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You must never press the original Razr’s forbidden internet button

The Verge

The keypad is laser-etched out of a sheet of shimmering aluminum, and when pressed, ignites in a lambent blue glow that looked like the sci-fi future. But there was one button that I was terrified to press. Which meant that pressing the button was a recipe for getting hit with dreaded overage fees.

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How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work

Cloud 4 Good

Cloud for Good was recently recognized as one of the 2021 Best Small & Medium Workplaces by Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine. Perhaps more importantly, Cloud for Good was placed on this list as a direct result of survey responses from current employees. That percentage is 38% higher than the average U.S.

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Aurora borealis forecast expands as strong solar storm hits Earth. Here’s what to know

Fast Company Tech

Colorful northern lights have decorated night skies in unexpected places and space weather experts say there are more auroras still to come. And last fall, a powerful solar storm dazzled skygazers far from the Arctic Circle when dancing lights appeared in unexpected places including Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.

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The Associated Press will sell its photography as NFTs

TechSpot

Pulitzer Prize-winning images will also be available to purchase as rare drops that take place once every two weeks. These photos will have increased scarcity to preserve their status and may be limited to the market’s most active collectors, we’re told.

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Unrestricted: The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Bloomerang

Its a self-fulfilling prophecy that dooms nonprofits to failure in the same spirit of not having the conviction, courage, and commitment to step up and ask for gifts of time, talent, and treasure in the first place. Those donors should pause and reflect on why theyre giving to the organization in the first place.

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AI advances mean we need to double down on this one skill

Fast Company Tech

We get pulled into the urgent things that feel pressing but do not meaningfully matter (like chats with colleagues, reply-all emails, and notification alerts). After meetings, emails, unplanned interactions, and rest breaks, how many hours do we have left in a day for thinking and productive work?

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Baby boomers are boxing out millennials to become the top U.S. home buyers

Fast Company Tech

For years, baby boomers have been aging in place and keeping home turnover low. populationto become the top generation of home buyers, Jessica Lautz, NAR deputy chief economist and vice president of research, said in a press release. In a plot twist, baby boomers have overtaken millennialsthe largest U.S.