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Fasten Your Seat Belts! 2025 Will Be a Bumpy Ride…Here’s Help!

Pamela Grow

I woke up this morning thinking about the movie, The Matrix. If you’re not familiar, the Matrixis a 1999science fictionaction film starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, a computer hacker. Theres a scene where Neo discovers that most of the population is asleep in pods where they are being used like a battery by the sentient AI that put them there. A chilling notion.

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P2PForum25 Early Bird Pricing Expires 1/31!

NonProfit PRO

Time is running out! Early bird pricing for the 2025 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum wraps up on January 31. Join us in Atlanta, GA, from March 1214, 2025, for three days of insights, networking, and growth tailored for peer-to-peer fundraising professionals at every stage. Bring your team and lock in the best rates today!

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The Looming Membership Cliff: What Associations Can and Should Be Doing

The MatrixFiles

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Over the last year, I noticed an alarming trend popping up in my interviews with CEOs on my podcast, Associations Thrive. CEOs in the healthcare space were worried about nurses and technicians leaving the industry. Michael DiFrisco, Executive Director of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry , surveyed members and found that 52% of accredited members were planning to retire in the next five years.

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3 Ways to Tailor Donor Communications With Predictive Artificial Intelligence

NonProfit PRO

Interested in using predictive analytics to tailor your donor communications for higher response rates? Explore three effective strategies.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Stripe accidentally sent a picture of a cartoon duck to some of the 300 people it laid off

TechSpot

Stripe laid off 300 employees, equivalent to around 3.5% of its workforce, on Monday, with most of the roles in the product, engineering, and operations departments.

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Hubble's largest panorama ever showcases 200 million stars in the Andromeda galaxy

TechSpot

The stunning panorama features over 600 overlapping Hubble images that have been painstaking stitched together. Spread across 2.5 billion pixels, you'll find some 200 million stars all of which are brighter than our own Sun. That is a huge number, yet only a fraction of the estimated one trillion.

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How AI Helps Fight Fraud in Financial Services, Healthcare, Government and More

NVIDIA AI Blog

Companies and organizations are increasingly using AI to protect their customers and thwart the efforts of fraudsters around the world. Voice security company Hiya found that 550 million scam calls were placed per week in 2023, with INTERPOL estimating that scammers stole $1 trillion from victims that same year. In the U.S., one of four noncontact-list calls were flagged as suspected spam, with fraudsters often luring people into Venmo-related or extended warranty scams.

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Avoid Last-Minute Blues: Tips For Planning Ahead For Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

Planning a strategic session for your nonprofit can be one of the most impactful moments of the yeara chance to reset, strategize, and inspire your team. But lets be honest: waiting until the last minute to plan such an important event can lead to unnecessary stress, limited options, and a lackluster experience. On the flip side, planning early opens doors to creativity, thoughtful preparation, and the opportunity to create a transformative experience for everyone involved.

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"The Brutalist" director clarifies the usage of AI amid intense backlash

TechSpot

The AI tools in question come from the Ukranian company Respeecher. Corbet told The Hollywood Reporter that they only used the tools in post-production to enhance the accuracy of specific Hungarian vowel and letter sounds spoken by Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. He maintains that the AI editing did not.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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3 Easy Ways to Fine-Tune Language Models

Machine Learning Mastery

Language models have quickly become cornerstones of many business applications in recent years. Their usefulness has been proven by many people who interact with them daily. As language models continue to find their place in people’s lives, the community has made many breakthroughs to improve models’ capabilities, primarily through fine-tuning.

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AMD admits the Ryzen 9 9950X3D may not be faster than the 9800X3D in gaming

TechSpot

In an interview with VideoGamer, AMD's product and business development manager, Martijn Boonstra, revealed that the 9950X3D and 9900X3D will deliver "similar overall gaming performance" to the 9800X3D.

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The Future of Marketing: How AI Agents Can Enhance Customer Journeys in Retail

NVIDIA AI Blog

AI agents which can understand, adapt to and support each users unique journey are making online shopping and digital marketing more efficient and personalized. Plus, these intelligent systems are poised to turn marketing interactions into valuable customer research data. In this episode of the NVIDIA AI Podcast, Jon Heller, co-CEO and founder of Firsthand , discusses how the companys Brand Agents are revolutionizing the relationship between consumers, marketers and publishers.

