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Amazon withholds its ebooks from libraries because it prefers you pay it instead

The Verge

Amazon is withholding ebook and audiobook versions of works it publishes through its in-house publishing arms from US libraries, according to a new report from The Washington Post. It’s not clear to us that current digital library lending models fairly balance the interests of authors and library patrons.”.

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Google+ and Nonprofits: No Worries If You Have Not Yet Been Invited!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Google+ is deleting profiles that are being converted in brand pages. However, “sometime later this year&# Google+ will launch profiles for brands. In the meantime, Google will actively seek out and delete user-profiles that have been converted to brand profiles. Sign up here !

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5 Oculus Quest Tips for Nonprofits New to the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library. Profile : Select your profile image to access your profile. That said, to create and customize your avatar, hover over and select your profile icon in your universal menu and then select Edit Avatar. That’s it for now!

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Quibi’s library will live on through the Roku Channel

The Verge

Roku has acquired defunct streaming service Quibi’s library of content, the company announced today. billion in funding prior to its launch largely thanks to hype and dealmaking from its high-profile leadership, former HP exec Meg Whitman and former Disney chairman and movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg.

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Streamline Data Pipelines: How to Use WhyLogs with PySpark for Data Profiling and Validation

Towards Data Science

Streamline Data Pipelines: How to Use WhyLogs with PySpark for Effective Data Profiling and Validation Photo by Evan Dennis on Unsplash Data pipelines, made by data engineers or machine learning engineers, do more than just prepare data for reports or training models. To avoid this, we often use data profiling and data validation techniques.

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Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

Futurism

Users can easily opt out of this use of their data by adjusting their profile settings." In response to our reporting, Pinterest insisted that AI-generated materialcomprises only a small amount of its content library overall, and said it was working on tools to label content as AI-generated.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. This service allows Facebook users to download custom Facebook Profile backgrounds designed with the branding of partner nonprofits. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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