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Will antitrust suits benefit developers?

Ben and Ryan talk about how tiny nations are making huge money from their domain names, the US government’s antitrust case against Apple, the implications of a four-day work week, Reddit’s IPO, and more. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/03/29/will-antitrust-suits-benefit-developers/

Google: Incremental Improvements May Not Impact Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google's John Mueller cautions against over-optimizing Core Web Vitals, suggesting incremental improvements may not significantly impact search rankings.

The post Google: Incremental Improvements May Not Impact Rankings appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-incremental-impr

Rezonanční tajemství „Ďáblova kostela“

Jeskyni Pirunkirkko ve skalách na březích finského jezera Pielinen vyhledávali odedávna šamani a léčitelé. Věřili, že se jim tam otevírají jiné světy a že tam mohou navázat kontakt s nadpřirozenými silami. Nový výzkum finských vědců zjistil v jeskyni unikátní akustickou rezonancí.
http://www.osel.cz/13410-rezonancni-tajemstvi-dablova-kostela.html

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Invisibility Shield: Pokročilé štíty neviditelnosti jsou větší a účinnější

Startup Invisibility Shield Co. vyvíjí praktické a levné štíty, které bez futuristických technologií a bez magie zařídí obstojnou neviditelnost. Štíty nepotřebují žádnou energii ani komplikované materiály. Jde o kouzelnický trik, optický klam, který funguje. Štíty nové generace Invisibility Shield 2.0 jsou průhlednější než jejich předchůdci. http://www.osel.cz/13409-invisibility-shield-pokrocile-stity-neviditelnosti-jsou-vetsi-a-ucinnejsi.html

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How much jail time will Sam Bankman-Fried actually serve?

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for his role in the fraud and conspiracy scandal that took place at the crypto exchange. That was far less than the 40 to 50 years prosecutors were

Meta’s policy on LGBTQ safety, hate speech is a troubling pattern of inaction

For years, groups of celebrities, human-rights organizations, even regular old users have asked Meta to take LGBTQ worries about safety more seriously. These requests go back at least a decade and stretch to as recently as January, when Facebook’s oversight board

That viral AI-generated influencer is based on a real person. And she’s fine with the ads

The content creator behind a viral video storm over AI-generated influencers has confirmed that she indeed did authorize the company Arcads to use her likeness in a generative video tool that was then deployed to create a video advertising hygienic wipes.

Earlier this week, a video went viral showing a woman ranting about “stanky body odor” while sitting in the front se

Cosmic rays, XR, and ‘multiverse’ quantum computing — welcome to EIC’s deeptech Scaling Club


“Do you believe in the multiverse?” our petite and cheerful guide Angelina asked me when I told her what I do for a living, while navigating the rambunctious street’s of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. It was not a conversation I was expecting to have

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Creators Guild of America kicks off an accreditation service for digital creators

Americans, in case you haven’t heard, are obsessed with short-form videos. The average TikTok user in the U.S. spends 97 minutes per day on the platform. YouTube users, meanwhile, spend a little under 90 minutes on the video sharing site; Instagram users dedicate over 30 minutes a day to scrolling the Meta-owned network.

Despite all that success, a significant per

Jak vyrobit metan z oxidu uhličitého a slunečního záření?

Metan v dnešní době funguje spíše jako fosilní surovina a skleníkový plyn. Co kdybychom ho ale vyráběli přeměnou z oxidu uhličitého, přičemž by potřebnou energii obstaralo viditelné světlo slunečního záření? Metan by se rázem stal mnohem zelenější surovinou, která by přispívala ke snížení naší závislosti na fosilních palivech. http://www.osel.cz/13408-jak-vyrobit-metan-z-oxidu-uhliciteho-a-slunecniho-zareni.html

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Marketing Calendar 2024 With Template To Plan Your Content via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

Plan your marketing strategy for 2024 with our customizable template. Leverage interesting dates, holidays, and events to engage your audience.

The post Marketing Calendar 2024 With Template To Plan Your Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/holiday-marketing/

AI is making bad actors craftier. Here’s how security companies are using AI to fight back

Are you human?

It’s an increasingly important question, and one that’s getting harder to answer.

