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Facebook announces new ways for nonprofits to raise money. One truism that non-profit organizations face is that nonprofits must invest in technology, get up to speed and stay current, or suffer the consequences.  Computers and smartphones are now a part of every aspect of our lives. Every small business, corporation, foundation,...

Stephen Hawking asserts humans have 1,000 years to find a new planet to live. Theoretical scientist and astronomer Stephen Hawking says humanity will not make it another 1,000 years on earth because of nuclear weapons, global warming and artificial intelligence. Speaking earlier this week at Oxford University Union, Hawking says our best...

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is now investigating people who used Bitcoin in order to avoid paying taxes. The IRS asked a California court to order Coinbase, a Bitcoin exchange company, to release the identities of their U.S. users of its service from 2013 to 2015. In a filing Thursday to...

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is working on stopping fake news from spreading on the popular social media website. Outlined in a Facebook post, Zuckerberg reveals plans on releasing new systems to stop misinformation including: third-party verification services, automated detection tools and easier ways for Facebook users to report fake news stories. “The problems here...

Last October, researchers surveyed thousands of teenagers across America and found that Snapchat is the most popular social media app among teens beating Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Several weeks later, Snap is confidentially working on their IPO process. Snap Inc. has filed paperwork for an initial public offering, which may value...

A new study finds Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Law is linked to an increase in homicides. Following the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Florida's "Stand Your Ground" was thrown into the national spotlight. Now, researchers argue that the law is linked to a significant rise in gun-related homicides. The Study Published in...

Google will soon ban websites that write fake news stories from using their advertising network. As critics assert Facebook's news feed prominently features news stories with false information, Google will begin banning websites from using Adsense on their website Google announced that its advertising network will be soon closed to websites that...

Friend Finder Network, Inc. is an adult services company and was reportedly hacked last October affecting 400 million accounts, which makes it the largest security hack ever. The hack Friend Finder Network, Inc. has several different websites and businesses including: Adultfriendfinder.com, Cams.com, Penthouse.com, Stripshow.com, and iCams.com. Over 400,000,000 accounts were affected in...

Update: Facebook will ban advertisers from using "ethnic affinity" targeting. After a backlash by civil rights groups, Facebook users, Congressional Black Caucus and other U.S. lawmakers, Facebook has announced they will no longer allow users to use "ethnic affinity" to target users by their ethnicity. “Recently, policymakers and civil rights leaders have...

Google announced that as soon as the election polls close in the United States election results will be displayed within search engine results. Users who search for "election results" will be able to see a detailed breakdown of the election results, including state referenda, amendments, propositions, Congressional, Senatorial and Presidential races, Google...

This month’s supermoon will be the largest in nearly 70 years. On November 14th, people will be able to see the moon extremely close-up, the result of the moon’s elliptical orbit and the position of Sun and Earth. This phenomenon is called the “supermoon”, which is just another way to...

An October employment report illustrates employers have been actively hiring causing the unemployment rate to decrease, which could mean a December interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve. There were 161,000 payroll jobs created last month, according to the latest Labor Department report. In addition, in a revised August and...

General Motors announces a new plan to rent cars to Uber drivers. Through General Motors' Maven, car-sharing subsidiary company, registered Uber drivers can rent cars from Maven's fleet for $179 per week, which includes unlimited miles and car insurance. In addition, Uber drivers can use the car for personal...

The Obama administration announced on Friday a new initiative to increase clean energy use with new electric vehicle charging stations and business partnerships. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) will be establishing 48 vehicle charging stations. The statement announces that the electric vehicle routes will be placed in 35 different states...

German scientists are now arguing that dark matter is made up of tiny particles called axions. Scientists from the University of University of Wuppertal, Eötvös University in Budapest, and Forschungszentrum Jülich are working to discover what dark matter is made up of. By following the Standard Model of particle physics and...

Scientists discover a structural similarity to human cells and stars. Published in the Journal of “Physical Review C”, researchers found that the endoplasmic reticulum of human cells are structurally similar to structures found within and neutron stars. In fact, researchers call the structural similarities resemble multi-level parking garages. Researchers Greg Huber...

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Tom Frieden, made a "plain truth" statement regarding Zika and the future of the disease. "Zika and other diseases spread by Aedes aegypti," he said, "are really not controllable with current technologies." At the moment, the CDC has upgraded its...

Instagram releases a new shopping feature that allows users to purchase items without ever leaving the social media photo sharing application. On Tuesday, Instagram released a new shopping feature in association with 20 different retail brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, Kate Spade, Macy's and Michael Kors. Instagram will release start testing...

New research suggests people who receive and accept new friend requests are more likely to live longer than people who do not. Published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", researchers argue that people who received many friend requests were less likely to die over the course of...

NASA astronauts usually spend four to six months in a space on missions. However, some Astronauts experience back pain while in space. The University of California-San Diego recently announced research results that provided new insight about prolonged spaceflight and the impact space can have on the nervous system. According to...