New Project on the Chilling Effects of Dataveillance

Für eine neue Generation chemischer Katalysatoren wird die Basis womöglich an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) gelegt. Hier erforscht Professor Qing Ye die Molekülklasse der Bisalkinyl-Borane. „Sie sind im Vergleich zu anderen Boranen bislang nur wenig untersucht“, sagt er, „und ich sehe in ihnen ein großes Potenzial für grundlegende Innovationen.“

A strange shift has overcome NGOs, academia and philanthropy working in the digital politics and culture spheres – a long held commitment to freedom of expression has been overtaken by a new consensus that accepts actively shaping and removing ‘unacceptable’ ideas and information. What is unacceptable or untrue tends to change weekly, if not more often.

By Franco Berardi
Who wrote this text? Me or Franco Berardi? Peter Gabriel says the question is irrelevant.
One year ago the visionary musician Peter Gabriel released a book titled Reverberation, a sort of technophile introduction to the science behind deep listening.
“Reverberation is the impact a sound makes after the sound has stopped,” explains Peter Gabriel. Grab hold of any sound and hang on tight, you’ll be amazed how far it reverberates and where you end up.

Di Carlo Bartoli, presidente del Consiglio nazionale dell’Ordine dei giornalisti

I temi dell’informazione, nel contesto di un ecosistema digitale in continua evoluzione, sono centrali sia per le moderne democrazie che per lo sviluppo economico. Riteniamo pertanto utile e proficua l’iniziativa dell’Unione Europea che prova a delineare uno scenario normativo coordinato a livello comunitario nel campo della libertà e del pluralismo dell’informazione considerati “beni comuni e di primaria importanza”.

I. Intro

With the help of smartphone softwares, users can obtain videos and audio files from numerous websites, including Facebook, … Popular App “Snaptube” Caught Leaking Data and Installing MalwareRead More »

We are currently looking for exemplary case descriptions and Best-Practice-Cases of digital tech projects in the context of "Women in Tech" .
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With Queensland again under threat from flooding, a QUT project aims to use storytelling to improve disaster communication and awareness among communities in which English is not the first language, including refugees and new migrants.

Olivier Alexandre a été invité à plusieurs reprises dans les médias pour présenter son ouvrage paru aux éditions du Seuil en mars 2023. Les enregistrements d'émissions sont disponibles en ligne.
L’article La Tech. Quand la Silicon Valley refait le monde est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

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The Open Definition initiative was a collaborative process led by the Open Knowledge Foundation more than a decade ago that created a consensus among experts by defining openness in relation to data and content, in a collaborative, open process with volunteer leading experts in the field, who did a remarkable job. 

Zu einem Fest hatte am Abend des 15. März 2023 die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in den Leibniz-Saal der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin geladen. Dort wurden die zehn „deutschen Nobelpreise“ vergeben, die mit jeweils 2,5 Millionen Euro dotierten Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Preise 2023 der DFG.
Bayerns Wissenschaftsminister Markus Blume gratulierte vor Ort den ausgezeichneten Forschenden aus dem Freistaat:

Em parceria com a Iniciativa Educação Aberta (IEA), o LAPIN analisou as atualizações do descritivo dos termos de uso e políticas de privacidade do Google Workspace for Education e Microsoft 365 (Office 365 Educação) à luz da LGPD e do ecossistema de proteção de dados pessoais que se desenvolve no Brasil. Nota-se que Pacotes do Google e da Microsoft não contemplam a LGPD de maneira específica.

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John Villasenor, The Brookings Institution, March 6, 2023

Dans le cadre du cycle de conférences Les soirées de la justice du CRDP, nous vous invitons à la conférence The Democratic Courthouse: Design, Due Process and Dignity?

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Today, scientists can tell us with certainty that increased carbon dioxide emissions are warming the planet. But who was the first to discover this, and when did that happen? 

I’ll bet it’s earlier than you think. Meet Eunice Newton Foote: a 19th century American scientist, inventor, and women’s rights activist whose contributions to climate science were effectively lost in history for nearly a century because of her gender.