With its squiggly letters, the old CAPTCHA, the Completely Automated Public Turing Test To distinguish Computers from Humans, was developed in the early 2000s to stop malicious bots from creating new email accounts and was later used, somewhat ironically, to train machines to “read” garbled text. But g

Astroforensics could be one of the coolest new careers of the future


Nasa’s Artemis program is scheduled to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent orbiting laboratory by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, private companies are making significant steps in taking paying customers further into space. As humanity

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How To Adapt SEO Strategies To Better Appear In Google SGE via @sejournal, @adrianakstein

Discover how to adapt your SEO strategies for Google SGE. Learn how to maintain organic traffic with core E-E-A-T principles and high-quality content.

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Ukraine’s drone startups aim to turn war experience into peacetime business


Juggling two jobs is hard work. It’s particularly hard work when one of the jobs is in a warzone. But for Ivan Kaunov, the roles are complementary. As the CEO and co-founder of Buntar Aerospace, Kaunov develops drones for long-range flights. As a member of the

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Controlling cloud costs: Where to start, and where to go from there

In this episode, Ben and Ryan are joined by Joshua Fox, a senior cloud architect at DoiT, to discuss cloud cost optimization. They explore the importance of controlling and understanding cloud costs, the role of good architecture in cost optimization, and strategies for dealing with surprise costs. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/03/27/controlling-cloud-costs-where-to-start-and-where-to-go-from-there/

Unionized Sega employees reach a bargaining agreement with game maker

Less than a year after Sega recognized a group of its workers as a union, the group has ratified its first contract with the company—the first with a major publisher in the industry.

The contract, which was ratified Tuesday, will cover 150 workers who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and includes a number of protections, ranging from higher salaries to Just Cause protections in the event of layoffs.

“This is a watershed moment for workers i

NBC News’ Ronna McDaniel blowup was inevitable

The most revealing moment of Ronna McDaniel’s first—and, it turns out, only—time as an NBC News political analyst came at the very end of her appearance on Meet the Press. 

After a ">tense line of questioning from moderator Kristen Welker over her past as head of the Republican National Committee, McDaniel shot back “I represent 50% of this country, whether you like it or not.”

McDaniel won&#8217

Flying cars edge towards takeoff after Chinese production deal


A flying car that’s certified for aviation just took another big step towards commercialisation. The Aircar’s creator, KleinVision, today announced the sale of a “groundbreaking” license to manufacture the vehicle. The deal gives China’s Hebei Jianxin Flying Car Techn

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Databricks’ new open-source AI model could offer enterprises a leaner alternative to OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here.

Databricks unveils “mixture of experts” AI model

The San Francisco-based company Databricks announced on

UCL spinout bags £10M to make AI ‘super brains’ for 100x faster LLM training


Oriole Networks, a UCL spinout, has raised £10mn in seed funding to build AI “super brains” that promise to accelerate the training of Large Language Models (LLMs).  Founded in 2023 by UCL scientists, the startup has developed a new method that harnesses the p

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TNW Podcast: Ukrainian startups, European quantum tech, Michiel Scheffer on the future of the EIC


Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea, Tom (!), and And

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Candor is a professional networking site that reveals the person behind the résumé

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Candor is a great new site that helps others get to know you beyond your job title. Answer icebreaker-style questions about when you’re at your best, what you’re curious about,

One year in, Khan Academy’s AI has 65,000 students, and is still learning new skills

Roughly a year ago, the online learning nonprofit Khan Academy launched Khanmigo—an experimental AI tutor designed to give students one-on-one guidance without doing their homework for them.

In that time, the limited access pilot has expanded to roughly 65,000 students across more than 53 school districts, with plans to expand to anywhere from 500,000 to

6 reasons to apply to Fast Company’s 2024 Best Workplaces for Innovators

With more than a dozen new categories, Fast Company’s sixth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list is aiming to be more comprehensive than ever. Here are six reasons why you should apply.

1. Brand exposure. Every company selected as a finalist will be featured in the summer issue of the magazine and on fastcompany.com.

These 3 technologies are reinventing Silicon Valley yet again

Not only have I had the privilege of working in and covering Silicon Valley for the past 40 years, but I was also born here. I remember what it was like when it was called the “Valley of Heart’s Delight.” Back then, the entire valley was orchards of apricots, peaches, and cherries and fields of strawberries. In fact, at that time, the area’s primary business was fruit-packing canneries that processed these fruits and made jams and jellies. The summer mornings of my ch

How Reddit’s IPO could still go horribly wrong

Reddit went public in a long-awaited initial public offering on March 21, becoming the first social media company to do so since Pinterest in 2019.