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NIO becomes latest Chinese automaker to enter robotics

TechNode

NIO has set up a small team of around 20 employees to conduct feasibility research on the in-house development of four-legged robots, headed by Xu Kang, an algorithm expert who joined the electric vehicle maker in 2020 after working at Chinese self-driving car startup Momenta. Chinas 21st Century Business Herald reported the move, without giving further details.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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At 1.87 pounds, Fujitsu's FMV Note U breaks records as the lightest laptop on the market

TechSpot

At CES 2025, Asus shared that its new Zenbook A14 with Ceraluminum chassis weighted under 980 grams (2.16 pounds). Ceraluminum is a combination of ceramic and aluminum, and is said to be both lightweight and durable.

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Optimize the dbt Doc Function with a CI

Towards Data Science

How to set an automated check to improve your dbt documentation Image by the author (AI generated) In large dbt projects, maintaining consistent and up-to-date documentation can be a challenge. Although dbts {{ doc() }} function allows you to store and reuse descriptions for the columns of your models, ensuring its usage remains quite a manual process and prone to mistakes, and therefore can easily lead to incomplete or outdated documentation.

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Netflix says it wants to "deliver more value" as it hikes prices across most plans, again

TechSpot

The price increases go across the board, as detailed in the latest earnings report. The ad-supported tier is going up from $6.99 to $7.99 monthly. Then there's the standard ad-free option, which is seeing the biggest jump, climbing from $15.49 to $17.99 per month. The premium high tier is inflating.

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Xiaohongshu renamed ‘rednote’ across app stores

TechNode

The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, which recently saw a rise in interest in the US amid legislation intended to ban TikTok, has adopted the English name rednote in the Apple iOS App Store, according to Chinese media outlet IThome. Its noticeable that the name appears entirely in lowercase, instead of the previously used RedNote commonly seen in translations.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Samsung cracks the AI puzzle with Galaxy S25, finally

TechSpot

From the outside, Samsung's new S25 mobile phone is simply the latest iteration of the company's long-running line of premium Android smartphones powered by Qualcomm's latest generation Snapdragon processor. It's also got a pleasant, rounded-edge design, better cameras, a fresh set of color options, and a few cool new features.

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ITOps and DevOps Trends and Predictions 2025 From Industry Insiders

ITPro Today

IT leaders and industry insiders share their IT operations & management and DevOps predictions for 2025.

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Nvidia says RTX 50 GPUs won't suffer a repeat of melting 4090 power cables

TechSpot

Nvidia recently reassured customers that its upcoming RTX 50 series graphics cards won't repeat the controversy from two years ago when the flagship RTX 4090 power cables began melting and burning. The company has since switched to a new cable standard.

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How Should IT Help Desks Deal With Difficult Users?

ITPro Today

Dealing with ill-mannered users can be one of the toughest parts of a help desk role. Learn practical strategies for staying professional during challenging interactions.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.

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AI adoption to double storage demands in just 3 years, Seagate survey finds

TechSpot

The data deluge is mainly being handled by the cloud. The survey indicates that 65% of all AI-related data is already being stored in the cloud as of 2024, and that percentage is projected to climb to 69% by 2028 as more workloads shift off-premises.

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Amplify your impact with high-quality listening and feedback: New core principles

Candid

Nonprofits and grantmakers alike increasingly recognize that listening to their ultimate constituents is essential to their mission. They understand that hearing directly from the people most affected by their workand making changes to their programs and practices based on that feedback increases the impact of their work. Indeed, a recent assessment commissioned by the Fund for Shared Insight found that a growing number of organizations are engaging in listening and feedback practices.

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Xiaomi WinPlay brings Windows gaming support to HyperOS tablets

TechSpot

Xiaomi's Software Development Director, Zhang Guoquan, recently described WinPlay as a potential turning point for tablet gaming. WinPlay is a new virtualization technology designed to run Windows games on HyperOS, a sophisticated translation layer enabling AAA gaming on mobile devices.

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ByteDance plans to invest $12 billion on AI chips this year

TechNode

According to the Financial Times , ByteDance is planning to invest over $12 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2025. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that ByteDance has allocated a budget of RMB 40 billion ($5.5 billion) to purchase AI chips in China by 2025, doubling its spending from last year. Additionally, the company plans to invest approximately $6.8 billion overseas, using NVIDIA chips to enhance its foundational model training capabilities.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

This session will dive into how to create rich generosity experiences that foster long-lasting relationships. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to redefine how you engage with your supporters—emphasizing trust, engagement, and community over transactional giving models. 🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.