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At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

Mashable Tech

But after analyzing deeply drilled rock core from the impact site created by the six-mile-wide asteroid, geologists have found compelling evidence that life soon thrived in the basin following the seismic episode. The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Tennessee just made an invisible update to its tourism site—and it’s brilliant

Fast Company Tech

This led VML and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to launch Sound Sites an initiative to replace the alt text on the states official tourism website with lyrical verse from one of Tennessees best natural resources: songwriters.

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Europe tries to force age verification onto Pornhub and other adult sites

Ars Technica

European regulators have opened formal proceedings into Pornhub and three other adult platforms for suspected violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission announced yesterday. Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos are accused of failing to prevent minors from accessing adult content.

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What’s going on at Victoria’s Secret? Security incident shuts down site.

Mashable Tech

Victoria's Secret seems to have suffered a major online security incident. The retailer's website was down on Thursday — showing only an apologetic message to customers — leaving would-be shoppers scrambling. It appears the security incident began in the evening hours, eastern U.S. time, on Wednesday.

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5 Cybersecurity Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Since then, our site has experienced zero downtime, no more bot email subscribers, and customer service is exceptional. For many years Nonprofit Tech for Good used a budget website hosting company for $12 a month, but by 2020 our website downtime became significant and our email opt-in forms overrun with spam bot subscribers.

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6 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit’s Following on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Why make a concerted effort to send your website visitors to Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn when once they follow you on any of those sites, they are unlikely to see any of your posts anyway? In response, they have moved their social media icons from the header to the footer of their websites.

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2025 Social Media Statistics for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

billion monthly active users of which 65% access the site daily and spend an average of 40 minutes per day on the platform. billion monthly active users of which 500 million access the site daily and spend an average of 24 minutes per day on the platform. Facebook Facebook has 3.05 Similarweb ] 61.7% of their followers on Facebook.