Paper by Markus S. Tepe and Pieter Vanhuysse: “…explores the associations between self-reported Public Service Motivation (PSM) and preferred job traits, study choice, and observable prosocial behavior.

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Date published: July 10, 2017The Guardian"“Twitter wants to be able to report the precise number so that users understand it’s not a continuing stream of hundreds of accounts being monitored,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

Nos dias 2 e 5 de junho deste ano (2017), ocorreu, em Brasília, no prédio do Supremo Tribunal Federal, a Audiência Pública que discutiu os bloqueios judiciais do WhatsApp e o Marco Civil da Internet.

FGV Law Program lança duas novas áreas de especializaçãoA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) deu início ao processo seletivo para seus cursos de pós-graduação lato sensu. Os interessados poderão optar por duas novas áreas no portfólio de cursos: LLM em Direito: Negócios e LLM em Direito: Civil e Processual Civil, além do tradicional LLM em Direito: Empresarial.

Reliance Jio customer data was leaked on independent website magicapk.com, including details such as names, mobile numbers and email IDs , said a report.
The article was published by Livemint on July 10, 2017.

There was Wannacry, then Petya, and several other lesser-known ones: With ransomware attacks coming thick and fast, get proactive about protecting yourself.
The article by Sanjay Kumar Singh was published by Business Standard on July 5, 2017.

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Special issue of the New Scientist: “Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety,” Benjamin Franklin once said, “deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” But if Franklin were alive today, where would he draw the line? Is the freedom to send an encrypted text message essential? How about the right to keep our browsing history private?

A partir del Observatorio Legislativo de las Reformas en Educación Superior, lanzado este 23 de junio, la comunidad universitaria y la ciudadanía tendrán a disposición una serie de análisis, informaciones y el seguimiento de las leyes de universidades estatales, de Educación Superior y de creación del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Este Observatorio deviene del Proceso de Discusión sobre la reforma que vivió la U.

El proyecto dirigido por la Dra. Verónica Palma abrió una nueva área de investigación en la Facultad de Ciencias, permitiendo la generación de un laboratorio y la formación de estudiantes.

La elaboración de propuestas de normas alternativas fue uno de los acuerdos emanados de la reunión de esta instancia que reúne a la Rectoría, al Consejo y Senado Universitario y al Consejo de Evaluación, y que en el contexto de la discusión por esta iniciativa legal, contó con la participación de los representantes de los gremios de los tres estamentos.La Universidad de Chile ya expresó su desacuerdo en aspectos fundamentales del proyecto de ley de universida

For the first time ever and in collaboration with HIIG, Tech Open Air offers an exclusive conference format for Mittelstand, Corporates and Startups. At DISRUPTED! on 13 July, we will... MORE

Paper by Jason Potts, Ellie Rennie and Jake Goldenfein: “The Smart City agenda of integrating ICT and Internet of T

Paper by Long Pham and Conor Linehan: “Smart City (SC) initiatives offer best possible outcomes to  citizens and other stakeholders when those people are  involved centrally in all stages of the project. However,  undertaking design processes that facilitate citizen  engagement often involves prohibitive challenges in cost,  design and deployment mechanisms, particularly for small  cities that have limited resources.

Paper by Maarja Toots: “Open data is being increasingly looked at as a major driver of public service innovation. Open access to datasets and advanced analytical tools are believed to generate valuable new knowledge that can be turned into data-driven services.

Matthew S Mayernik at Big Data and Society: “The movements by national governments, funding agencies, universities, and research communities toward “open data” face many difficult challenges. In high-level visions of open data, researchers’ data and metadata practices are expected to be robust and structured. The integration of the internet into scientific institutions amplifies these expectations.

Blog by China Layne: “In June, I presented the webinar, “Improving Administrative Data Quality for Research and Analysis”, for members of the Association of Public Data Users (APDU).

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: July 9, 2017Publication Type: Other Writing
President Trump announced Sunday on Twitter that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin were talking about forming an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” to prevent election hacking in the future.
 

Sharat Chandra Ram was a speaker at an international seminar organized by Bolivar Technological University, Cartagena in Colombia on June 29, 2017. The theme of the seminar was ‘Freedom of Expression on the Internet : Possibilities and Challenges”.

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It has been eight years since Mansoor Ahmed changed his caliper. The one he owns was bought for Rs 20,000. Now, they cost more than double. “It is a challenge to buy a caliper when the cost of living has gone up so much. I know really poor people who haven't changed calipers in 15-20 years. After a point, it could cause the disability to worsen,“ says Ahmed, a senior manager with a Bengaluru-based non-profit.