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Netflix built an army of servers to stream TV—now it’s powering games

Fast Company Tech

The concept behind Open Connect has stayed pretty much the same ever since: Once a server gets installed in an internet providers local data center, it gets loaded up with copies of Netflixs movies and shows, which are then streamed to the providers customers whenever theyre ready to watch something.

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Keeping appointment times from moving around

Robert Weiner

Here's a description of the problem from Microsoft (edited to match my situation): You are traveling through multiple time zones and need the calendar to display the local time for each appointment. the local (Chicago) meeting is at 2:00 P.M., For example, imagine you are in New York and have a breakfast meeting at 8:00 A.M.,

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Marketing Automation: The Future of Fundraising for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Marketing automation tools integrate with CRM systems, ensuring that donor data is up to date and synchronized across platforms. 4) Event Promotion Whether you’re planning a black tie gala or a local trash cleanup, you need your audience to show up to your event. If you spread yourself too thin, you might fail to make waves.

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VolunteerHub Offers Direct Integration with Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT

Volunteer Hub

This synchronization ensures that both platforms maintain consistent and accurate data at all times. The table below shows VolunteerHub data that can be synchronized into Raiser’s Edge via the integration. VolunteerHub data populates directly within Raiser’s Edge NXT and the data lives within Blackbaud’s servers.

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The 10 most innovative data science companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

The desktop app offered enterprise-grade security and local AI deployment, enabling users to harness generative AI while safeguarding sensitive data. Anaconda also launched the AI Navigator, a curated library of 200+ pre-trained models for natural language processing, code generation and more.

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Google copied Sonos’ multi-zone speaker technology, US import regulator rules

The Verge

One of the five infringed patents is specifically about adjusting volume of devices over a local area network.) Two of the other patents are about synchronizing multiple devices over a network; one is about setting up a playback device (such as a Wi-Fi speaker) for communication over the network to begin with.

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Didomi raises $40 million to help you manage customer consent

TechCrunch

Didomi can store and synchronize preferences across devices. The company will also hire more people with local marketing and sales teams for different markets. You can configure your consent flow for a desktop website, a mobile website, a mobile app or a connected TV. Didomi plans to open offices in Germany, Spain and the U.S.