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The Week in Internet News: Connected Hot Tub Lands in Hot Water

Hot tub vulnerabilities: New connections to the Internet of Things for hot tubs – allowing users to do things like adjust water temperature using their smartphones – also may make the products vulnerable to attacks, Naked Security writes. At least one connected hot tub would be easy to attack by a nearby hacker, according to research.

Professor da FGV Direito Rio analisa saída do Brasil de Pacto da Migração da ONU

Pacto foi assinado por cerca de 160 paísesO presidente Jair Bolsonaro confirmou nesta semana a saída do Brasil do Pacto Global para Migração Segura da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU). O pacto foi firmado oficialmente em dezembro de 2018 e contou com a assinatura de cerca de 160 países. O acordo fundamenta-se em valores de “soberania do Estado, compartilhamento de responsabilidade e não-discriminação de direitos humanos”, segundo a entidade internacional, e foi assinado em um contexto de forte onda de movimentos migratórios em todo o mundo. 

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gössmann verstorben

Wilhelm Gössmann studierte Germanistik, Philosophie und Theologie in Münster und München. Nach dem Staatsexamen promovierte er 1955 mit einer Dissertation über „Das Schuldproblem im Werk Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs“ bei dem Literaturwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Hermann Kunisch.

"Caring for nature matters: A relational approach"

A new article has been published in the Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (Vol. 35, December 2018, pp. 22-29) with the collaboration of Prof. Potthast: Caring for nature matters: a relational approach for understanding nature's contributions to human well-being.

7 Lessons & 3 Big Questions for the Next 10 Years of Governance

Reposted from Medium

Michel Bauwens: Introduction to commons-based peer production

Michel Bauwens: This video from IASC COMMONS is covers the evolution of the commons through history, and the role of the commons in the current shift from labor-based capitalism to contribution-based capitalism and the potential for post-capitalist developments in this particular context

Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements

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NTU Singapore and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces launch joint lab in healthcare and robotics

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FAT/Asia 2019

Alongside the excitement about science fiction “coming to life” through increasingly futuristic gadgets and services, there is growing concern about the implications of an algorithm-driven society. Scholars and thinkers are debating the potential impact of automated decision-making on equality, autonomy, and dignity, and addressing the need for oversight mechanisms that protect fundamental freedoms and human agency.

"En la medicina la informática no va a ser una cosa optativa"

Big Data, inteligencia artificial e innovación en salud. Estos fueron los temas de este seminario organizado por el Ministerio de Salud, instancia donde el Rector Vivaldi expuso junto a expertos de prestigiosas universidades extranjeras respecto a los desafíos que el desarrollo tecnológico impone a la salud pública, la atención de los pacientes y la formación de profesionales.

Académicos y egresados participarán en el Nobel Prize Dialogue

17 representantes de nuestro plantel serán parte de este encuentro que transformará a nuestro país en la capital mundial de la ciencia con 130 charlas en 10 regiones. Académicos y egresados destacados de la Casa de Bello serán partícipes no sólo de las instancias del Congreso, sino también de "The Nobel Prize Dialogue". Además, la U.

Creeped out by Netflix's 'You'? Here's how you can avoid online stalkers, data thieves

Several social media users have no idea of how much of their information is stored on the Internet and what kind of information they are allowing the applications to access.

The blog post by Sanyukta Dharmadhikari was published by the New Minute on January 10, 2019. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Get IoT Smart: Homework for Many Indonesians

Today’s guest post is from Bhredipta Socarana, an Intellectual Property lawyer based in Indonesia and a Youth@IGF Fellow.
As one of the most populated countries, Indonesia has grown as one of the biggest markets for technology development. From the import of various over-the-top platforms to the implementation of Artificial Intelligence, technology has changed the Indonesian livelihood, including my own. This is also the case for Internet of Things (IoT).

FGV Direito Rio recebe selo ISO 9001/2015

Certficação reconhece internacionalmente a qualidade de gestão A FGV Direito Rio recebeu o selo ISO 9001/2015, que reconhece internacionalmente a qualidade dos seus sistemas de gestão. Concedida pela British Standards Institution, primeiro órgão de normas nacionais do mundo, a certificação representa uma confirmação ao mercado, de forma isenta, de que a Escola utiliza processos de trabalho que seguem boas práticas de gestão.

Principles of ‘Good Data’

Good Data edited by Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt and Monique Mann will be published by INC in January 2019. The book launch will be 24 Januari @ Spui25. In anticipation of the publication, we publish a series of posts by some of the authors of the book.

DAUIN Lunch Seminars

Page Type: newsIl ciclo di incontri dei “Dauin Lunch Seminar” avrà luogo ogni terzo mercoledì del mese a partire da febbraio
19 Febbraio 2020
Sandro Cumani (Dauin - Politecnico di Torino)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Thu, 22/02/2018 - 12:08

Schweißdrüsenkarzinom (ADPA): Erste Einblicke in Genexpressionsmuster

Schweißdrüsenkarzinome (SK) sind seltene Tumoren der Hautanhangsgebilde (< 0,005% - 0,01% aller kutanen Karzinome), die ein heterogenes Spektrum unterschiedlicher histologischer Subtypen umfassen. Sie treten klinisch variabel auf und haben eine starke Tendenz zu Lokalrezidiven und/oder metastasierenden mit einer hohen Sterblichkeit einhergehenden Verläufen.

On the blind spots of the Blockchain

In modeling systems dynamics, Self-Reinforcing Feedback, also known as a Positive Feedback Loop, happens when the output of a process amplifies the input to that process in continuing cycles of that process.

That
may have made it sound complicated, but it’s fairly simple. In a large
group of cattle, if something startles a few of them, and they react
suddenly startling others, then this pattern repeats, then you get a
stampede.

Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake both Centralize Power and Wealth

Daniel Pinchbeck on why we need Extinction Rebellion

The following is reposted from Daniel Pinchbeck’s newsletter.

When can police compel you to give up your cell phone password?

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Date published: January 11, 2019Tampa Bay Times"“That’s at odds with the way that the case law has been developing in other courts,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.