Once something of a lawless wilderness, Reddit has gone corporate over the past decade, reining in the fringe elements of its platform a

16 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do

I’ll admit it: For the majority of my adult life, spreadsheets have remained shrouded in mystery. I’ve used them plenty, of course—to track 

Grammarly’s AI can now offer suggestions to make your work messages clearer

A new AI feature from Grammarly can look over your business writing before you hit send, offering “strategic suggestions” designed to make your messages clearer and more impactful.

Whether you’re writing in a Gmail tab, a word processor, or even a chat tool like Slack, the new feature, which is gradually being rolled out to Grammarly’s paid customers, is designed to d

Airtable debuts new AI tools to make your office workflows even easier

Almost a year after launching AI capabilities for its platform, Airtable is adding new features allowing businesses to use its AI on a larger scale. Not only that, but Airtable AI is now out of the beta stage and is available to all new and existing customers.

Airtable’s expanded capabilities no

Microsoft’s Inflection AI grab likely cost more than $1 billion, says an insider (exclusive)

When Microsoft announced last week that it had hired two of the three founders of Inflection AI, as well as most of the startup’s employees, little was known about the deal except that it also contained guarantees for the startup’s investors, and that the tech giant also bought the rights to sell access to Inflection’s most powerful model. Now m

Instagram and Threads are now filtering political content out of your feed. Change this setting to see more of it

While you’re likely being inundated with political ads on your TV, radio, and even your street corner, there’s one place you might have noticed that is relatively light on political content: Instagram.

In a blog post in early February, Instagram owner Meta announced plans to remove political content from its recommendation surfaces across Instagram and

Donald Trump’s use of Truth Social is harming his ability to reach voters, research shows

Trump Media & Technology Group, the Donald Trump-backed media organization behind Truth Social, is off to a soaring start in its public debut, and the former president is set to reap billions off its Nasdaq performance. 

But

10 things to know about Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s vice presidential pick

Presidential longshot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that he has selected Nicole Shanahan as his vice-presidential running mate in his independent bid for the White House. Shanahan, an attorney and entrepreneur who is well-known in tech circles, has never before sought public office.

For Kennedy, it caps a long search for a prospective running mate that set the political rumor mill on fire in an otherwise repetitive election cycle. Still, many Americans may not be familiar

Robinhood’s new credit card is made of actual gold, but its real value is in the user perks

Robinhood on Tuesday unveiled the Robinhood Gold Card, its first credit card. For some Gold cardholders, the credit card will actually be made from real gold, weighing in at a whopping 36 grams (roughly 1.27 ounces).

“I think it’s the heaviest credit card on the market,” says Deepak Rao, general manager of Robinhood Money. “If you accidentally drop it on your table, ever

The most innovative AI applications today have this in common

Generative AI models don’t know what they don’t know. Ask a question on a subject they haven’t encountered in their training, and they might just make something up. For an individual playing around with the tech, that’s an annoyance. For a company, it’s a nightmare.

That’s why the best AI application developers are building their own AI around the foundation model, leveraging unique technology or data to get the good out of LLMs while managing the bad. When done wel

AI ethical review should empower innovation—not prevent it

As companies rush to join the AI race and harness the technology’s potential to shape the future, a critical question looms large: Can ethics keep up with innovation?

While I’m particularly excited about generative AI’s power to transform creativity and productivity everywhere, I recognize that without appropriate oversight, this potentially revolutionary technology can also present real threats and hard challenges. As AI becomes a cornerstone of innovation across industries

We’ve endured tech monopolies before. Apple doesn’t have one

Strangely enough, last week’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that it was filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple didn’t leave me obsessing over Big Tech’s iron grip on our digital lives. Instead, I was struck by how much freedom we have to pick our platforms—a gratifying change from days of yore.

First, a few Fast Company tech stories for you:

Why are women being sidelined in the AI race?

AI models are getting smarter. Inference is getting faster. Hardware is getting better. Unfortunately, in this AI race, women are once again being left behind or sidelined entirely. 

