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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agencys Information Processing Techniques Office. ARPA was funding multiple research projects across the United States, but users of these different systems had no way to share their resources with each other. The year was 1966.

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Saving ‘The Onion’: An extremely brief oral history

Fast Company Tech

8 to director of product] to just work on fun projects. [Paula Brillson is now general counsel at The Onion.] Danielle Strle, chief product officer I had a lot of freedom after Tumblr [where Strle went from employee No. I had helped a friend run a cheese shopI was the chief technology officer of New Yorks best cheese shop.

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UK is going full Minority Report with ‘murder prediction’ research

Engadget

Initially dubbed the "homicide prediction project," this tool used data from UK police forces, possibly including victims and witnesses as well as suspects. This project is being conducted for research purposes only. Civil liberty watchdog Statewatch discovered the program through Freedom of Information Act requests.

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To Build or Not to Build? Is a Capital Campaign Right for Your Nonprofit?

NonProfit PRO

One of the strongest indicators of whether a capital campaign to fund a large project will be successful is the nonprofit organization’s history of successful annual fundraising.

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OpenWrt celebrates 20 year anniversary with a new hardware project

TechSpot

OpenWrt is 20 years old, and its developers have decided to properly celebrate this important milestone with a new community-driven project. OpenWrt One, the first 'fully upstream supported' hardware design in the history of the open-source project, is a hardware platform built around the OpenWrt firmware. Read Entire Article

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Razer’s Project Sophia concept turns your desk into a modular computer

The Verge

Razer is no stranger to wild CES prototypes, and CES 2022 is no exception: the company revealed its new Project Sophia concept, which aims to build an entire modular desktop computer into a desk that looks like a Star Trek LCARS console come to life. But Project Sophia feels like Razer’s conceptual tendencies turned to 11.

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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

Qgiv

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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