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Discord bans the r/WallStreetBets server

The Verge

The Verge gained access to the server and can confirm the claim that users of the channel were spamming hateful language, including racial slurs. Discord welcomes a broad variety of personal finance discussions, from investment clubs and day traders to college students and professional financial advisors.

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Redditors are spamming Kellogg’s job portal to support striking workers

The Verge

McKenzie is a graduate social work student in South Carolina who says the philosophy of antiwork resonates with him personally: he holds down multiple jobs and internships while in school, and at times, work has taken over his life. The fourth most upvoted post of 2021 was a thread on r/antiwork of someone unceremoniously quitting their job.

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Top 10 Threats to Higher Ed Computer Systems

Robert Weiner

In his article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy titled “ Top 10 Threats to Computer Systems Include Professors and Students ,&# Jeffrey Young says. They want to nab the identities of students and professors to go on shopping sprees with forged credit cards. No surprise there).

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#MyTechFrenemy

TechCrunch

Some students at the MyTechBestFriend academy have always been a little suspicious of the program and its founder, Mary Awodele. The students attending her academy, MyTechBestFriend, were upset. Others privy to goings on at MTBF say the Discord incident was not the first time Awodele had allegedly punished a student for speaking. “We

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Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers. Or, you could post the volunteer position on your website, blog, or Facebook Page and share it on volunteer boards in your country or on Idealist.org , CraigstList , or in LinkedIn Groups.

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How a bot-fighting test turned into edtech’s most iconic brand, Duolingo

TechCrunch

student at top-ranked Carnegie Mellon University when he attended a talk by Yahoo’s chief scientist about 10 of Yahoo’s biggest headaches. One issue stood out: hackers were creating bots that register thousands of email addresses to send spam. Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, and co-founder of Duolingo.

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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

TechCrunch

Moderation and spam. But for “Critical race theory indoctrinating students,” QuickVid generated a video implying that critical race theory could be used to brainwash schoolchildren. ” The reputational damage will naturally disincentivize people from creating mass spam campaigns with QuickVid, he says.