One of the first first textbooks on AI was actually p

Google Maps is here for summer travelers with trending locations, off-the-radar ideas, and more AI

The weather is getting warmer, which means lots of us have started thinking about summer travel. Today, Google is rolling out a handful of new features for Google Maps with the goal of making some of that planning a little easier.

Now when you’re researching places to visit, you can pull up a curated list of things to do within a particular city within Google Maps. The featu

Scientists think ‘collective AI’ will resemble Star Trek’s Borg — only nicer (hopefully)


Leading computer scientists have unveiled a vision of “collective AI” that resembles Star Trek species the Borg. Researchers from MIT, Yale, and Loughborough University explained the concept in a study published this week in Nature Machine Intelligence. The pa

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Community products: Reflections & looking ahead

This past year, we’ve explored and learned how AI can support the community on Stack Overflow and across the Stack Exchange network. Read more to see our reflections and learn more about the initiatives our product team is prioritizing this year. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/03/27/community-products-reflections-and-looking-ahead/

1.5M UK jobs now at risk from AI, report finds


Some 11% of job tasks in the UK are currently at risk of AI replacement, a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found. In the worst case scenario, this translates to a loss of 1.5 million jobs — without any GDP gains. IPPR’s analys

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25 Examples Of About Us Pages For Inspiration via @sejournal, @alexanderkesler

Learn how to craft an engaging About Us page that promotes your values and products in a fresh way with these B2B and B2C examples.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/about-us-page-best-examples/506162/

Veliký bůh Pan zemřel!

Výrazný mem „Bůh je mrtev“ provází naši kulturu podstatně déle než od Nietzscheho doby, kdy se stal znovu slavným a omílaným v nových kontextech. Za podrobnější citaci stojí legenda o výkřiku „velký Pan zemřel“, která pochází z 1. století n. l. Před tím se zmíníme o tom, kdo všechno z dávných bohů zemřel. Nakonec něco o nových problémech naší doby. http://www.osel.cz/13407-veliky-buh-pan-zemrel.html

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Gocycle releases first pics of F1-inspired folding cargo ebikes


London-based Gocycle, founded by Richard Thorpe, a former industrial designer at McLaren, has released the first images of its new range of folding cargo ebikes.  Gocycle, best known for its sleek folding ebikes, first announced its move into the ca

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This snowboard is made from paper — and it shreds like a dream


Professional freeride snowboarder Cody Bramwell carves through the deep white powder, left-right-left-right, down the mountainside. He’s snow surfing, a unique, bind-less style of snowboarding invented in Japan in the 1980s.  Ra

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5 steps to building an ESG-responsible software startup


Many startups around the world will want to play their part in creating a more responsible business. But it can seem like an unattainable goal, with many regarding it as something to worry about after the business has reached a

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Mateřské drony pro FPV drony mohou přinést zvrat na bojištích

Na sociálních sítích se objevily zprávy o levném, ale převratném mateřském dronu, který nosí do boje sebevražedné FPV drony. Díky tomu, že funguje jako komunikační uzel pro spojení mezi FPV dronem a operátorem, nabízí značné rozšíření operačního využití FPV dronů, které se tím pádem mohou stát ještě významnějším bojovým prostředkem. http://www.osel.cz/13406-materske-drony-pro-fpv-drony-mohou-prinest-zvrat-na-bojistich.html

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10 things to know about Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s vice presidential pick

Presidential longshot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that he has selected Nicole Shanahan as his vice-presidential running mate in his independent bid for the White House. Shanahan, an attorney and entrepreneur who is well-known in tech circles, has never before sought public office.

For Kennedy, it caps a long search for a prospective running mate that set the political rumor mill on fire in an otherwise repetitive election cycle. Still, many Americans may not be familiar

Měsíc by se mohl stát gigantickým detektorem gravitačních vln

Přízračná tvář Měsíce láká nejen básníky a vlkodlaky, ale také gravitační astronomy. Na lunárním povrchu je spousta místa, a také tam je, alespoň prozatím, doslova mrtvolný klid. Celý Měsíc by mohl sehrát roli gravitační antény, přičemž by procházející gravitační vlny detekovaly vysoce citlivé seismometry na lunárním povrchu nebo třeba soustavy zrcadel s lasery. Další možností je vybudovat na Měsíci gravitační observatoř typu LIGO či Virgo. http://www.osel.cz/13405-mesic-by-se-mohl-stat-gigantic

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Instagram and Threads are now filtering political content out of your feed. Change this setting to see more of it

While you’re likely being inundated with political ads on your television, radio, and even your street corner, there’s one place you might have noticed that is relatively light on political content: Instagram.

