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Russian hackers are targeting vaccine development, officials say

The Verge

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) denounced the attacks in an advisory issued Thursday. Hackers from Russian intelligence services are targeting organizations that are involved in COVID-19 vaccine development, according to US, UK, and Canadian authorities.

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Recreational drones banned in United Arab Emirates after oil facility attack

The Verge

The attacks were claimed by the Islamist, Iran-backed Houthi rebel group, which currently controls large portions of nearby Yemen and is fighting a coalition of forces supported by Arab countries including the UAE. The UAE withdrew its forces from Yemen in 2019, but continues to supply and train local militia opposed to the Houthi.

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The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

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the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran. How can your organization connect with local women’s networks to reach more women and grow your donor base? What does this mean for grantmakers and philanthropy as a whole? Women give holistically.

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Chinese AI firms try to win over OpenAI users with special offers as ChatGPT maker restricts API use

TechNode

Affected regions include mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, and Iran. Why it matters: OpenAI’s latest announcement on API restrictions has been widely interpreted as targeting China, where local enterprises and developers have been using OpenAIs API to build products or services. Local AI startups, Zhipu AI, 01.AI,

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SXSW Nonprofit Picks

Care2

2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? Not Just for Obama: New Media Gets Local March 14 at 12:30 PM. Local political campaigns have adopted many of the tools of national campaigns but with varied success. PRESENTERS Brooke McMillan, Stacey Monk, Frank Barry, Donna Wilkins and Jodie Kolkowski. Twitter Revolution?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running

The Verge

Like most other engineers in the capital, Qureshi works for Openreach, a subsidiary of BT Group, the country’s largest internet supplier and a former nationalized monopoly. 5G was causing the symptoms of COVID-19, she told him, and he was secretly installing the high-speed network under instructions from the local council.

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