few years has given away more than $17 billion, has provided $65 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in New York City. The gifts come a few weeks after a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that showed she sold 61.66 She is back at it. The LISC gift was not a solo.

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China calls the US an "Empire of Hacking," citing 2017 Wikileaks files

TechSpot

As per The Reg, an investigation called "The Matrix" conducted by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center of China and local cybersecurity firm 360 Total Security has been published in a report titled Empire of Hacking: The US Central Intelligence Agency – Part I. Read Entire Article

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Walgreens settles with the DOJ for $350 million in opioid lawsuit

Fast Company Tech

The government’s complaint, filed in January in the U.S. “This resolution allows us to close all opioid related litigation with federal, state, and local governments and provides us with favorable terms from a cashflow perspective while we focus on our turnaround strategy.”

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The best password manager for 2025

Engadget

Only you know this key, and because its stored locally on your device or printed out on paper, its harder for hackers to find. A zero-knowledge policy means that the company keeps none of your data on file, so in the event of an attack, theres nothing for hackers to find. But the company should also follow a few security basics.

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Where should US-based startups file their patent applications?

TechCrunch

You know that if you want to protect the product, you should file a patent application. So, you hire a patent lawyer and file a U.S. But wait, a patent is a national right. Well, you can file a patent application in each of those countries. You will want to analyze each of the reasons to foreign file.

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. In November, Bryan and College Station filed papers to join the lawsuit. The fact of the matter is the water is ours.

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