The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the US to notify users that the app might, in future, collect new types of biometric information including “faceprints and voiceprints.” The company’s privacy policy was updated on June 2nd, as spotted by TechCrunch. (An An archived version of the old policy can be read here.)

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Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

From challenges to women’s rights to debates around diversity initiatives, current events have encouraged giving circles to be more intentional about engaging more in civic and policy awareness. Collective giving groups are becoming more civically engaged and educated about policies that affect their values and giving priorities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. This topic was especially relevant….

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

All the policies and procedures were followed, and Keith [Gill, the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference] can address exactly how North Carolina was discussed because I was not in the room for any of that, he explained , as cited by CNN. truTV) Texas vs. Xavier: 9:10 p.m. Saint Francis: 6:40 p.m. Mary’s: 6:40 p.m.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 26, 2011

As part of their "Big Goal" to increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by the year 2025, Lumina Foundation has convened state legislators, policy makers, higher education leadership and representatives from 18 states in Indianapolis this week. This is important work, being done well.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan. They have factories in Texas and China and they are revolutionizing these new electric car plugs. First Spanish company to go into the Nasdaq. This is a super clear example that we should be proud of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

That was the question in the “The Intertwining Services Funding with Policy Initiatives to Achieve Systems Change” session at GEO. Funders develop service delivery projects, in this case around behavioral health, and used the efforts to facilitate policy change. Buckshot policy is possible. – Guest post by David C.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

So alongside her husband, Bennie King (himself a serial entrepreneur in the Dallas area), and her University of Texas at Austin and Harvard classmate, Star Carter, Price launched Kanarys in late 2019. So much of the inequities that we see are based off of institutional and systemic policies and practices.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mondaire Jones (D-NY) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting US Attorney General Nicholas Ganjei of Texas asking them to determine whether federal charges might be warranted. “If Still, the specific allegations in the Texas case have been enough to spark further action.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch! Texas Watch works to ensure that insurance companies and other major corporations are accountable to their customers.

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The Verge

APRIL 2, 2022

This was an *exceptionally* difficult quarter due to supply chain interruptions & China zero Covid policy. On the production side of things, Tesla managed to build a total of 305,407 vehicles. Outstanding work by Tesla team & key suppliers saved the day. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2022.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2022

TechCrunch reviewed a sample insurance policy, which quoted a $459 annual fee (or about $38 a month) for insurance that pays out $244 for each day that a creator can’t get into their account after a hack. Notch uses a number of metrics to determine the nature of a creator’s policy.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 19, 2025

The explosion of hemp-derived cannabis products has helped quicken the normalization of cannabis, says John Kagia , the director of cannabis policy in New York and an industry analyst. It now sells to customers in Texas, which has not legalized recreational cannabis, and is using its existing franchise locations as delivery hubs.

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Candid

JULY 23, 2024

These gaps distort our democratic process and the policy debates that flow from it. Unlike campaigns, nonprofits doing nonpartisan voter engagement are driven by a fundamentally different goal: to ensure the members of the communities they work in and with have a say in the policies that impact their lives, regardless of voting history.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. Root charges customers a monthly fee, and when policies are renewed, the rate is subject to change based on driving behavior. The company’s insurance policy is for 30 days.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

The workers are employed by Accenture, a third-party contracting firm, in Austin, Texas. Still, the policy didn’t change. They say they’ve been excluded from a $2 per hour premium paid to other bilingual contractors. One worker says they were told they’d need to learn Arabic or Portuguese in order to receive the premium.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Officials in Austin have approved a total of at least $60 million in property tax rebates in an effort to bring Tesla’s next electric car factory to the Texas city. Commissioner Gerald Daugherty mentioned that the court has a “standing policy” to honor if a commissioner asks for another week. I’m not willing to honor that.”.

