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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

I t's a platform where millions of monthly users the company has declined to say how many are children and teens, but it's clearly a dominant portion of its audience engage in immersive conversations with AI chatbots designed to act like real-life celebrities, beloved fandom characters, and original personas. is striking.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. Pottsboro is a small town located 75 minutes north of Dallas on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

FYDER (San Antonio, Texas) An effort to recycle plastic bulk bags into flexible, durable 3D printer filament to extend the life of otherwise discarded materials. Some of these are pretty legit. Feel free to look me up when that pre-seed round hits, all.

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With the Olympics over, Peacock needs to figure out what’s next

The Verge

Peacock’s forthcoming slate includes a series based on Dan Brown’s novel The Lost Symbol , an Andy Cohen-hosted drama series called Ex-Rated , and teen murder drama One of Us Is Lying. But it’s likely to drive people towards the ad-funded tier as opposed to premium.”.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. like Texas, where one instructor will be heading to college. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers.

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What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like?

Tech Soup

Houston, Texas: "Truth and Dare": Ideas and Insights from TED 2015. Austin, Texas: 15NTC Roundup! Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks. Beirut, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Orlando, Florida: Orlando Tech Week: Closing the Infrastructure Gap for Nonprofits. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. John Kaama School.

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks. Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Houston, Texas: "Truth and Dare": Ideas and Insights from TED 2015. Beyrouth, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Vancouver, British Columbia: Open Data for Nonprofits. Thursday, March 19, 2015.