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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

Other hard-hit countries will include Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sudan, and Niger. For many low-lying island nations , the challenge of higher seas and more intense tropical storms will be existential. The Arctic is predicted to be practically ice-free during summertime.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

The organization collects office waste discards nationally. ADB's project with Orange France, for instance, includes a national collection program. ADB's work is in three main areas: Local. ADB supplies French charities with low-cost refurbished hardware and software product donations through its TechSoup Solidatech Program.

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can't Stop Tweeting Out the N-Word

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In one post, for example, an overtly racist user tagged Grok and asked if "Niger," the name of both a river and a nation in West Africa, was a "slur." Starting around March 14 just a week after the feature went live Grok began deploying the N-word when prompted just right.

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