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

Amazon’s policies have prevented competing platforms, including sellers’ own websites, from competing on price and gaining market share,” Racine said in a press call. That same month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led an antitrust lawsuit against Google for allegedly abusing its market dominance in the online advertising market.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

The program was initially comprised of five organizations (Lone Star Justice Alliance, Girl Scouts of Central Texas, Community Advocacy and Healing Project, Hearts2Heal, and MEASURE), all tethered by one metric of serving youth. The Innocence Initiative tools we used led to amazing results!

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Texas A&M University. Policy oversight. Policy Oversight. Policy oversight refers to the control function of the board, to provide guidance and oversight for the organization. Executives in increasingly complex operating contexts were more likely to seek the board’s role in policy oversight. Brown, Ph.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy. 2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. Today, Austin is more than just the capital of Texas. The Texas capital is home to more capital. Notably, S3’s investment thesis is focused on Texas.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

For an annual salary as low as $28,800, moderators were placed into a high-stakes environment that demanded near-perfect accuracy in navigating Facebook’s ever-changing content policies, while being subjected to imagery that could sometimes begin to haunt their dreams within weeks.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Facebook moderators employed by third-party contracting firm Accenture and based in Austin, Texas are being forced to return to the office on October 12th, The Verge has learned. The employee tells The Verge that has been no mention of added sick time or changed in attendance policy, which they fear will mean employees come into work sick.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Thanks to a policy change by U.S. At the Texas Service Center, it can take two to 13 months. Lawsuit prompts big policy changes. As long as your visa remains valid, you are no longer at risk of having your employment interrupted due to delays in getting your Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino , head of policy at Carta , works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the U.S. startup ecosystem lost an important business partner.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Initially, the company will start operations in New York, North Carolina and potentially Texas. The Senate is asking these mental health app providers to give clarification on their data collection and sharing policies after reports alluded that the companies could be sharing data with Meta and Google.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

As a result, the conditions under which data become information look different every day, whether in journalism, government, health care, education, publishing, philanthropy, policy research, nonprofit work, advocacy or countless other fields.

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The Verge

JANUARY 24, 2022

State attorneys general from Washington, Texas, and Indiana are also filing similar suits in their own jurisdictions. The attorneys general are bringing a case based on inaccurate claims and outdated assertions about our settings,” said Google policy spokesperson José Castañeda. “We

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Between 2022 and 2023, for example, Texas saw more than 21,000 additional 3- and 4-year-olds enroll. On a sunny fall morning, joyful screams could be heard as children chased each other up and down gentle hills on a large playground with natural-looking features meant to replicate the highlands and lowlands of Texas.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

On October 12th, content moderators working for the third-party contracting firm Accenture in Austin, Texas were asked to return to the office. During the pandemic, it relied more heavily on artificial intelligence to detect content that violated its policies.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

The AIR program was run by a company called Persistent Surveillance Systems with funding from two Texas billionaires. The city police department admitted to using planes to surveil Baltimore residents in 2016 but approved a six-month pilot program in 2020, which was active until October 31st.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

Texas Care for Kids set up a Facebook event for their rally — they were planning to do this anyway no matter which way the decision went. And we sent our blog post as an email to our entire list.” ” (3) Leverage Facebook Person-to-Person Sharing. 6) Curate Visual and Other Content from Trusted Sources.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. This topic was especially relevant….

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Terri has over 30 years of success in higher education, politics, international affairs, and nonprofits, including roles as Provost at Menlo College, Vice Provost at University of Texas at Austin, and positions on numerous boards. How Leadership, Vulnerability, Brand Building, and Fighting Racism Co-Exist with Doyin Richards.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

International and National Hunger Organizations Action Against Hunger Bread for the World Feeding America Friends of the World Food Program International Food Policy Institute MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger Share Our Strength United Nations World Food Programme WHY World Food Prize Food Bank Blogs Capital Area Food Bank of Texas Food Bank of New (..)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

Pacific time for Nonprofits Live: GreenTech , a nonprofit technology talk show with live speakers sharing insights on environmental policy, cloud and information management for efficiency, and case studies for nonprofits seeking to be greener in their daily work life. Join us on April 17 at 11a.m. TechSoup GreenTech Survey.

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