Watch Google’s Wing drones make deliveries to folks in Virginia
Digital Trends
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
A trial drone delivery service operated by Google's Wing unit is celebrating a year of operations in Christiansburg, Virginia.
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Virginia data centers consume too much water, and things will only get worse with AI
TechSpot
AUGUST 20, 2024
The Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly Northern Virginia, hosts the largest data center market in the world. The state is home to around 300 facilities, according to recent data, and these centers require vast amounts of electricity and water to keep global internet services running. Water usage, in particular, is becoming.
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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award
VisionLink
OCTOBER 16, 2015
VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.
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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracking system will make its full US debut in new Virginia app
The Verge
AUGUST 5, 2020
This week, Virginia plans to release a COVID-19 exposure notification app based on the specifications published by Apple and Google in April. No location data or personal information is ever collected, stored or transmitted to VDH as part of the app,” a health department official told Virginia Public Media , which first reported the news.
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Housing market shift: Where home prices are starting to fall
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Cumberland, Marylandd-West Virginia: +11.4% Among the 384 metro-area housing markets that the Freddie Mac House Price Index tracks dating back to 1975, these are the 10 metros that saw the biggest year-over-year home price increase in 2024: Kingston, New York: +13.5% Springfield, Ohio: +11.8% Glens Falls, New York: +11.7% Ocala, Florida: -1.9%
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The NonProfit Voice Ep 62: The Impact of Wealth Screening as a Prospecting Tool
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 27, 2022
In this episode of The NonProfit Voice Tech Series, Mark Becker is joined by Shana Bradley, coordinator of prospect development at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Ryan Woroniecki, an adviser at DonorSearch, to discover how to approach wealth screenings, as well as the impact they can have on a nonprofit organization.
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TD Bank is closing dozens of branches across 10 states: Here’s the full list of doomed locations
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 13, 2025
The move will impact communities in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast, with affected branches spanning Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Virgin Hyperloop selects West Virginia to test its futuristic transport system
The Verge
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Virgin Hyperloop One announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. The Hyperloop Certification Center is the start of the hyperloop journey for West Virginia, for the United States, and for the world,” Branson said in a statement.
Josh, a new indie feature film set in Pakistan
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 26, 2013
Last night, Virginia and I were in a packed auditorium at Stanford watching a preview screening of a terrific new indie feature film, Josh. Virginia had heard of Indus World Music , his San Francisco company that is dedicated to Raaga music, both classical and popular.
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50 State VOAD Community
VisionLink
MAY 8, 2012
Pleased to report that Ray, Rene, Joanne, and I are attending the annual conference of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) here in Norfolk, Virginia. This is the 20th annual conference, and befitting the theme, Mountains to Sea , VisionLink is proud to release its 50 State VOAD Community project.
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A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Wired
MARCH 6, 2025
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the areas worst-kept secretthe presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
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A West Virginia newspaper chain is suing Google and Facebook over digital ad revenue
The Verge
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The parent company of a West Virginia newspaper chain has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet, alleging the platforms are siphoning away much-needed digital ad revenue. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The company bought the Gazette-Mail out of bankruptcy in 2018.
8 Nonprofit Lessons Learned from the 2014 FUSE Conference
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 17, 2014
Allie @ Virginia Consumer Voices for Healthcare. Heather also presented two general sessions during which she invited attendees to share via Instagram the most useful piece of advice they gained from attending the conference. The responses from eight attendees can be heard below: 1. Liz @ Farmer’s Market Coalition. Angela @ HeadCount.
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US judge rules only humans, not AI, can get patents
TechSpot
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
A court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that inventions can only be patented under the name of a "natural person." The decision was made against someone who tried to list two designs under the name of an AI as part of a broader project to gain worldwide recognition of AI-powered inventions.
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How to Start a Nonprofit in Virginia | Step-by-Step Guide
Donorbox
APRIL 20, 2021
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on how to start a nonprofit in Virginia. There are thousands of nonprofit organizations in Virginia, with focuses ranging from healthcare to education, arts, animal welfare, and beyond. The post How to Start a Nonprofit in Virginia | Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.
