En esta columna de opinión el académico del Centro de Estudios Árabes de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad de Chile, Rodrigo Karmy, analiza el reciente incidente en el estrecho de Ormuz, donde la marina iraní capturó dos petroleros ligados a capitales británicos, a la luz de las tensiones regionales generadas por los múltiples intereses geopolíticos que se despliegan en la zona del Golfo Pérsico.En uno de sus últimos libros el politólogo iraní Asef Bayat recuerda que para analizar la realidad de Medio Oriente resultan absolutamente decisivos dos facto

Addition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India ties.
The article by Shashidhar KJ and Kashish Parpiani was published by Observer Research Foundation on July 22, 2019.

Our research on the use of mobile phones by sex workers, as part of the project on Feminist Information Infrastructure in collaboration with Sangama, was cited in an article in the Economic Times.
The article by Tushar Kaushik was published in the Economic Times on July 23, 2019. CIS research was quoted.

Will Cathcart, WhatsApp's new global head, visited India and invited Sunil Abraham for a discussion on 26 July 2019 at the Mountbatten, The Oberoi, New Delhi. Sunil met with some other people from WhatsApp leadership.
Discussions took place on the changing policy landscape in India. The event was a free flowing off the record discussion for about an hour between Will Cathcart and representatives of leading civil society organizations.

An Inter-Ministerial Committee led by Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has submitted a report which will recommend a ban on cryptocurrency in India to the finance ministry.
The blog post by Rajarshi Mitra was published by FX Street on July 26, 2019. Pranesh Prakash tweeted on this issue.

“For us, the Sámi people, digital platforms like Wikipedia are very important. My dream is that Sámi children across national borders communicate in Sámi languages, and common revitalization projects on the Wikimedia platforms are a great tool to reach that goal.”
– Liv Inger Somby

“Midjiide, sápmelaččaide, leat digitála vuogádagat nu go Wikipedia hui dehálaččat. Mu niehku livččii ahte sámi mánát gulahallet daid iešguđet sámegielaiguin riikkarájiid rastá. Wikipedia vuogádagaid oktasaš ealáskahttin doaimmat livčče buorit reaiddut dán ulbmila joksat.”
–Liv Inger Somby, “spotlight” logaldalli Wikimanias 2019:s

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How do digital platforms capture value from the transactions they enable between different actors? An analysis of 51 platform startups and a derivation of recurring value capture patterns, resulted in a toolkit for practitioners and researchers who engage with the design and description of business ecosystems. Philip Meier presents them here. What do the ride-sharing…

Escola possui o maior índice de aprovação do páisA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV DIREITO RIO) alcançou o 3º lugar no Brasil e o 1º lugar no Rio de Janeiro, entre todas as instituições públicas e privadas, no XXVIII Exame de Ordem, realizado entre março e junho de 2019. De acordo com documento divulgado pela Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB), a FGV DIREITO RIO também é a instituição privada com maior índice de aprovação do país, considerando cursos que tiveram ao menos 10 candidatos presentes ao Exame.

IoT vs. DNS: As the use of the Internet of Things grows, so do its threats on the Internet’s Domain Name System, Network World says.

The RTI Amendment Bill was passed by both houses of the Parliament as the Government considers relaxation in proposed data localisation requirements for foreign tech firms; crypto critiques by the Garg Committee’s proposed ban; probes and penalties in the struggle to regulate global tech giants— presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech. […]

La licitación de terrenos al interior de Parques Nacionales para construir obras de infraestructura turística es la propuesta principal de un proyecto del gobierno que busca impulsar la industria turística en nuestro país.

La aprobación en la Comisión de Trabajo de la Cámara de Diputados de la creación de un ente público que gestione el 4 por ciento adicional de cotización previsional marca un nuevo paso en la reforma al sistema de pensiones que impulsa el gobierno de Sebastián Piñera. El hito se da luego de la polémica suscitada tras el anuncio de un supuesto acuerdo entre gobierno y ex Concertación en la materia, que luego sería puesto en duda por senadores PS y PPD. El profesor del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos de la U.

Según el estudio, encabezado por el profesor Jaime Hernández de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, si bien ha habido un aumento en la cantidad de especies nativas ubicadas en la Región, éstas sólo alcanzan al 14 por ciento del total de los árboles de Santiago.

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Quetta, The
ongoing battle between law enforcement agencies and companies who champion the
data scrambling technology took a new turn with U.S. Department of Justice attempting
to compel Apple to build software that bypass non-encryption features of the
iPhone in order to get at its currently encrypted contents. Internet Policy
Observatory Pakistan supports Apple in this case and strongly opposes US
government’s action.