”Those who challenge the capitalist order tend to be publicly labelled as criminals generally falling into the terrorist category.” Steve Kurtz, World-InfoCon Brussels (2000): An Annotated Report
In memory of Steve Kurtz [1958-2025]
Steve Kurtz was an American artist, professor and co-founder of the pioneering art collective Critical Art Ensemble (CAE).
ODE helped Data Crítica to quickly identify reliable variables for their data journalism investigations and ensure their stories are built on solid foundation
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Interrogating Data for Investigative Journalism in Mexico first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
From January 2026, staff and students in higher education will be able to use Nextcloud, an alternative collaboration environment. Surf, the ICT cooperative for higher education, wants to make universities and colleges less dependent on American big tech companies.
The post New cloud service aims to free higher education from Big Tech’s grip appeared first on IVIR.
Marijn Sax features as an expert in the second season of the documentary series "AI love". This programme by public media organisation HUMAN follows people who have a deep emotional connection with artificial intelligence. The series will be broadcasted weekly from 27th of November on Dutch television NPO 3 and NPO Start.
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At our last call we discussed the Zenodo Integration of the Data Package and an Action Plan for the community reactivation in 2026.
The post Frictionless Data Community Call November 2025 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
One year after a ceasefire agreement was signed by Israel, Lebanon, and five mediating countries, one thing remains clear: Israel is still breaching Lebanon’s digital sovereignty. It continues to penetrate Lebanon’s digital infrastructure through GPS spoofing, signal interference, and drone surveillance that affects its residents.
Constant surveillance through drones
For much of the twentieth century, state power in Africa was measured in kilometers of rail and asphalt. Today, the infrastructure of governance is invisible. Across the continent, governments are racing to build Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—the interoperable identity systems, payment rails, and data exchanges that will define the twenty-first-century social contract.
We are pleased to announce an open position at the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity,
within the Faculty of Technical Sciences. As a project researcher for the ATRIA research project you will join the research team around
Prof. Konstantin Schekotihin and Prof. Martin Gebser, working on the project “Automated Twin foR
semiconductor mAnufacturing (ATRIA)” funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the focus
Das diesjährige DigiMeet stand unter dem Titel „Platform Governance & Power: Between control, ethics and societal dynamics“. Im Fokus standen aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Regulierung und Gestaltung digitaler Plattformen – von rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen über gesellschaftliche und politische Implikationen bis hin zu Fragen der technologischen Umsetzung. Insgesamt nahmen rund 80 Forschende aus 16 Ländern teil, darunter Teilnehmende aus elf EU-Staaten sowie Großbritannien, den USA, Indien, Peru und Brasilien.
Wissenschaftliche Unabhängigkeit im digitalen Diskurs
Graduiertenkollegs sind Forschungsprogramme, die sich speziell der Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses widmen. Von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) finanziell gefördert dienen sie der strukturierten Ausbildung von Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden. Im Kolleg bearbeiten die Promovierenden gemeinsam verschiedene Aspekte eines übergeordneten Themas.
Resilience, adaptability, and talent: three themes that defined the conversation at the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2025 Launch, held at the INSEAD Asia Campus in Singapore.
Now in its eleventh edition, the GTCI—published by INSEAD and Portulans Institute—continues to provide one of the most comprehensive views of how countries cultivate, attract, and retain talent in a rapidly transforming global economy.
Die Existenz glänzender Oberflächen in der Pflanzen- und Tierwelt stellt die Wissenschaft vor ein Rätsel. Denn für eine verlässliche Kommunikation, etwa zwischen Blüte und Bestäuber, sind klare und beständige Signale von Vorteil. Glanz widerspricht diesem Prinzip, da sein Erscheinungsbild stark vom Blickwinkel und den Lichtverhältnissen abhängt und somit veränderlich ist.
OKFN is the proud creator and one of the maintainers of two officially recognised digital public goods (DPGs): CKAN and Open Data Editor (ODE).
The post [VIDEO] Meet Open Knowledge’s Digital Public Goods first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
Here is a fun fact for your next party: Of the top-ten most-visited websites in the world, Wikipedia is the only one to be run by a nonprofit: the Wikimedia Foundation.
For over almost 25 years, Wikipedia has grown to become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. What started as a wildly ambitious and probably impossible dream is now an essential knowledge resource for humanity. It includes over 65 million articles in over 300 languages, all funded by readers like you.
Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst im Alltag vieler Menschen angekommen. Sie verändert Arbeitsprozesse, beeinflusst Medien und eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten in der Gesundheitsversorgung. Gleichzeitig bestehen Unsicherheiten, Fragen und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen.
Wie können KI-gestützte Werkzeuge Lehre und Lernen an Hochschulen verbessern, ohne den Campus als sozialen Lernort zu verlieren? Darüber diskutierten am TUM Campus Garching Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Hochschulpraxis am 17. November 2025. Im Zentrum standen KI-Tools und aktuelle Ansätze für digitale Lehre sowie erste Ergebnisse des bidt-Forschungsprojekts „Effektivität generativer KI-Tutoren in der Hochschullehre (AIffectiveness)“.
