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Google announces $1 Million Google.org Impact Challenge Winners

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Along with a panel of Nebraska local judges, Google announced on Thursday the five winning non-profits for the Nebraska Google.org Impact Challenge. Each of these organizations will receive $175,000. For the next phase of the Challenge, Nebraskans are invited to vote for one non-profit to be crowned ‘People’s Choice’ winner and awarded an additional $125,000. In total, Google.org will contribute $1 million to Nebraska non-profit organizations. The Google.org… Source link

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Google commits over $100 million of $1 billion affordable housing pledge

Google has allocated $115 million out of a $250 million investment fund for affordable housing projects in the Bay Area. The Mountain View tech giant said that the $115 million commitment should help fund the creation of at least 24,000 affordable units by 2029, with the majority of using modular construction. The company pledged $1 billion for affordable housing in the region last year; the majority, it… Source link

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Rouhani warns 25 million infected as Iran reimposes restrictions – Yahoo News

(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere. The figures Rouhani cited in a televised speech were far higher than Saturday’s official toll of 271,606. His office said they were based on “an estimated scenario” from a report by the health ministry’s deputy minister of research. “Our estimate is that until… Source link

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How to file for a piece of that $117.5 million Yahoo data-breach settlement

Hey, would you look at that? Yahoo accounts finally have some value — but only if you act quickly.  The deadline is fast approaching to file a claim for a piece of the $117,500,000 settlement following multiple hacks of Yahoo’s systems, spanning 2013 to 2016, that affected 3 billion accounts. And guess what? If you had a Yahoo account between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016 and live in the U.S. or Israel, then you could have a cash payout coming your way.  Notably, as was the… Source link

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Microsoft had 32 million Bing-MSN visitors for Election Day 2012

The US Presidential Election is now over with, but Microsoft is still collecting information about the visitors and page views it generated this past Tuesday on both Bing and MSN on that day. Microsoft made a big push for Bing to be a center of election coverage, adding in features like news updates, social media posts, online polls and more to its election hub. Today, the official Bing blog announced that both Bing and MSN had a total of almost 32 million… Source link

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