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Amazon customer support team makes geography fail and inadvertently unites Ireland

The Verge

An Amazon support member trying to help a subscriber on Twitter was apparently not fully up to speed on world geography when they suggested to the user that Northern Ireland wasn’t part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland is part of the UK. The Republic of Ireland (generally referred to simply as “Ireland”) is a separate country.

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Ireland refuses to pay ransom demand in attack on its national health service

The Verge

A government official tells news station RTE that an international cyber criminal group is responsible for the attack. It was an international attack, but this is just a cyber criminal gang looking for money,” says Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment Ossian Smyth. HSE Ireland (@HSELive) May 14, 2021.

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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Amnesty International Australia. Children’s National Medical Center. Habitat for Humanity Ireland. National Public Radio. National Public Radio. Rotary International. United Nations. Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Field Museum. GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

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Ireland’s status as tax haven for tech firms like Google, Facebook, and Apple is ending

The Verge

Ireland said Thursday it would join an international agreement that sets taxes on profits for multinational corporations at a minimum rate of 15 percent. The OECD has estimated that a 15 percent tax rate would generate some $150 billion in global tax revenue annually and would help to stabilize the international tax system.

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Stripe eyes an exit over next 12 months

TechCrunch

And the company has slashed its internal valuation more than once over the past year. Earlier this month, TechCrunch reported that Stripe had cut its internal valuation to $63 billion. That 11% cut came after an internal valuation cut that occurred six months prior, which valued the company at $74 billion.

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Amazon’s $300 million tax bill rejected by EU judges

The Verge

The most notable of these was a 2016 case in which Apple was ordered to pay Ireland €13 billion ($14.9 Internally, Amazon referred to this as Project Goldcrest , named after Luxembourg’s national bird. billion) in back taxes. This decision was annulled in 2020 by the same court involved in today’s ruling. billion in back taxes.

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

International Giving. Donating money has increased in 2017 among those donors from developed nations (from 40% in 2016 to 42%), but has declined among developing countries (from 25% in 2016 to 24%). Religious organizations (-3.9%) and educational organizations (-3.7%) experienced the largest drop in giving ( Giving USA Report ).