Heidi J. Larson at Nature: “A hundred years ago this month, the death rate from the 1918 influenza was at its peak. An estimated 500 million people were infected over the course of the pandemic; between 50 million and 100 million died, around 3% of the global population at the time.
Nicholas Carr’s blog: “A few years ago, the technology critic Michael Sacasas introduced the term “Borg Complex” to describe the attitude and rhetoric of modern-day utopians who believe that computer technology is an unstoppable force for good and that anyone who resists or even looks critically at the expanding hegemony of the digital is a benighted fool.
We are thrilled to welcome William Carbone as a new member of our International Advisory Board.
When you think about the work of art historians or genetics researchers, installing database software is not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, from 19 to 21 September, Wikimedians, art curators, and scientists gathered at the New Museum in New York City’s Lower East Side for a three-day workshop to talk about an emerging technology designed to make storing and structuring data free and accessible.
Introducing the new Internet Society white paper, “Routing Security for Policymakers“
The global routing system is a lot like a water system in a city. It’s vitally important to the Internet and we tend to overlook it until something goes wrong.
Cantú-Pedraza (second row, far right) poses with her fellow Cabinet members and Mayor-elect Hon. Miguel B. Treviño.
Paper by Robert Chesney and Danielle Keats Citron: “Harmful lies are nothing new. But the ability to distort reality has taken an exponential leap forward with “deep fake” technology. This capability makes it possible to create audio and video of real people saying and doing things they never said or did. Machine learning techniques are escalating the technology’s sophistication, making deep fakes ever more realistic and increasingly resistant to detection.
Ever heard of public procurement? Public tenders? Public spending? It is what your government does with your hard earned taxes: hires companies to do things. In return for your taxes, companies build roads, buildings, deliver cozy office chairs for the ministries, or take care of catering for public schools.
29. 11. 2018 Stuttgart Hohenheimhttp://www.steinbeis.de/mediwa Digitalisation is fundamentally changing how we work. Networking and synergies are becoming ever more important due to the convergence of new and emerging technologies. In order to take advantage of this potential and shape cooperation at all levels and channels, communication plays a central role.
Are there assumptions about the Internet architecture that no longer hold in a world where larger, more centralized entities provide big parts of the Internet service? If the world changes, the Internet and its technology/architecture may have to match those changes. It appears that level[ing] the playing field for new entrants or small players brings potential benefits. Are there technical solutions that are missing today?
Im Oktober 2018 ist die Bezeichnung „ITM“ von Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren als Marke beim Deutschen Patent- und Markenamt angemeldet worden. Der Schutz der Marke erstreckt sich auf Seminarveranstaltungen, wissenschaftliche Gutachten u.a. Die Marke ist insofern eine wichtige Ergänzung für das Portfolio des Instituts.
The following paper was authored by Margherita Pieraccini and originally published on the International Journal of the Commons.
Abstract
Decentralization is the new disruption—the thing everything worth its salt (and a huge ICO) is supposed to be doing. Meanwhile, Internet progenitors like Vint Cerf, Brewster Kahle, and Tim Berners-Lee are trying to re-decentralize the Web.
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World Bank: “The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier compilation of international statistics on global development. Drawing from officially recognized sources and including national, regional, and global estimates, the WDI provides access to almost 1,600 indicators for 217 economies, with some time series extending back more than 50 years.