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Superplastic raises $20M to expand its cartoon influencer universe

TechCrunch

A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers. More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela. Ello, Ello?

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Amazon’s book sale crashes Independent Bookstore Day—and readers are pushing back

Fast Company Tech

They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. Though Amazons books may be cheaper than an average independent bookstores prices, influencers are still encouraging their followers to avoid Amazon, or even go to their local library if independent bookstores are too far out of their price range.

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Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.

Mashable Tech

"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it," Ritvik Basant, an exoplanet researcher at the University of Chicago who led the research, said in a statement. "It’s These are small stars, but the most common in the universe.

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How tech can help people with dementia stay in the workplace longer

Fast Company Tech

The ageing of populations around the world is influencing our lives in many ways. Our own employer, the University of Bath, has a repository of reasonable adjustments that can be tailored to support staff and students experiencing mental illness. Olivia Brown is an associate professor in digital futures at the University of Bath.

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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel

The Verge

The University of Minnesota’s path to banishment was long, turbulent, and full of emotion On the evening of April 6th, a student emailed a patch to a list of developers. Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I How did one email lead to a university-wide ban?

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How To Troubleshoot Your Fundraising Email

Bloomerang

Here’s what the funnel includes: The universe: This is the group of people receiving your email. The universe size and email targeting At the very top of your funnel are the subscribers you’re sending that email to. Now, subject lines aren’t the only factor that influences open rates.

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What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Gen Z

Nonprofit Tech for Good

years. [ Influence Central ]. Influence Central ]. 50% of Gen Z’s will be university educated compared to 33% of millennials and 25% of Gen X. [ JWT Intelligence]. Gen Zs spend an average of 3.5 hours a day on their smartphones and can not remember a time before the internet or social media. [ Global Web Index ].