Other News from Participating Centers

The potential of digital training strategies in SME

The effects of the corona pandemic currently worry small and medium-sized businesses. At the same time, facing the current crisis, formerly analogue processes are adapted at an impressive speed. Coupled with the right training strategy, this change of thinking could be a worthwhile opportunity for SME in the long term. Die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus stellt…

Kijk kritisch naar nut en noodzaak corona-apps: Wetenschappers sturen brandbrief aan Kabinet

The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Blog: Could Covid-19 change privacy standards forever?

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

The Next Frontier of Baseball Cheating: The Cloud

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Are Governments Sacrificing Privacy to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

"Que los niños y niñas escojan lo que quieren leer"

La académica del Instituto del Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Educación e investigadora del CIAE de la Universidad de Chile, comparte algunas claves para motivar a los niños y niñas a la lectura y herramientas para reforzar la comprensión en casa.

¿Qué cuidados deben tener las personas obesas frente a la COVID-19?

La obesidad es una patología crónica que es considerada como un factor de riesgo para contraer la infección por COVID-19 y a su vez, puede producir mayores complicaciones durante la enfermedad, independientemente de la edad de los enfermos.

Say Hello to Your New Local Bank—The Fed

The future of data governance

Summer Infosec Opportunities and Resources for Students

The COVID-19 epidemic shut down much of the country during the peak time for summer internship hiring. Many students who had already lined up their summer plans have now seen those programs cancelled or postponed. Around the country, high school and college students are back in their childhood bedrooms, looking for something constructive to do this summer -- in a virtual setting, of course. Read more about Summer Infosec Opportunities and Resources for Students

Could the CARES Act Close the Digital Divide in the United States?

Last week, the U.S. Congress passed the third stimulus bill
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill primarily focused on economic
relief for companies, individuals, cities, states, and tribal communities. It
allocates over $2 trillion in funds for a variety of measures intended to ease
the burden of COVID-19.

​NTU Singapore researchers build disinfection robot to aid cleaners in COVID-19 outbreak

...

The Week in Internet News: Pandemic Puts Spotlight on Access Problems

No working
from home:
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic is tougher
in some places than in others. Business
Insider finds
17 U.S. cities where Internet access is lower than in much of
the rest of the country. Many of the cities listed are across the South and in
New Mexico.

Online harms and Caroline’s Law – what’s the direction for the law reform?

by Dr Kim Barker (University of Stirling) & Dr Olga Jurasz (Open University) The UK Government has recently published an Online Harms White Paper: initial consultation response. It is the cornerstone of the Government’s ongoing reform package which aims to

Dispatches from the Quarantine 02: Alina Lupu

Dispatch from Alina Lupu, Romanian Artist Based in Amsterdam
[This dispatch is part of a series: read the previous one here.]

Dispatches from the Quarantine 01: Silvio Lorusso and Geert Lovink

by Silvio Lorusso and Geert Lovink
“Media: we must work together to go back as soon as possible to normality. Normality:”

Cárceles en cuarentena: cómo resguardar la salud de los presos

Los incidentes ocurridos en la cárcel de Puente Alto tras confirmarse que un reo contrajo COVID-19, y los violentos motines ocurridos en recintos penales de Italia o Colombia, plantearon abiertamente el debate sobre qué derechos se encuentran restringidos en el marco del Estado de Catástrofe, y en particular cómo enfrentar la pandemia en los hacinados penales de nuestro país.

"No basta con aumentar la cantidad de camas"

Ante la crisis sanitaria, uno de los mayores requerimientos para poder atender los casos críticos son las camas UPC, con ventiladores mecánicos. Para ambos académicos de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, tras el estudio territorial en el que cruzan la disponibilidad de camas y las tasas de contagio, no sólo es necesario aumentar dichos recursos, sino que debe ir de la mano con una certera distribución.El estudio realizado por los geógrafos de la U.

INTA entrega recomendaciones para la conservación de alimentos

Ahora que la emergencia sanitaria por el COVID-19 hace que el acceso a los alimentos sea más limitado, y que personas estén optando por almacenar algunos de ellos, las académicas Angélica Reyes y Magaly Toro, han preparado una guía práctica para favorecer su conservación en buenas condiciones.