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Surprise: Comcast will complete rollout of data caps everywhere in 2021
TechSpot
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The 1.2TB data caps will hit the following markets, ensuring all of Comcast's 39-state US territory is covered: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
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NetWits
JUNE 2, 2011
Here are a few ways nonprofits are rewarding their fundraisers: Virginia Beach Bike MS – Bike shop gift certificates, VIP parking, a 30-minute massage and an invitation to their awards dinner await participants who raise over $4,000.
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Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year
The Verge
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
The affected states include Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of North Carolina and Ohio. Customers will be notified as they approach the 1.2TB threshold.
How To Help After Hurricane Helene
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Entire communities have been destroyed, and millions are without power across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, and more than 100 lives have been lost in the wake of this dangerous Category 4 hurricane. Funds raised go to Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) in Virginia.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
However, my wife, Virginia, was not enthusiastic. Virginia and Jennifer would go in the Kleckner's Prius (which is a gas-electric hybrid with plenty of range) and the two Jim's would take the Leaf. Recently, I decided to test this. My wife and I had been invited to a nice party in Berkeley thrown by a great couple.
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9 Lessons Learned from Hosting Virtual Fundraising Events
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 19, 2021
For example, watch the 2020 Raise the Region Gala from the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia: ?. You know exactly how long the show is and you’ve done your best to keep it well-paced and entertaining which is critical with online viewers (it’s easy to lose focus when you’re watching something online). 4) Live chat with your viewers.
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Amazon's new $2 billion housing fund will 'create or preserve' 20,000 affordable homes
TechSpot
JANUARY 7, 2021
Amazon says the money, and the housing it will help fund will benefit "moderate-to-low-income" families and individuals in three key locations: Washington's Puget Sound region, as well as Arlington, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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The flu has killed 16,000 people this season. These are the states with the worst outbreaks
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Nine states are classified in the high category: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The CDCs Outpatient Respiratory Illness Activity Map classifies respiratory illness rates into five categories: very-high, high, moderate, low, and minimal.
Microsoft tests wooden data centers in a bid to cut carbon emissions
TechSpot
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Rather than using the traditional materials of steel and concrete for the entire build, Microsoft is using cross-laminated timber (CLT) for a new data center in Northern Virginia. The experiment is part of the company's drive to become carbon negative by 2030 and offset all its emissions since its founding. Read Entire Article
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How to Run Facebook Fundraising Ads: 5 Simple Steps
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
His analysis of digital media and politics has been published by The George Washington University, The Virginia Mercury, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, MediaShift, and Parse.ly from the University of Virginia. and has appeared in Axios Media Trends. He holds an M.A.
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Apricot Chat: The Richmond Venture Forum
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 23, 2012
Wild Apricot is a great fit for professional and business associations -- the Richmond Venture Forum is an association that acts as a social network to link the entrepreneurial community with venture capital to promote business growth and development in the central Virginia area.
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VC funding strong in Q3 2012, more mobile startups funded, seed deals bigger: Report
The Next Web
OCTOBER 17, 2012
Virginia is number two in the amount of funding over the past quarter. So where are more investments made in the United States? With mobile, California takes the top spot for deals and dollars, with New York and Massachusetts following when it comes to mobile deals. You can read the entire CB Insights report here.
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SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared
The Verge
JANUARY 2, 2021
Mark Warner (D-Virginia), ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the Times the hack looked “much, much worse” than he first feared. However, in a small bit of good news, Microsoft said it found “no evidence of access to production services or customer data,” and “no indications that our systems were used to attack others.”.
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What I Learned About Life and Business by Biking Across the Country
Forum One
DECEMBER 9, 2013
Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, my son and I cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia. Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, Forum One CEO Chris Wolz and his son cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia. read more.
