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COVID-19 case study: Changing funding practices in Europe

Candid

Based on Philea’s recent analysis of surveys, in-depth interviews, and meetings with European foundations, we’ve seen how the pandemic has had significant implications for the way philanthropy operates in Europe. in Yemen, to around 80% in most European countries. in the DRC and 1.4%

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

In June, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies’ 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report indicated that the nonprofit sector has faced sweeping layoffs—to the tune of 1.6 Imagine living amidst conflict in Yemen, or avoiding your backyard in Colombia because there may be weapons leftover from war that are contaminating your land.

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Alpha Motor’s EV designs look cool, but will they ever get made?

The Verge

Bengt Halvorson at Green Car Reports put up a mighty effort trying to track down some of those answers in August. I recently spent about 35 minutes talking to them via video call in an attempt to answer some of the questions Halvorson (and, in May, former InsideEVs reporter Gustavo Ruffo ) tried to answer. How is the startup funded?

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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

In the first full quarter measuring earnings during the pandemic, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft reported making truckloads of cash. That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). All but Google have hit all-time high stock prices in the month of August.

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National Security Council adds Gmail to its list of bad decisions

Engadget

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. And while Signal is a more secure option than a public email client, even the encrypted messaging platform can be exploited, as the Pentagon warned its own team last week.

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Pentagon Issued Warning About Signal Messaging One Week Before Its Head Was Caught Using It

Futurism

Chat N'War Earlier this week, The Atlantic 's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed in a startling piece that he'd accidentally been added to a group chat on Signal between key national leadership including defense secretary Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Mark Waltz as they discussed an upcoming offensive in Yemen.

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Countries ramp up defenses against cyberattacks amid global tensions

Fast Company Tech

Businesses now are increasingly concerned about cyberattacks, and governments have moved to a war footing, according to a report this month by NCC Group, a British cybersecurity firm. National security officials will not discuss details, but experts interviewed by The Associated Press said the U.S. Many in the U.S.

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