Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Volunteers views on social issues may change through their work, too: More than 4 in 5 adults over 55 who tutored public school students to strengthen their reading skills in the national Experience Corps program, for example, stated that their views on public education evolved as a result. Read the original article.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

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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Futurism

MARCH 10, 2025

"There's this persona that has built up around SpaceX, but you're starting to see that they're human, too," Daniel Dumbacher, a professor of engineering practice at Purdue University and a former NASA official, told the NYT.

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TechSpot

MAY 13, 2024

Altman said that in 2016, he started realizing the effects that advanced AI could have on society, especially jobs, and conducted an experiment showing that UBI could negate some of these issues. Read Entire Article

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Futurism

MARCH 18, 2025

Tesla's stock, meanwhile, crashed by 4 percent just on premarket trading alone, thanks to tumbling sales in China , Cybertruck quality issues , and the BYD charging race. While Tesla currently boasts some 65,000 proprietary Superchargers worldwide, BYD drivers can access 800,000 universal charging points throughout Europe alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 16, 2024

They assume that the importance and urgency of their cause are universally understood. If the audience does not understand the specific issue the nonprofit aims to solve, they may not see the relevance or urgency of the nonprofit’s work. This can lead to disengagement and decreased support.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

She is an experienced executive who runs a $1 billion business and entrepreneur who sees an issue and brings partners together to remediate the problem. She is credited with coordinating the university’s strategic planning and marketing efforts at the four KU campuses. AHA has invested more than $5.9 All it would take is a few calls.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

A combination of gravity and inertia factors also seemed to stymie the landing, said Phil Metzger, a planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida. The team determined an issue with the laser altimeter, a tool that measures exactly how high the surface is with a laser beam, ultimately leading to the harder-than-desired landing.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Here are a few universal practices that allow boards to make the most of their time and effectively advance the organization’s mission. Boards need to move beyond operational thinking and lean into strategizing about the future. I understand how that notion falls into the “easier said than done” category.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Foundations and universities have often been targeted for not just their large endowments but also for support of controversial topics and opinions. The Council on Foundations, Independent Sector and the National Council of Nonprofits together issued a strongly-word denunciation of Section 4 of H.R.9495 Vice President-elect J.D.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Our recent work addresses this issue by creating a tool with an uncertainty quantification for microplastic identification. Testing the tool To run our conformal prediction, my team used libraries of microplastic spectra from the Rochman Lab at the University of Toronto as the calibration set. Read the original article.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

And they’re depending more on chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers to buffer against unreliable weather and more pervasive pest issues. They’re using tarps, hoop houses and other technology to try to control conditions for their crops. “Through global warming, we have less and less arable land to make crops on.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world.

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2023

Researchers from the University of Texas, San Antonio, and the University of Colorado have developed new ultrasound attacks dubbed NUIT, or Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan, which can exploit vulnerabilities in microphone-equipped IoT devices and voice assistants such as Apple Siri, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This wasn’t just about having diverse faces in the room but about ensuring those with diverse perspectives had a voice in shaping solutions to the issues we sought to address. We removed unnecessary educational requirements that might have limited our applicant pool and no longer assumed elite universities had the best talent.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Emotions including anger, fear and guilt play a key role in the ability of activists to create moral urgency and force issues into the spotlight. But history shows that disruptive tactics have long played a role in forcing attention to urgent issues. George Ferns is a senior lecturer in business and society at the University of Bath.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

If any of the following issues sound familiar, it may be time for an intervention. But the following characteristics are universal to an approach that puts people first: Empower and educate Invest in training. Assessing the status of your data involves reviewing activity across several areas of competence.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

If you fly over one part of southwestern Brazil, youll see a patchwork of dozens of square plots where a local university is studying different methods of helping native plants regrow on former cattle pastures. ” Third-party auditors will monitor the project before the carbon credits are issued.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Longstanding workplace issues such as mistreatment, the normalization of toxic behaviour and a lack of accountability for workplace culture have fuelled a growing trend known as revenge quitting. However, unprecedented inequality and other geopolitical risks are causing an increase in revenge quitting and similar behaviours.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

