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Do you believe in an Internet that inspires development and progress? Do you want to enable opportunities to help people improve their quality of life? Are you ready to become an agent of change, starting in your own community? If you answered yes to these questions, this is your opportunity to shine! Join our Internet Society crew for the brand new Internet Society Fundamentals Program and get ready to make your mark. This opportunity is exclusive to our members and is available until March 15th.

Open source is making its way through the spheres of public life and business. Those that stand out are not only the well-known examples from the software fields but also increasingly complex hardware products like autonomous driving cars (LocalMotors), 3D printers (RepRap), and all kinds of IoT devices and computers (Raspberry Pi). The advantages of…
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President Biden’s newly inaugurated administration confronts a critical moment for US network readiness. While the US is globally celebrated as an innovation trailblazer, the COVID-19 crisis has posed challenges to its competitiveness. The new administration can leverage and improve on US network readiness to “build back better”. How the administration defines its tech policy priorities in the first 100 days may define US competitiveness in the years to follow.

Atelier de lecture de propositions législatives, proposé par le groupe Gouvernance et régulation d'Internet.
L’article D.S.M.A. Book Club est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Today we are proud to announce a new project for the Open Knowledge Justice Programme – strategic litigation. This might mean we will go to court to make sure public impact algorithms are used fairly, and cause no harm. But it will also include advocacy in the form of letters and negotiation. 
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In Lebanon, passports, drivers’ licenses, work permits, residency permits, and humanitarian aid all use systems that require biometric data, such as  unique fingerprints or iris scans of citizens, residents, and refugees. In 2017, the newly passed electoral law stated that voters would use “magnetic voting cards” to vote in the[...]

Pflanzen und andere Organismen können sich in gewissen Grenzen an schwankende Umweltbedingungen anpassen. Die Blätter des Löwenzahns zum Beispiel sind an sonnigen Standorten deutlich kleiner als an schattigen Plätzen. In der Sonne genügt weniger Blattfläche, um ausreichend Photosynthese zu treiben. Das macht Sinn und ist in der genetischen Programmierung des Löwenzahns so vorgesehen.

"¿Por qué filmamos lo que filmamos?" es el nuevo libro recientemente lanzado por la profesora del Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen, Antonella Estévez, obra en la que recoge diálogos y entrevistas con mujeres de la industria del cine chileno.

El Memorando de Entendimiento firmado por ambas instituciones permitirá, por ejemplo, que futbolistas juveniles puedan recibir clases de estudiantes del plantel público, que los universitarios puedan optar a realizar pasantías o prácticas profesionales en el club deportivo y compartir infraestructura para la realización de campeonatos de fútbol. A futuro, se estudia también la posibilidad de que los jugadores puedan atenderse en el Hospital Clínico de la U.

El sitio, presentado en el marco de la conmemoración del quincuagésimo sexto aniversario de esta unidad académica, ofrece un diseño moderno y dinámico para la difusión del quehacer en formación, investigación y vinculación con el medio. La iniciativa fue desarrollada durante el 2020 con la participación de distintos integrantes de la Facultad y la Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB).La Facultad de Ciencias de la U.

En esta columna de opinión, el decano de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Chile, Raúl Morales, analiza el irregular proceso de adjudicación del Instituto de Tecnologías Limpias realizado por CORFO.

La iniciativa parlamentaria ahora deberá ser aprobada en tercer trámite por el Senado, con lo que quedaría en condiciones de convertirse en Ley. Carmen Andrade, directora de Igualdad de Género de la Universidad de Chile, afirma que "es un proyecto que debe aprobarse a la brevedad.

This past weekend, we observed the one-year anniversary of the first of many COVID-19 lockdowns. Since then, schools, small businesses, healthcare providers, and financial institutions around the world have relied on the Internet to maintain operations and deliver critical services – bringing the need for broadband access into sharp focus. The overflow of demand for digital communication amid the ongoing pandemic has put the Internet’s structural integrity and capacity to the test.

Turkey has distinguished itself as a digital innovator, with an emerging track record in network readiness, talent competitiveness and innovation policy. Becoming a world-class digital innovator will demand that Turkey leverages its existing strengths, and focuses its energies on improving its performance in specific policy areas.

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