Zia Haider Rahman at the New York Review of Books: “Albert Einstein was awarded a Nobel Prize not for his work on relativity, but for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Both results, and others of note, were published in 1905, his annus mirabilis. The prize was denied him for well over a decade, with the Nobel Committee maintaining that relativity was yet unproven.
In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar petitions, concerned with the legitimacy of […]
Article by Kweku Opoku-Agyemang as part of a special issue by Behavioral Scientist on “Connected State of Mind,” which explores the impact of tech use on our behavior and relationships (complete issue here):
Depending on who you ask, the Aadhaar is either a convenience or a curse.
The article was published by First Post on January 18, 2018.
Beyond the Net Journal
Nepal’s rural population remains largely disconnected from the Internet. The problem is further aggravated by the devastating 7.8 Richter scale earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks that have been shaking Nepal since April 2015 and that left nearly 9,000 people dead.
David Drummond introduced the panel. The significance of this panel is that geoblocking tools are in many ways defining and enforcing jurisdiction.
A number of themes emerged from the panel.
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Bierzemy udział w organizowanym przez Electronic Frontier Foundation Tygodniu Prawa Autorskiego 2018 #CopyrightWeek – dzisiejszy temat to prawo autorskie jako narzędzie cenzury.
El ingeniero industrial de origen indio, que aplicó sus conocimientos de la industria automotriz en el desarrollo de un método de siembra de rápido crecimiento, visitará Chile en el mes de septiembre en el marco del Congreso Iberoamericano de Control de la Erosión y los Sedimentos, organizado por la U. de Chile.“Ayudar a reverdecer el planeta cultivando nuevos bosques en las ciudades y sus alrededores”.
"Me siento agradecido de los académicos que me depositaron su confianza para dirigir la Facultad por estos próximos cuatro años. Hoy nuestra misión es ser creativos para vencer las dificultades que afectan a la Educación Superior y el financiamiento de la Investigación en el país", señaló el profesor Squella agradeciendo la confianza de los académicos. Con el 64,7 por ciento de los votos válidamente emitidos, Arturo Squella Serrano resultó reelegido decano electo de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas de la Universidad de Chile por el período 2018-2022.
Bloomberg Cities: “When mayors talk about “citizen engagement,” two things usually seem clear: It’s a good thing and we need more of it. But defining exactly what citizen engagement means — and how city workers should do it — can be a lot harder than it sounds.
Im aktuellen MMR-Fokus 01/2018 ist ein Bericht von Johannes Baur zur Tagung „Blockchain: Chancen, Recht und Regulierung“ der RWTÜV Stiftung und des ITM vom 07. November 2017 in Münster erschienen:
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This blog has been reposted from http://jonathangray.org/2018/01/08/field-guide-to-fake-news/
Last week saw the launch of A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders, a new free and open access resource to help students, journalists and researchers investigate misleading content, memes, trolling and other phenomena associated with recent debates around “fake news”.
Dabei geht es insbesondere um das Wohlbefinden der Mutter sowie um die Mutter-Kind-Bindung. Gesucht werden schwangere Frauen, die an der Studie teilnehmen möchten.
Readers of our blog and wiki will have noted various references to the labour mutual SMart. We find this an important movement and mutualistic solution for the autonomous workers that are becoming more and more numerous, but also ever more precarious, in our western societies. SMart membership converts income into wages, and thus into access to social protection, while also guaranteeing the payment of the invoices through a mutual guarantee fund, along with a number of other mutualized support services.
Digital Platforms like Yammer, Slack or Sharepoint are ushering in a new era of communication and collaboration within enterprises. They have got what it takes to boost the productivity and... MORE
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Zeynep Tufekci in Wired: “…In today’s networked environment, when anyone can broadcast live or post their thoughts to a social network, it would seem that censorship ought to be impossible. This should be the golden age of free speech.
And sure, it is a golden age of free speech—if you can believe your lying eyes….
Rohith Jyothish at FastCompany: “India’s national scheme holds the personal data of more than 1.13 billion citizens and residents of India within a unique ID system branded as Aadhaar, which means “foundation” in Hindi. But as