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New ‘felony streaming’ measure is aimed at piracy services, not Twitch streamers

The Verge

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. The news circulated all across the internet; in a poorly headlined Hollywood Reporter article, tweets, and YouTube videos. Copyright is messy.

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First day in Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There are roughly thirty social entrepreneurs here at the Forum, headlined by such famous leading SEs as Muhammad Yunus and Fazle Abed of Bangladesh. Four of the social entrepreneurs then made brief presentations about their GRI proposals that had been chosen by the WEF to present to the conference.

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Chinese search giant Baidu to make electric cars

The Verge

The Chinese government has spent years focusing its biggest companies on developing green technology in an attempt to beat other world powers to the punch. Alibaba funded XPeng, an electric vehicle startup that first made headlines by copying Tesla’s designs. At first, they simply placed bets.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? These discussions then bring further biases to the surface.

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Launch price TC Sessions: Crypto tix going, going…

TechCrunch

DeFi, crypto and NFT technologies, a wild mix of potential, volatility and risk, continue to make waves and headlines and make many investors skittish. Apply and submit your proposed content before September 9. Buy your pass or package today, because when they’re gone, prices go up. We’ll notify accepted applicants by October 3.

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3 Common Nonprofit Board Myths

NonProfit Hub

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there came a second headline: Ted Yoho Resigns from the Board of Bread for the World. While understanding your governance structure and bylaws is crucial to even investigating how to remove or discipline board members, it is not an impossibility. Last year, shortly after the news broke that Florida GOP Rep.

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Launch price TC Sessions: Crypto tix going, going…

TechCrunch

DeFi, crypto and NFT technologies, a wild mix of potential, volatility and risk, continue to make waves and headlines and make many investors skittish. Apply and submit your proposed content before September 9. Buy your pass or package today, because when they’re gone, prices go up. We’ll notify accepted applicants by October 3.

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