Sergey Edunov, Carlos Diuk, Ismail Onur Filiz, Smriti Bhagat and Moira Burke at Facebook Research: “…How connected is the world?

Are you a reddit moderator or the creator of software to support moderation (bots, browser plugins, etc)? Do you have questions about the effectiveness of your tools or your approach to moderation?

Smart Cities on 10 February 2016 at 14:56PM One of the early areas of focus of the NEXUS project has been to look at the extent to which Twitter data can be used to accurately map commuting patterns (and what types of biases etc. need to be corrected before this mapping can really work). As part of this Graham has set up an interactive… Read More » [...]

White House Fact Sheet on The President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget: “…The President is committed to driving last­ing change in how Government works – change that makes a significant, tangible, and positive difference in the economy and the lives of the American people.

Page Type: Eventmercoledi10 febbraio 2016Miquel Peguera, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 10/02/2016 - 18:00 to 20:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Save the Date! Bijeenkomst de Kunst van de Kritiek #2, 26 mei, Brakke Grond Amsterdam
Wanneer: 26 mei 2016, 11.00-17.00, aansluitend borrel
Wat: Expertbijeenkomst over de digitalisering van de kunstkritiek
Waar: De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.

The rapid growth of embedded computing and the “Internet of Things” (IoT) have been felt in many industries and areas, but few organizations and jurisdictions have been affected as quickly and as deeply as cities.  The emergence of “smart cities” – those cities that “…integrate cyber-physical technologies and infrastructure to create environmental and economic efficiency while improving the overall quality of life” –

Paper by Robert Chovanculiak and Marek Hudík: “Private provision of public goods is typically associated with three main problems: (1) high organization costs, (2) the assurance problem, and (3) the free-rider problem.

E. TV Networks has filed copyright infringement claims in federal district court against Google and sixteen YouTube users. The targeted users sent DMCA counter-notices to YouTube following E. TV’s requested takedowns of videos containing copyrighted material from performances by rapper Chief Keef. The users named in the case come from countries around the world, including the UK, Poland, and Mexico, in addition to the United States.

Vyacheslav Polonski on 9 February 2016 at 19:06PM How to protect your privacy in a data-driven societyContinue reading on Medium » [...]

eBook byPaul McConnell and  Michael Clare: “How can today’s growing cities use technology and design to improve their infrastructure, management, and quality of life? In this O’Reilly report, Paul McConnell and Mike Clare from Intersection review how connected services and platforms are redefining how cities function, and how people interact within them.

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Australian Government: “This was a key focus of the Prime Minister’s $1.1 billion innovation package announced this month.
The Bureau of Communications Research (BCR) today released analysis of the impact of open government data, revealing its potential to generate up to $25 billion per year, or 1.5 per cent of Australia’s GDP.

DataDrivenJournalism: “In 2011, the team at Project AWARE launched the Dive Against Debris program with the objective of better documenting the amount of marine debris found in the world’s oceans.

«O conceito de “soldado do futuro”, não sendo um conceito novo, é um conceito dinâmico, que em cada momento agrega os projetos desenvolvidos pelas forças armadas e de segurança dos vários países, com o objetivo de aumentar a eficácia dos seus combatentes, aproveitando os avanços tecnológicos conhecidos e aqueles que são previsíveis no futuro próximo. Nos nossos dias, estes avanços centram‐se sobretudo nos sistemas de comunicação, navegação e posicionamento global, nos dispositivos de proteção individual e nos equipamentos para identificação e deteção exata dos alvos.»

Suzette Lohmeyer at GCN: “Open data is not just for spreadsheets. Museums are finding ways to convert even the provenance of artwork into open data, offering an out-of-the-box lesson in accessibility to public sector agencies.

W tym numerze Kserokopii prezentujemy przykłady na to, że prawo autorskie to zagadnienie ważne nie tylko dla artystów (takich jak Dawid Bowie), ale również dla ludzi związanych ze światem sportu. Ponadto piszemy o problemach z ratyfikacją Traktatu z Marakkeszu przez Unię Europejską, nowych formach copyright trollingu, licencjach creative commons jako alternatywnym podejściu do finansowania sztuki oraz o tym, że Parlament Europejski zaprezentował odważniejszą wizję reformy prawa autorskiego niż Komisja.

Date published: February 9, 2016"Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, focusing on T-Mobile’s BingeOn and Music Freedom programs, concluded that, regardless of its intentions, “T-Mobile prioritizes commercial entertainment video over other types of video as well as other internet use,” making it a violation of the FCC’s general conduct rules and therefore illegal.