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Pheed and Sulia: Two New Social Networks for the Nonprofit Early Adopters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Followers tend to grow the fastest during the early adoption phase and being one of the first nonprofits to have a presence on a new social network tends to solidify their popularity on the social network over time. Pheed :: pheed.com :: pheed.com/nonprofitorgs.

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Meta used pirated books to train its AI models, and there are emails to prove it

TechSpot

The lawsuit filed by Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, and other writers and rights holders against Meta may be entering its most critical phase. The authors have obtained internal company emails in which Meta employees openly discussed "torrenting" well-known archives of pirated content to train more powerful AI models.

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Judge rules Google has to face lawsuit that claims it tracks users even in Incognito mode

The Verge

Three users filed a complaint last June alleging Google has a “pervasive data tracking business,” and its tracking persists even if users take steps to protect their private information, such as using incognito mode in Chrome, or private browsing in Safari and other browsers.

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Moon Phases: Chinese New Years

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Robin, from the Chinese New Year blog sent along this cool moon phase calendar as a reminder. With the attached pdf file you can see that the phases of the moon do not line up with our months, and why 1/1 is on February 18th this year. I also found a moon phase widget! CURRENT MOON lunar phases

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Dropbox lays off another 500+ employees as demand softens

TechSpot

Drew Houston, Dropbox's CEO, wrote in a memo to staff that the company is in a transitional period, adding that its main file syncing and sharing business "has matured, and we've been working to build our next phase of growth with products like Dash," its AI-powered productivity tool that has. Read Entire Article

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Adobe just released the last Flash update ever

The Verge

Flash was already being phased out in major web browsers, and Adobe had urged developers in 2015 to switch to newer standards like HTML5. An open-source emulator called Ruffle will enable old Flash files through a desktop app or web browser. We are excited to help lead the next era of digital experiences.”.

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Apple's Force Touch might be making a comeback if recently filed patents mean anything

TechSpot

However, in 2018 Cupertino engineers decided to start phasing it out, starting with the iPhone XR and then the Apple Watch. Apple began introducing Force Touch (aka 3D Touch) to its devices in 2014 with the Apple Watch. It subsequently brought it to the MacBook's trackpad and the iPhone 6S.

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