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What To Do If You Have to Cancel Your Event: Alternative Options to Consider

Wild Apricot

Is your nonprofit forced to cancel your events due to unforeseen circumstances? Here's how to handle it and 3 options for what to do instead.

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Secure Boot rendered useless, over 200 PC models from different makers are affected

TechSpot

Secure Boot is a security standard created by PC industry members to ensure that a device can only boot up using software verified and trusted by the respective OEM. This new security breach stems from someone working for multiple US manufacturers accidentally leaking the "platform key" for Secure Boot in.

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Titanium rotary heart keeps patient alive for 8 days until transplant

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Earlier this month, a heart patient received a fully mechanical heart made with maglev technology, similar to that used in high-speed rail lines. The surgery, which was part of an FDA Early Feasibility Study at the Texas Heart Institute, was successful: it kept him alive until he could receive a.

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How a $36 barcode scanner sped up fixing the CrowdStrike chaos at Grant Thornton Australia

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Like many other businesses around the world, CrowdStrike's faulty software caused hundreds of PCs and over 100 servers at Grant Thornton Australia to crash on that fateful Friday, resulting in blue screen of death errors.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Nvidia Blackwell server cabinets could cost somewhere around $2 to $3 million each

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Nvidia has reportedly invested some $10 billion developing the Blackwell platform – an effort involving around 25,000 people. With all the performance packed into a single Blackwell GPU, it's no surprise these products command significant premiums.

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Thermal Grizzly's thermal pad switches between solid and liquid states for optimal cooling

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The thermal pads use phase-changing tech to keep things cool without the drawbacks of traditional thermal paste. At room temperature, the PhaseSheet pad is in a solid state, making installation easy. However, when the temperature exceeds 113°F (45°C), it transitions into a low-viscosity liquid, similar to thermal paste, for optimal.

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Samsung patent dreams up wild tablet display that morphs to adapt to you

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The patent, submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office last year, describes a tablet with a horizontally expandable display that can dynamically resize itself based on how it is used. The device is relatively compact when folded, but it can extend its screen with built-in rolling actuators.

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Breakthrough CRAM technology ditches von Neumann model, makes AI 1,000x more energy efficient

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The researchers have designed a new "computational random-access memory" (CRAM) prototype chip that could reduce energy needs for AI applications by a mind-boggling 1,000 times or more compared to current methods. In one simulation, the CRAM tech showed an incredible 2,500x energy savings.

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