Tesla hit with right-to-repair class-action lawsuits alleging monopolistic practices
TechSpot
MARCH 16, 2023
A proposed class action lawsuit was brought in US District Court, Northern District of California, by Model S owner Virginia Lambrix on Tuesday. She says Tesla caused her to suffer lengthy delays in repairing or maintaining her vehicle. Read Entire Article
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Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud
The Verge
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), and Asia Pacific (Singapore) AWS regions. Each Mac mini comes with Intel’s 8th Gen Core i7 processor and 32GB of RAM, and developers will be able to pick between macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina — with Big Sur support coming soon.
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FBI rescues abducted girl with the help of a Nintendo Switch
TechSpot
JULY 18, 2023
On August 3, 2022, a Virginia family reported their 15-year-old daughter missing. Local news channel ABC15 publicized the court documents related to the case, opting not to identify the child to ensure her privacy. Given the family's description of their daughter as a "homebody," authorities immediately began treating the situation.
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How one founder’s $5 million risk paid off
The Next Web
MAY 8, 2016
Since its humble inception, Nathan has grown Heyo from his dorm room at Virginia Tech to 10,000 paying customers, $2.5 million in venture capital, and over $5 million in revenue. Then, late last year, Nathan got the email every founder dreams of:… This story continues at The Next Web.
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How an Apple AirTag and Twitter saved a cyclist's $8,000 bike
TechSpot
JULY 31, 2023
Barry Sherry of Virginia wanted to travel to Europe for what was probably the 68-year-old's last "epic" bike trip abroad, cycling through Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Finland, writes CNN. Read Entire Article
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Blackbaud School Websites Honored with WebAwards for the 7th Year in a Row
sgEngage
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Catherine’s School is an independent Episcopal diocesan school in Richmond, Virginia. It is the oldest private, all-girls school in Richmond and the only independent all-girls school in Virginia for age 3 to grade 12. 2024 Education Standard of Excellence St.
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Police body cameras don’t tell the whole story. This experiment shows it.
The Verge
AUGUST 31, 2020
To explore these effects, The Verge provided clips from a recent incident of police violence to Broderick Turner, a researcher at Virginia Tech who authored a study on body cameras and intent. He ran a version of the study using the clips, and we mapped out the results in the video above. Check it out to see the full story.
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Alexis Ohanian says he’s a ‘techno optimist,’ despite social media’s impact on society
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The entrepreneur and founder of venture fund Seven Seven Six, speaking at an event at the University of Virginia, espoused a fairly negative view of the current social media landscape and the creator economy — an environment where he says, everyone has “been so trained […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
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Man who conned Apple out of $1 million worth of iPhones receives 26-month sentence
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Haiteng Wu, 32, emigrated to McLean, Virginia, in 2013 to study engineering. He received his Master’s Degree in 2015 and secured lawful employment two years later. Wu then embarked on a roughly three-year-long scheme to defraud Apple, writes the Department of Justice.
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Google is trying to test a secret 6GHz network in 17 different states
The Verge
AUGUST 17, 2020
The company also says it expects the experiments to take place over 24 months , and has asked permission to do the tests in 26 cities and towns across 17 states — including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
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Comcast is yet again delaying its data cap rollout to 12 states, this time until 2022
The Verge
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
These caps will be familiar if you don’t live in Comcast’s Northeast region, which consists of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, (along with parts of North Carolina and Ohio).
Habitat NOVA Converts Volunteers to Donors with VolunteerHub’s Salesforce Integration
Volunteer Hub
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Habitat for Humanity Northern Virginia (Habitat NOVA) is on a mission to help families build strength, stability, and self-reliance to create better lives for themselves and their children through the purchase of their first home. In order to reach its mission, Habitat NOVA relies on both volunteers and financial donors for support.
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The DoJ's antitrust lawsuit against Google for its digital ad monopoly goes on trial today
TechSpot
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Opening statements before District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia start later today. The BBC notes that the Justice Department plans to argue that Google's parent company, Alphabet, illegally operates a monopoly in the online advertising market.
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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation
Saleforce Nonprofit
JULY 2, 2021
One great example of the intricate connections of habitats, wildlife, and people is our Cumberland Forest Project , located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet in the Central Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. And through that work, we know that nature provides for us as much as it depends on us. © Travis Dove; July 2019.
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