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Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy

Ars Technica

On Sunday, the genetic testing and heritage company 23andMe announced that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was asking a court to arrange its sale. Risky business The company launched around the time that "gene chips" first allowed people to broadly scan the human genome for sites where variations were common.

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4 Unique Call-to-Actions to Test on Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Participants will learn how to create and maintain a content strategy, current best practices for the top-performing social media sites, and how to be an early adopter of emerging social media trends.

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10 Website Maintenance Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Installing a robust SSL certificate on your website helps protect confidential contact and financial information when when donors make an online donation and builds trust among users by assuring them that your site is secure. In addition, it’s worth noting that Google only indexes websites that have SSL certificates.

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This secret site lets you try DeepSeek on a trustworthy U.S. server

Fast Company Tech

It’s technically intended for developer-level testing, but anyone with the link can access it. Nvidia’s DeepSeek-R1 site is completely web-based no downloads or installations, and no accounts to create. DeepSeek is open source, and other companies can host it. It’s there and waiting. The service is free.

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How Polestar engineers EVs that can handle brutal winters

Ars Technica

Polestar provided flights from Los Angeles to Lulea and accommodation so Ars could visit Polestar's winter testing site. More importantly, automotive manufacturers rely on this kind of winter testing to fine-tune traction and stability-control programming, ensuring their cars can work well in the depths of the deepest winter.

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5 Steps to Improve Your Nonprofit Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These CTAs are valuable opportunities to guide visitors through your site. 2) Boost Site Speed. Slow loading times frustrate your visitors and encourage them to abandon your site. In general, your site should load in 2 seconds or faster. If your site is loading slowly, start by looking at the website content.

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Twitter expands downvote test worldwide

The Verge

The experimental feature, which Twitter started testing last year , is now being shown to a global audience, says the company. Unlike on sites like Reddit, total tallies for upvotes and downvotes aren’t public, but are being used by Twitter behind the scenes to tweak what replies it shows users.

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