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Google’s Gemini AI can now see your search history

Ars Technica

You'll be able to use the improved Deep Research to get in-depth information on a topic, and Google's newest reasoning model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. Gemini will even display a banner to remind you it's connected to your search history so you don't forget. What could go wrong?

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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that youre using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office. The year was 1966. Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agencys Information Processing Techniques Office.

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British Columbia History Digitization Program invites grant applications for the preservation of historical British Columbia materials

Charity Village

The University of British Columbia‘s British Columbia History Digitization Program invites applications from private or public institutions and agencies that have the preservation of historical British Columbia materials as part of their mandate.

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Next-Gen Nonprofit Fundraising: How Personalization Powers Success

Nonprofit Tech for Good

How Salesforce is Powering Personal Giving Integrated Data: Salesforce provides a unified view of each donor, consolidating information from various sources, including giving history, website and text messaging interactions, event attendance, advocacy actions, and email engagement. Youll want to get started with some speed.

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Saving ‘The Onion’: An extremely brief oral history

Fast Company Tech

In early 2024, Ben Collins was contemplating the future of the media businessand his place in it. He was in the process of resigning after spending six years as a senior reporter at NBC News, exhausted by the disinformation beat that took him to some of the darkest and most disturbing corners of the internet.

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Who is the new pope? Meet Robert Prevost, the first American pope in history, who took the name Leo XIV

Fast Company Tech

Here is the latest: Robert Prevost is elected the first American pope in history Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vaticans powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

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What To Do Right Now To Have The Best Year-End In Your Nonprofit’s History

CauseVox

Uncover essential techniques to boost year-end fundraising, from growing engaged audiences to optimizing campaign timing and increasing gift sizes with smart automation. In this session, we’ll cover the most essential foundational things you can do to gear your organization up for the best fundraising season it’s ever had.

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