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Open-source translation models are reaching languages commercial tools skipped

Open-source translation models are reaching languages commercial tools skipped

Community-built datasets are covering languages with tens of millions of speakers and almost no software support.

Weekly payouts are changing who takes gig work

Weekly payouts are changing who takes gig work

Local libraries that added study space are seeing record membership

Local libraries that added study space are seeing record membership

Citizen-collected rainfall data is filling gaps official gauges never covered

Citizen-collected rainfall data is filling gaps official gauges never covered

The return of the neighbourhood repair shop

The return of the neighbourhood repair shop

A restored cinema built its opening programme entirely from audience ballots

A restored cinema built its opening programme entirely from audience ballots

Community health workers with smartphones are catching conditions earlier

Community health workers with smartphones are catching conditions earlier

Cooperative cold storage has changed what small farms can grow

Cooperative cold storage has changed what small farms can grow

Offline-first apps are quietly winning in places with patchy networks

Offline-first apps are quietly winning in places with patchy networks

A border crossing reopened after nine months and the queue formed before dawn

A border crossing reopened after nine months and the queue formed before dawn