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Rector Vivaldi y ex ministro Varela debatieron sobre educación pública

"¿Combina Chile competencia y financiamiento público en la educación?" fue el nombre del encuentro organizado por la Fundación Para el Progreso, donde el ex titular de Educación y el rector de la Universidad de Chile discutieron distintos temas, entre ellos, la gratuidad.

Wiedereinstieg für wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs

Wenn wissenschaftliche Nachwuchskräfte zum Beispiel für die Erziehung von Kindern oder die Pflege von Angehörigen ihren wissenschaftlichen Karriereweg unterbrechen mussten, so bietet ihnen das COMEBACK-Programm die Möglichkeit für einen Wiedereinstieg an der HHU.
„Die Unterbrechung des Qualifikationsweges kann eine große Hürde für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs sein“, so Forschungsprorektor Prof. Dr. Peter Westhoff. „Mit COMEBACK greifen wir jungen Forscherinnen und Forschern unter die Arme und geben ihnen die notwendige sichere Basis, um sich qualifizieren zu können.“

The Equal Edit: Making Swedish history on Wikipedia more gender equal

For centuries, much of our recorded history has been written by men. Even in Sweden, which is considered a leader in gender equity, less than ten percent of the people mentioned in the main article about Swedish history on the Swedish language Wikipedia, “Sveriges historia”, are women. With Wikimania, the annual conference celebrating Wikipedia and free knowledge, coming to Stockholm, Sweden this week, we wanted to do something to help change this.

How YouTube Radicalized Brazil

Dörthe Eickelberg: Chicks on boards

In vielen Kulturen sind Frauen auf dem Surfbrett ein Affront, häufig verbunden mit Ausschluss oder Sanktionen Es gibt aber Mädchen und Frauen die surfen trotzdem: Für die Festivaldokumentation (80min) »Chicks on Boards« begibt sich die Arte-Moderatorin und passionierte Surferin Dörthe Eickelberg auf eine Reise zu Frauen in aller Welt, die sich trotz ihrer Religion, Hautfarbe, Alter oder Tradition in der Gesellschaft ein Stück Freiheit erobern – auf dem Brett, auf dem Meer – und damit viel riskieren.

You can easily secure America's e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper.

Why AI needs more social workers

What is YouTube Pushing You to Watch Next

Your weekly photo from the world’s free media repository: 9 August

The panther chameleon is native to northern and eastern Madagascar, and has also been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius.

Restore Network Access in Jammu and Kashmir

A coalition of digital rights groups have condemned the Indian government and demanded to immediately restore network access in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.  The entire region has been subjected to a total telecommunications blackout. This is the 51st time in 2019 that access to internet, declared a basic human right by the United Nations, has been suspended here. Last year, there were 65 shutdowns, and 176 over the past eight years, including a six-month ban in 2016.

Combating Hate Speech Through Counterspeech

Ulukhaktok: Community Networking in the (Far) North

In June of this year, I had the great privilege of traveling to Ulukhaktok, NWT, Canada to talk to community members about the possibility of building a new, local Internet service network. As a result of these meetings, and the incredibly driven individuals I met with in Ulu, this time next year, Ulukhaktok will be the proud owner of the far-most Northern community network in the world.

Ministry of Health's public consultation on National Digital Health Blueprint: Legal issues around telemedicine, consent, and 'egosystems' in healthcare Trisha Jalan

“The patient should be centric to every intervention,” declared Preeti Sudan, special secretary at the Ministry of Health, at the ministry’s public consultation on the National Digital Health Blueprint 2019, held at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi on August 6.
The article by Trisha Jalan was published by Medianama on August 8, 2019. Aayush Rathi was quoted.

Why the Madras HC case on WhatsApp traceability could have wider ramifications

While traceability will make law enforcement easier, it could also undermine voices of dissent, say experts.
The article by Haripriya Suresh was published in the News Minute on August 8, 2019. Pranav Manjesh Bidare was quoted.

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Vacancies Senior researcher and Phd candidate Digital Transformation of Decision-Making

Ausstellung an der HHU zu Forschern, Sammlern, Pflanzenjägern

Die Ausstellung „Forscher, Sammler, Pflanzenjäger – unterwegs mit Humboldt & Co.“ stellt auf großformatigen Thementafeln Pflanzensammler verschiedener Epochen und deren Motive vor. Manche suchten Reichtum, andere Macht und Ruhm für ihre Länder, wieder andere waren getrieben von einer wissenschaftlichen Leidenschaft, das Unbekannte zu enträtseln.

The FTC Can Rise to the Privacy Challenge, but Not Without Help From Congress

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Open Call: Podcast Producer

Digital Asia Hub is looking for a producer to help bring to life our first podcast on technology and society in Asia, Spoke, which will focus exclusively on the Social Credit System in China for season 1. We are looking for someone who has the requisite sound production chops and vision to help compellingly tell the complex story of social credit scores and technology as narrated by co-hosts, Dev Lewis and Shazeda Ahmed, who have been conducting research on this subject in China.
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As artificial intelligence evolves, digital pets are making a comeback, and are more realistic and interactive than ever