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$3,500 and bills paid: How these local organizations are helping L.A. fire victims recover

Fast Company Tech

Vincent de Paul , one of several local organizations providing direct assistance to fire victims. Pasadena Community Foundation, a local foundation, has given grants through a wildfire fund to help support dozens of organizations doing that work. It was enough, for now, to make it possible for her to keep paying rent.

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Upgrade your cars entertainment system for just $75

Mashable Tech

TL;DR : Bring your old car's entertainment system into 2025 with the PlayAIBox Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Wireless Adapter , now $74.97 (reg. Is your car's entertainment system ready? Just make sure you're always adhering to local laws regarding video playback.) 129) through April 27.

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Windows 365 subscribers can now boot their cloud PC from a local system

TechSpot

Windows 365 Boot was introduced earlier this year as a new option to transform local Windows PCs into dumb terminals for accessing a remote Windows 365 Cloud PC virtualized image. Instead of utilizing the classic (and free) local user account feature, companies could opt for a pricey monthly subscription to. Read Entire Article

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Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”

Ars Technica

These desktop systems, first previewed as " Project DIGITS " in January, aim to bring AI capabilities to developers, researchers, and data scientists who need to prototype, fine-tune, and run large AI models locally.

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Canada will tax online streaming companies to fund local broadcasters

TechSpot

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is imposing a new tax on online streaming services, requiring Netflix, Amazon, and other major companies to contribute five percent of their Canadian revenue to the local broadcasting system. Read Entire Article

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city. I had some money, and I was able to quickly raise more.

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Tesla reportedly puts a stop to free trial of assisted driving service in China

TechNode

Tesla has stopped issuing a software update that was set to give customers in China a one-month free trial of its RMB 64,000 ($8,816) Full Self-Driving (FSD) assisted driving system, Chinese blogger Shawn said on March 23 on microblogging platform Weibo. IT Home , in Chinese]

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