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What can you do when Pokémon Go decides your house is a gym?

Date published: July 12, 2016""This is a kind of a novel problem," says Ryan Calo, who teaches cyber and privacy law at the University of Washington’s school of law. Usually, a digital platform isn’t responsible for what its users do — whether it’s something as mild as posting inflammatory comments on a message board or as extreme as following an explosives recipe on a website. Neither is a game.

Can’t register for Pokémon Go? Game theory helps explain why.

Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: July 12, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThe new Niantic game Pokémon Go has perhaps been too successful for its own good. The Internet is filledwith articles, posts and comments from people complaining that they can’t register to play the new game, or log in even if they do succeed in registering.

Wir haben keinen Online-Journalismus

Date published: July 12, 2016taz: Frau van Schewick, wem gehört das Internet?
Barbara van Schewick: Allen. Allen, die das Internet benutzen, und denen, die es bereitstellen.
Nicht den großen Konzernen, den Googles und Facebooks und Amazons?Taz.de

Académicas evalúan primera fase de proceso constituyente

Con más de 15 mil encuentros locales inscritos y 38 mil consultas individuales completadas, este 28 de junio finalizó la primera fase de la etapa participativa del proceso de cambio constitucional impulsado por el Gobierno.

Estudiantes de Ingeniería donaron más de 150 bicicletas

Este 2016 el Taller de Ingeniería Civil Industrial 3001 recibió a sus 140 estudiantes, los dividió en seis grupos y le encomendó a cada equipo la tarea de realizar en 15 semanas tres emprendimientos con impacto social.

Declaración del Cuech ante eventual envío del proyecto de ley

En nuestra reunión del 29 de Junio de 2016, los Rectores de las Universidades Estatales hemos escuchado de parte de representantes del Ministerio de Educación un resumen del proyecto de Reforma en Educación Superior que se enviaría a discusión parlamentaria.

Postal big data: Global flows as proxy indicators for national wellbeing

Data Driven Journalism: “A new project has developed an innovative means to approximate socioeconomic indicators by analyzing the network of international postal flows.

Wspieraj z nami zmiany w instytucjach kultury! Zapraszamy na wakacyjny staż przy programie Otwartej Kultury

Zapraszamy do współpracy w ramach wakacyjnego stażu przy Programie Otwartej Kultury Centrum Cyfrowe Projekt: Polska
W najbliższych tygodniach promujemy #otwartezasoby i #domenapubliczna na Przystanku Woodstock w Kostrzynie nad Odrą i OFF Festiwalu w Katowicach, uruchamiamy nowe platformy internetowe z otwartymi zasobami kultury, produkujemy teledysk na otwartych licencjach, będziemy na zjeździe Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji…i wiele innych, ciekawych rzeczy. Chcesz nas wesprzeć, a przy okazji zdobyć fajne doświadczenie zawodowe w obszarze produkcji i promocji wydarzeń?

Wspieraj z nami zmiany w instytucjach kultury! Zapraszamy na wakacyjny staż przy programie Otwartej Kultury

Zapraszamy do współpracy w ramach wakacyjnego stażu przy Programie Otwartej Kultury Centrum Cyfrowe Projekt: Polska
W najbliższych tygodniach promujemy #otwartezasoby i #domenapubliczna na Przystanku Woodstock w Kostrzynie nad Odrą i OFF Festiwalu w Katowicach, uruchamiamy nowe platformy internetowe z otwartymi zasobami kultury, produkujemy teledysk na otwartych licencjach, będziemy na zjeździe Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji…i wiele innych, ciekawych rzeczy. Chcesz nas wesprzeć, a przy okazji zdobyć fajne doświadczenie zawodowe w obszarze produkcji i promocji wydarzeń?

Should the Police Have Robot Suicide-Bombers?

Author(s): Patrick LinPublication Date: July 11, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThis is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
Last week, the Dallas police killed a suspected gunman with a bomb-delivering robot. It was a desperate measure for desperate times: five law enforcement officers were killed and several more wounded before the shooter was finally cornered.

Periodistas diagnostan situación de la libertad de expresión

La concentración de medios y la inequidad en la distribución de la publicidad oficial, además de los recientes casos de intentos de obstaculizar el ejercicio de este derecho, como la querella a la revista Qué Pasa y el intento de aprobar la denominada "Ley Mordaza", fueron parte de los temas que emergieron en la mesa "Los desafíos actuales de la libertad de expresión en Chile", organizada en el ex Congreso y que contó con la presencia de relevantes actores del periodismo nacional, como la vicerrectora de Extensión y Comunicaciones.Este jueves la vicerrectora de Ext

Human Factors in Big Data

Dossier by Jenny de Boer, Marc Steen, Maurice van Beurden, Alexander Toet, Susanne Tak, Jan van Erp en Ward Venrooij: “Much attention in Big Data is given to the technical challenges that arise. However, Human Factor challenges and opportunities are also relevant. Big Data provides human factor specialists with a new and rich way of data collection and data analysis of human factors patterns.

Solving All the Wrong Problems

Allison Arieff in the New York Times: “Every day, innovative companies promise to make the world a better place. Are they succeeding? Here is just a sampling of the products, apps and services that have come across my radar in the last few weeks:
A service that sends someone to fill your car with gas.
A service that sends a valet on a scooter to you, wherever you are, to park your car.
A service that will film anything you desire with a drone….

Smart Cities – International Case Studies

“These case studies were developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS).

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶବ୍ଦ

A news article on Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary that got published in Odia-language daily Sambad on June 18.

For more details visit http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/sambad-article-on-odia-wiktionary

The Digital Oxygen for Odia Language

The article was published in My City Links on July 4, 2016.

For more details visit http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/my-city-links-july-4-2016-digital-oxygen-for-odia-language

୧୧ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ, ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇଛି ଲକ୍ଷେରୁ ଅଧିକ ଶବ୍ଦ

Odia Wikisource turned 11 on June 16. A news article was published about the project and the contributor community in Odia-language daily Prameya on June 17.

For more details visit http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/prameya-june-17-2016-article-on-odia-wikipedia

Bomb kill by robot a shift in police use

Date published: July 9, 2016"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, who specializes in surveillance and technology issues, said she thought the Dallas blast was the first time U.S. police had intentionally used a lethal robot.
"We already see surveillance robots," Joh said. "But a robot that is capable of harming or killing people is a game changer.""
Arkansas Online

The Legal and Ethical Ramifications of Letting Police Kill Suspects With Robots

Date published: July 9, 2016"“It is essentially a jury-rigged version of a drone strike,” Ryan Calo, a University of Washington School of Law professor specializing in cyber and robotic law, told me. “If they would have been justified in throwing a grenade, then they’re likely justified in doing this, which was quite frankly a creative thing.”Motherboard

India may not be guilty of opposing UN move to save internet rights

India is a democratic country, but the standards for freedom of expression promised to us—online and offline—are highly questionable, especially with online content being censured and comedians being threatened to be arrested for sedition.
This was published by Ciol on July 7, 2016.