Xarxa per la sobirania energètica (Xse) Catalonia brings like-minded groups together to fight for change in the energy sector locally, and collaborates with similar initiatives elsewhere in Spain, Europe and Latin America.
Paul Nemitz at Royal Society Philosophical Transactions: “Given the foreseeable pervasiveness of Artificial Intelligence in modern societies, it is legitimate and necessary to ask the question how this new technology must be shaped to support the maintenance and strengthening of constitutional democracy.
Book by Ian I. Mitroff: “The recent data controversy with Facebook highlights the tech industry as a whole was utterly unprepared for the backlash it faced as a result of its business model of selling user data to third parties. Despite the predominant role that technology plays in all of our lives, the controversy also revealed that many tech companies are reactive, rather than proactive, in addressing crises.
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Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: September 9, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingComments submitted to the Australian Government's Department of Home Affairs on its exposure draft of the Assistance and Access Bill 2018.
Laura Bliss at CityLab: “A data-driven “neighborhood of the future” masterminded by a Google corporate sibling, the Quayside project could be a milestone in digital-age city-building. But after a year of scandal in Silicon Valley, questions about privacy and security remain…
Book by Eric Klinenberg: “We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn’t seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done?In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward.
Paper by Fabrizio Di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini and Federica Cacciatore: This research contributes to the expanding literature on the determinants of government transparency.
Zoë Corbyn at The Observer: “The decentralised web, or DWeb, could be a chance to take control of our data back from the big tech firms. So how does it work and when will it be here?...What is the decentralised web?
Written by Matt Stannard and cross-posted from Sharable
Book edited by Nico Dockx and Pascal Gielen: “After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making its way from the margins: commonism, with an o in the middle. It is based on the values of sharing, common (intellectual) ownership and new social co-operations. Commoners assert that social relationships can replace money (contract) relationships. They advocate solidarity and they trust in peer-to-peer relationships to develop new ways of production.
We already discussed the MANRS activities during SANOG 32 where we organised a Network Security Workshop and signed an MoU with the ISP Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), but the Internet Society was also involved with three other events during the month of August. This included the Symposium on Internet Routing Security and RPKI, VNIX-NOG 2018 and the inaugural INNOG 1.
Symposium on Internet Routing Security and RPKI
European Parliament: “Technologies are often seen either as objects of ethical scrutiny or as challenging traditional ethical norms. The advent of autonomous machines, deep learning and big data techniques, blockchain applications and ‘smart’ technological products raises the need to introduce ethical norms into these devices.
Book Review by Sue Halpern in The New York Review of Books of The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America by Sarah E.
Un texto de sólo tres capítulos y 90 páginas, dirigido a lectores sin experiencia en ciencias. Así es la reciente publicación del académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Miguel Allende, que explica de manera sencilla, fácil y clara conceptos como clonación, secuenciación y edición genética, permitiendo a la ciudadanía entrar en uno de los debates más desafiantes que plantea la ciencia hoy: las posibilidades de modificar los organismos desde su base.
Provenientes de diferentes países y continentes, 112 jóvenes comenzaron su experiencia como estudiantes de la Casa de Bello este 27 de agosto, en el marco de la bienvenida que preparó la Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales.
Ya está disponible el formulario de inscripción para las y los estudiantes que quieran participar de este concurso que busca financiar iniciativas en áreas como mejoramiento de la calidad de vida estudiantil, extensión cultural, comunicaciones, deportes, compromiso social universitario y campañas de promoción, que este año -por primera vez- incluye el área de educación no sexista.
When someone tells me they have bought smart light bulbs, an Internet-connected pet cam, or any other Internet of Things (IoT) device, I always get an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. They’re so excited about the affordances or their new IoT devices and apps, but I am skeptical about the privacy and security vulnerabilities. How do I have a conversation about these concerns without coming across as hyper paranoid? Perhaps the answer is that we aren’t quite ready to discuss these issues on a societal level.
Zwischen 10:00 und 16:00 Uhr informieren Ärzte, Apotheker, Ernährungsberater und weitere Diabetes-Experten die Besucher über neue Technologien und Therapiekonzepte, Diabetes im Kindes- und Jugendalter sowie die mit Diabetes verbundenen Folgeerkrankungen. „Es ist sehr wichtig, eine Diabetesentgleisung rechtzeitig zu erkennen und optimal zu behandeln. Die ersten Jahre der Diabeteserkrankung und die Qualität der Blutglukoseeinstellung bestimmen das Risiko für Folgeerkrankungen“, betont Prof. Dr. Michael Roden, Vorstand des Deutschen Diabetes-Zentrums (DDZ).
La Universidad apuesta por el impulso de proyectos con impacto social: el Museo de Ciencias, el IDISNA y la innovación docente
El rector destaca en la apertura de curso la necesidad de empatía y colaboración: “Un ejemplo es el IDISNA, que producirá ciencia al servicio de la salud de todos los ciudadanos”
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María Salanova