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Internet giants are fighting to protect your private browsing history

TechSpot

Steve Daines of Montana. The amendment was proposed by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Neither party opposes the amendment at all. When the Senate voted, a number of the amendment’s supporters were absent, and it failed to reach a 60-vote threshold by only one vote.

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Local history buffs are turning to Facebook to share memories of bygone eras

Fast Company Tech

Facebook history groups and pages have popped up in major cities like New York and Seattle and in small towns and suburbs across the U.S. “It never stops,” says Mike McGinness, who founded a Florida history group that now has more than 300,000 members and 75,000 photos.

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RIP: Rob Stuart, Godfather of the NpTech Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo above is of Rob Stuart in 1997 at a meeting in Montana to create a plan at what eventually became NTEN – thoughtfully documented in photos by Gavin Clabaugh and included in the nptech history wiki. I got hear the legends in the nptech sector in the early days talk about their work and was inspired.

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Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards Winners Announced

Amy Sample Ward

Big History. Montana Historical Society. The Montana Historical Society takes its state’s most elemental and distinctive characteristics (Big Sky, Big Land) and deftly melds them with its mission in a way that generates excitement. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. Arts & Culture: Big Sky.

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Uber sells self-driving unit Uber ATG in deal that will push Aurora’s valuation to $10B

TechCrunch

It’s not clear if all Uber ATG employees will be folded into Aurora, which has 600-person workforce and operations in San Francisco Bay Area, Pittsburgh, Texas and Bozeman, Montana. Uber’s AV history. In 2019, Aurora acquired Blackmore , a Bozeman, Montana-based lidar company, and simulation startup 7D Labs.

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Mandates disappear, but mask detection tech has left its mark

TechCrunch

While companies like Trueface claim that they engage only in “responsible” deployments of the technology, recent history is filled with examples of facial recognition abuse, such as software developed by Huawei and others to recognize members of the targeted Uyghur minority group.

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Fundwriter.ai 101 – Can A Robot Write Better Than You?

The Fundraising Authority

As you know, YVCC and TSM have a long history together, but we’d like to explore a more formal partnership. I wanted you to know that I recently met with the new Executive Director of the Treasure State Mountaineers (TSM) and we had a great conversation about the work TSM does in Montana.

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