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5 Tests to Determine Which Grants You Shouldn’t Apply For

NonProfit PRO

Here are five tests to identify whether you should submit a grant proposal to help boost your application success rate.

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23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down

Engadget

DNA testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , following a tumultuous few years that included significant layoffs and a wide-ranging data breach. The Board of Directors' Special Committee previously rejected a proposal from Wojcicki. "We

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The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas

The Verge

Elon Musk’s Boring Company started shuttling passengers through the twin tunnels it built underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) this week, as part of a test to get the system ready for its full debut in June. mile tunnels — a far cry from the autonomous sled-and-shuttle ideas that Musk once proposed for The Boring Company.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

For the first time, two people rode a hyperloop pod through a nearly airless tube at 100 mph Virgin Hyperloop announced that for the first time it has conducted a test of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers. The DevLoop test track is 500 meters long and 3.3 It’ll be a bit short,” Giegel said before the test.

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A Simple (Yet Effective) Approach to Implementing Unit Tests for dbt Models

Towards Data Science

Unit testing dbt models has always been one of the most critical missing pieces of the dbt ecosystem. This article proposes a new unit… Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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These trains could carry giant batteries across Colorado and deliver clean energy to Denver

Fast Company Tech

dozens of proposed solar, wind, and battery projectsencompassing thousands of gigawatts of potential power are backlogged as they wait to be allowed to plug into the power grid. Photo: SunTrain] SunTrains proposed railcars will be made of 20-foot shipping containers, each of which will hold about 40 tons of batteries. Across the U.S.,

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Twitter is testing an official ‘soft block’ feature

The Verge

Twitter has begun testing the first of its proposed suite of new privacy tools : the ability to remove a follower without blocking them. The remove follower feature is currently being tested on the web and seems to canonize the “soft block” concept as an official Twitter tool. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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