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One epic giveaway: How 600 free electric bikes changed 600 lives

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I’ve long championed the amazing benefits of electric bicycles in providing transportation autonomy to those who can’t afford a personal car and the massive expenses that come along with car ownership. Many of those were visited in person by the Beast Philanthropy to receive the new ride. Another Lectric XP 3.0

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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

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Instead of a website or brochure, he directed me to a private Facebook group where he maintained a meticulous archive of old maps, news clippings and personal photographs of artifacts he found on the island: a creamy conch shell with a hole drilled through it, the ornamental handles of a broken urn.

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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

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The company expanded its business to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, starting with just a pair of drones but eventually operating three spraying teams of four drones each. In this way, one person can oversee multiple drones working at once, covering more fields than a single tractor could.

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Facebook Steps Toward Cryptocurrencies

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The limited pilot will be restricted to 200,000 users in the US and Guatemala. F2's Marcus has said the company plans is instead to use free person-to-person transfers to build up its user base, before branching out to become a more general payment provider and making money on merchant fees.

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How Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn

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But from the learner’s perspective, it simply feels as though the green owl is getting better and better at personalizing lessons. But as immigrants themselves (from Guatemala and Switzerland, respectively), they recognized that not everyone has access to great teachers. Duolingo then doubled down on building personalized systems.

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This 6-Million-Dollar AI Changes Accents as You Speak

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They also had an idea, sparked by a conversation with another friend, a computer science major who had gone back to his home in Guatemala, where he had gotten a job at a call center doing tech support in order to support his family. “We School just isn't fulfilling when you aren't physically there, and we had a lot of time on our hands."

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