That level of destruction could be catastrophic, argues David Krueger, assistant professor at the University of Montreal, studying AI safety and risk. We need some ability to coordinate to prevent actors from building AI systems, says the University of Montreal’s Krueger.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Of course, weak image descriptions are an issue in most industries, and song lyrics obviously arent a universal panacea. He adds that its also thought to be time-consuming and expensive, but as this project shows, it can be done quickly. I can guarantee it will not break any bank of any travel or tourism department, he says.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

Also, coming of age during political dysfunction, the rise of global terrorism, climate change, and increasing school violence/shootings, Gen Z is getting exposed to big issues at an early age. 50% of Gen Z’s will be university educated compared to 33% of millennials and 25% of Gen X. [ JWT Intelligence]. MediaKix ].

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DonorDock

JANUARY 7, 2025

They share their journey from university colleagues to founders of a media ecosystem centered around philanthropy and generosity. They also introduce their 'Impact Uprising' initiative, which aims to create local and global conversations about key issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

By Ryan Polk , a Policy Advisor at the Internet Society , where he is primarily focused on issues related to Internet trust. The Internet Society is also the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

The real issue isnt just being overworkedits being oversaturated. A study from the University of California found that it takes an average of 23 minutes to refocus after an interruption. While burnout is widely recognized, most solutions focus on time management rather than cognitive bandwidth management.

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TechSpot

APRIL 30, 2024

Researchers at the University of Washington have announced the development of a new type of PCB with significantly higher recycling potential than traditional printed circuits. Utilizing cutting-edge sustainable polymers, these new PCBs have the potential to address a substantial portion of the world's e-waste issues if widely adopted.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In addition, the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Department at Stanford University focuses on human-centered AI, emphasizing the need for diverse voices in AI development to address ethical concerns.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

However, several of those gifts also addressed health and health care, such as Ruth Gottesmans gift of $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Einstein Medical College and Roy and Diana Vageloss $400 million commitment to Columbia University for biomedical research and education.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Look to the future and be hopeful about itand take action to find solutions for the issues that are important to you. In a study of over 70,000 people researchers from Boston University surveyed respondents about their optimism and compared it to their health data, over a 10 to 30 year period. Optimism can lead to positive outcomes.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 15, 2024

To address this pressing issue, The Generosity Commission recently released its capstone report, “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.” In recent years, the landscape of generosity in America has undergone significant transformation.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

University of North Carolina diabetes specialist John Buse said he's shed 25 percent of his body weight, which "totally changed [his] life" after years of struggling with his weight. "We will sit around at dinner and halfway through the meal, we will simultaneously push our plates away," Gibson described. "We

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TechSpot

AUGUST 13, 2024

Researchers at Meta and Oxford University worked together on VFusion3D, a new method for developing scalable generative algorithms focused on 3D models. The technology was conceived as a way to overcome the main issue with foundation 3D generative models: the fact that there is not enough 3D data to train. Read Entire Article

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

EdSights uses AI chatbots to help colleges and universities identify students who might be at risk of dropping out, in part by increasing student engagement. Promova has also updated the apps interface to help mitigate focus and attention issues for users, particularly those with cognitive disabilities.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Crysis photo modes are the work of Frans "Otis_Inf" Bouma, who also makes the Universal Unreal Unlocker mod that adds a photo mode to many Unreal Engine 4 games. The Crysis mods are very popular, but not with developer Crytek, whose PR manager Adam Grinsell issued Bouma a takedown.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

In Deem's experience, family members of older victims sometimes look at their loved one differently, and decide that they're unable to take care of themselves because of cognitive issues. But living in silence as a victim can also lead to challenges with getting practical help and emotional support.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

In a 2019 article published in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues , I argued that the U.S. Callie Maddox is an associate professor of sport leadership and management at Miami University. A global game You might be surprised to learn that the U.S. fields a national womens baseball team that competes in the Womens Baseball World Cup.

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