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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This morning we saw live video of democracy protesters in Yemen who have been following the discussions via streaming video. Maria Al-Masani, founder of the Yemen Rights Monitor human rights group, told conference participants how her fellow activists have effectively used common applications to circumvent censorship.

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COVID-19 case study: Changing funding practices in Europe

Candid

They are now adding new subject areas to their portfolios, like public health, mental health, food security, use of technology, and democracy, as just a few examples. Some foundations, in their public statements, stressed the importance of global partnerships and a shift of resources from wealthy countries to low-income countries.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

In June, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies’ 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report indicated that the nonprofit sector has faced sweeping layoffs—to the tune of 1.6 We created an entire COVID section that was developed specifically for the clinicians, researchers, doctors, and public health officials on the frontlines.

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Alpha Motor’s EV designs look cool, but will they ever get made?

The Verge

Bengt Halvorson at Green Car Reports put up a mighty effort trying to track down some of those answers in August. I recently spent about 35 minutes talking to them via video call in an attempt to answer some of the questions Halvorson (and, in May, former InsideEVs reporter Gustavo Ruffo ) tried to answer. How is the startup funded?

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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

In the first full quarter measuring earnings during the pandemic, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft reported making truckloads of cash. That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). All but Google have hit all-time high stock prices in the month of August.

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National Security Council adds Gmail to its list of bad decisions

Engadget

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. And while Signal is a more secure option than a public email client, even the encrypted messaging platform can be exploited, as the Pentagon warned its own team last week.

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As Top Officials Were Messaging a Group Text About Bomb Plans, Their Passwords Were Leaked Online

Futurism

Though Spiegel newspaper didn't publish any of the information, its reporting indicates that their phone numbers, emails, and even some of their passwords were pretty easy to find. The reporters were also able to connect the phone number provided for Hegseth they were provided to a WhatsApp account.

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