In a blog post in early February, Instagram owner Meta announced plans to remove political content from its recommendation surfaces across Instagram and Threads. At the time, the company said “we don’t want to get between you and their posts, but we

Donald Trump’s use of Truth Social is harming his ability to reach voters, research shows

Trump Media & Technology Group, the Donald Trump-backed media organization behind Truth Social, is off to a soaring start in its public debut, and the former president is set to reap billions off its Nasdaq performance.

But a new study suggests that Truth Social is still sorely lacking when it comes to political effectiveness. Research published in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics looked at the question of whether Trump has been able to leverage Truth Social into fre

Netherlands devises €1B plan to keep ASML in the country


The Dutch government is reportedly finalising plans to inject at least €1bn in funding, in an agonised effort to keep ASML in the Netherlands. Rumours that the crown jewel of the Dutch tech ecosystem is considering relocation were unveiled by local newspaper

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UK says Chinese cyberattacks ‘part of large-scale espionage campaign’


The UK government has accused China of two malicious cyberattacks against the country’s democratic institutions and members of Parliament. Specifically, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that a Chinesestate-affiliated cyber actor, nicknamed A

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Grammarly’s AI can now offer suggestions to make your work messages clearer

A new AI feature from Grammarly can look over your business writing before you hit send, offering “strategic suggestions” designed to make your messages clearer and more impactful.

Whether you’re writing in a Gmail tab, a word processor, or even a chat tool like Slack, the new feature, which is gradually being rolled out to Grammarly’s paid customers, is designed to detect when you’re roughly done with a piece of business writing. Then, Grammarly&#

Chinese hackers slapped with U.S. and UK sanctions

Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.’s election watchdog, American and British authorities said Monday in announcing a set of criminal charges and sanctions.The intention of the campaign, which officials say began in 2010, was to harass critics of the Chinese government, steal trade secrets of American corporations and to spy on and track high-le

Airtable debuts new AI tools to make your office workflows even easier

Almost a year after launching AI capabilities for its platform, Airtable is adding new features allowing businesses to use its AI on a larger scale. Not only that, but Airtable AI is now out of the beta stage, and is available to all new and existing customers.

Airtable’s expanded capabilities now allow users to tap into AI enhancements within several of its individual features, but what businesses and enterprises will likely find the most useful is that Airtable AI will inte

Microsoft’s Inflection AI grab likely cost more than $1 billion, says an insider (exclusive)

When Microsoft announced last week that it had hired two of the three founders of Inflection AI, as well as most of the startup’s employees, little was known about the deal except that it also contained guarantees for the startup’s investors, and that the tech giant also bought the rights to sell access to Inflection’s most powerful model. Now, more details are starting to come to light.

Microsoft paid Inflection AI $620 million for the non-exclusive right to se

ESA to build ChatGPT-style Earth observation digital assistant


The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it will build a ChatGPT-style digital assistant to help humans better decode complex Earth observation data. Led by Φ-lab (Phi-Lab) — the agency’s Earth observation innovation and investment arm — the ch

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Human trials of Musk’s Neuralink called into question by congressman

A U.S. lawmaker involved in health policy has asked the Food and Drug Administration why it did not inspect Elon Musk’s Neuralink before allowing the brain implant company to test its device in humans.

Reuters reported last month that FDA inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Neuralink last June, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans.

Neuralink, which first

There Is No Spoon: What Does ‘Do What’s Best For Users’ Even Mean? via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

User satisfaction vs. Google rankings: What really matters in SEO? Find out why balancing SEO and CRO is essential for success in this insightful post.

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The European cities with the highest salaries for software developers


Becoming a software developer is a clever choice for anyone wanting to progress within the tech industry — you can work across varied industries from fashion to finance, analyse and solve complex issues, and have a genuine impact on user experience. Given that

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15 Tips For Onboarding An Omnichannel Client via @sejournal, @joshuacmccoy

Check out these expert tips for onboarding omnichannel clients: establish strong relationships, plan a solid foundation, navigate challenges with confidence, and more.

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