Competing for ads: The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation of Google’s advertising practices, with investigators looking into whether the company favored its own online advertising technology, CNBC reports. The probe will look into whether made it harder for other online advertising services to compete. Blocking the ads: In a related story, Google has […]

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In the ongoing regulatory debate on digital platform businesses, European platform companies are often bypassed. Whenever there is a public debate on European platforms, the underlying discussion revolves around questions like: Why don’t we have a ‘European Google or Facebook’? Why don’t we compete globally in tech? Yet, platform businesses come in many shapes and sizes.

Die Erdhummel Bombus terrestris gehört zu den häufigsten Hummelarten in Europa. Sie ist nicht nur in der Natur als Bestäuberin aktiv – der Mensch setzt sie auch in Gewächshäusern und Folientunneln ein, um gute Ernten bei Tomaten oder Erdbeeren zu bekommen.

The Automated Decision-Making and Society Podcast Series Has Launched
A new podcast series from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) has launched. It features insights from national and international experts from industry and research in the fields of humanities, social and technological sciences. With informative discussions on the rapid expansion of automated decision-making, our experts discuss the issues associated with ADM and what we can do about them. Listen to the series on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

With reference to Chulalongkorn University Announcement regarding Extension of Temporary Closure of Offices, Class Management and General Operations during the Spread of the COVID-19 Outbreak (No.3) dated June 8, 2021 resulting in extending the temporary closure of its workplace in and outside the Bangkok Metropolis until July 4, 2021 and requesting all students and personnel to continue to strictly comply with Chulalongkorn University Announcement regarding Temporary Closure of Offices, Class Management and General Operations during the Spread of the COVID-19 Outbreak dated April 8, 2021;

We are happy to announce that a new tool, named Bodh, has been developed by Jay Prakash, as a CIS-A2K assignment, to add or modify statements for lexemes, senses and forms.
This tool presents lexicographical data in tabular format generated from SPARQL queries or from manual lists. Users can switch whether to work on lexeme proper, sense or form and add or modify statements there.

Amid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services, features and even an investment fund have been launched.
The blog post by Chris Burt was published by Biometric Update on June 26, 2021.

A Google search for ‘the ugliest language in India’ yielded ‘Kannada’ as the answer late last week, causing widespread outrage.

The article by Krupa Joseph was published in Deccan Herald on June 8, 2021. Pranesh Prakash and Shweta Mohandas have been quoted.

Facebook India on Friday announced a new initiative - the Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme - for law students in the country.
The article was published in the Times of India on June 4, 2021.

Radhika Radhakrishnan saw three words swimming before her as she inched closer to the hospital lobby.
The blog post by Sreedevi Jayarajan was published in the News Minute on June 4, 2021. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Con miras al inicio del invierno, Universidad de Chile Podcast estrenó un capítulo centrado en las carencias energéticas que atraviesan los hogares en este período de bajas temperaturas, problema que es abordado desde distintas aristas junto a la Red de Pobreza Energética de nuestro plantel.

Twitter is in a standoff with Indian authorities over the government's new digital rules. Critics see the rules as an attempt to curb free speech, while others say more action is needed to hold tech giants accountable.

The blog by Aditya Sharma was published by DW on 21 June 2021. Torsha Sarkar was quoted.