Do news aggregators impact traffic generation towards online news sites? Will platforms like Instagram and TripAdvisor automatically filter user content? Is an EU news publishers’ right really a good idea? As the negotiations for the long-awaited European Directive on copyright in the digital single market are reaching their endpoint, the final chapter of the saga…
Dem Fokus auf MINT-Fächer entsprechend wurden auch in diesem Jahr wieder zahlreiche Schülerarbeiten in den Fächern Biologie, Chemie, Informatik, Mathematik und Physik eingereicht. Eine Experten-Jury der HHU bewertete die Arbeiten nach wissenschaftlichen Kriterien, wobei besonders kreative Themenstellungen sowie ein deutlich erkennbarer praktischer Eigenanteil – zum Beispiel in Form von Experimenten – wichtige Einflussgrößen der Prämierung waren.
Republished from The RSA
Fabian Wallace-Stephens: Innovative initiatives are emerging to improve the quality of work across the globe. The recently launched Future Work Awards aims to recognise and champion them. What are we looking for? What do we expect to find? And how can you get involved?
“Cultural Commons: (How) do we put it into practice in Medellin?” was a workshop held in Medellin, Colombia on 21 and 22 of June 2018, co-organised by Penny Travlou, a cultural geographer / ethnographer (Edinburgh College of Art/University of Edinburgh) and Platohedro, a local Medellin non-profit organization. The report (below, in English) reviews the two workshop days.
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Im Kern geht es darum, dem Bundeskartellamt die Möglichkeit zu geben, in besonders schwerwiegenden Fällen einzuschreiten. Die Studie hat das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium in Auftrag gegeben. Erstellt haben sie die Professoren Rupprecht Podszun von der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Christoph Busch von der Universität Osnabrück und Frauke Henning-Bodewig vom Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb.
Alex Papas at LATimes: “At some point in life, almost everyone will have experienced the debilitating effects of a foodborne illness. Whether an under-cooked chicken kebab, an E. coli infested salad or some toxic fish, a good day can quickly become a loathsome frenzy of vomiting and diarrhoea caused by poorly prepared or poorly kept food.
El anuncio del alcalde de La Reina, Juan Manuel Palacios, de un convenio con el Club de tiro de la comuna para que los vecinos puedan acceder a descuentos y cupos gratuitos para mujeres para aprender a disparar un arma, ha generado una fuerte polémica.
La compañía estrenó el 25 de agosto "Claude's Cave.
En una ceremonia marcada por la despedida de quienes dejarán de integrar este órgano colegiado de la Casa de Bello por el inicio de una nueva legislatura, el secretario saliente del organismo, Claudio Olea, informó a la comunidad el trabajo realizado durante el último año, destacando resoluciones el Nuevo Plan de Desarrollo Institucional (PDI) del plantel, la Política de Inclusión y Discapacidad y la Política Universitaria de Educación y Formación de profesores, además del rol activo en la discusión legislativa nacional en materia de educación superior.Culminando el ciclo d
Representando a la Casa de Bello, los profesores María Teresa Ruiz, Alejandra Araya y Claudio Hetz, fueron protagonistas de este evento organizado por el diario El Mercurio sobre los temas que llevan la pauta en la investigación y el conocimiento a nivel mundial.
El Centro Tecnológico para la Innovación Alimentaria (CeTA) desarrollará nuevos ingredientes saludables, alimentos procesados y empaques, en un trabajo colaborativo, multidisciplinario e interinstitucional que reúne a la Universidad de Chile, la Pontificia Universidad Católica, la Universidad de Talca y la Universidad de La Frontera, junto a la Fundación Fraunhofer Chile Research y la Fundación Chile, contando además con financiamiento Corfo.En la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile se oficializó la firma del comodato mediante el cual la Casa de Estudios cedió el terren
Conférenciers : Alexis Fitzjean O’Cobhthaigh du collectif d’action juridique Les exégètes amateurs (Paris)
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Today was the deadline for the public to submit comments on the Australian government's draft Assistance and Access Bill 2018. The proposed legislation drew sharp criticism from numerous tech companies and civil society groups, in Australia and elsewhere, for the threats it poses to computer security, human rights, due process, and transparency.
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Commonspoly is a hack and a critique of the game Monopoly. Players aim first to re-municipalize private goods and then turn them into a Commons – you’ll learn why this is the best strategy while playing the game. Rather than compete against each other, players must overcome their conditioning and ‘rational, self-interest’ to instead maximize cooperative behaviours and create a commons-oriented locality. Who wins? Everyone in the community! Unless the speculators take over…which we must fight at all costs. United we stand!
Prying eyes: The so-called Five Eyes – the surveillance alliance of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. – pledged not to weaken encryption, at the same time as the countries are pushing tech companies to give them access to encrypted evidence, notes SearchSecurity. Representatives of the five countries released a new “Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption,” after a recent meeting in Australia.
„Solche kombinierten Mehrorgan-Transplantationen sind sehr selten und können nur in wenigen spezialisierten Zentren durchgeführt werden. Mehrere Fachdisziplinen müssen hier eng Hand in Hand arbeiten. Das war beeindruckendes Teamwork hier am UKD“, betont Prof. Dr. Artur Lichtenberg, Direktor der Klinik für Kardiovaskuläre Chirurgie an der Düsseldorfer Uniklinik.
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Introduction by Jean-Claude Ruano-Borbalan and Bertrand Bocquet of Special Issue of Technology and Innovation (French) : “The last half century has seen considerable development of institutional interfaces participating in the “great standardization” of science and innovation systems. The limitations of this model appeared for many economic, political or cultural reasons.