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U. de Chile visitó avances de proyecto de Fibra Óptica Austral

En Bahía Róbalo, en la ciudad de Puerto Williams, comenzó en enero pasado la instalación de cerca de 3 mil kilómetros de cableado de fibra óptica submarina, para luego implementar tendidos terrestres hacia el interior de las regiones de Los Lagos, Aysén y Magallanes. De este modo, el proyecto llevará conectividad a cerca de 436 mil viviendas de la zona y a diversas empresas locales, consolidando además una carretera digital 5G para la zona sur del país.

Will Fake News Decide the World’s Largest Election?

Varsha Rao Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been hauled up by many an authority for their role as conduits in the dissemination of ‘fake news’, including the United States Senate and India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha Elections, social media and messaging platforms have […]

Google’s New Privacy Features Put the Responsibility on Users

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Google’s privacy push gets a mixed reception

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Launch of the Information Law and Policy Lab on Monday 20 May 2019

Time for Progressives to Stop Shaming One Another

Sometimes I find my hopes for the progressive agenda outweighed by my fear for what happens each time they make another stride. I realize times are hard — economic inequality is high; racism, sexism, and homophobia are on the rise; and climate crisis is in progress — and these issues need to be addressed urgently. But I’m growing increasingly concerned about the progressive left’s rigid understanding of positive social change. There’s almost a refusal to acknowledge victories and a reluctance to welcome those who want to join.

An autopilot for online marketing

Online marketing is an important sales channel for many companies. But to make campaigns efficient, you often need to analyse large amounts of data. AI-based solutions such as the Adspert software of Bidmanagement GmbH in Berlin have been using statistical models for many years to solve this problem and thus offer “AI as a Service”…
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Quo vadis – what types of AI are produced in Germany?

AI startups in Germany are an important driver to fully exploiting the economic potential of AI through innovative products, services and business models. In this blog post, Jessica Schmeiss and Nicolas Friederici analyse the German AI startup scene and conclude that currently about two thirds of German AI startups focus on “AI as a service”,…

Heteromation as the New Division of Labor Between Machines and Humans

Book: Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism. By Hamid R. Ekbia and Bonnie A. Nardi. MIT Press, 2017

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Estatales firmaron convenio para fortalecimiento de la calidad

Como parte del nuevo Sistema de Aseguramiento de calidad que contempla la Ley 21.091 sobre Educación Superior, las universidades agrupadas en el Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (CUECH), firmaron en su reunión mensual desarrollada en Talca este miércoles 24 de abril un Convenio de Colaboración para la promoción del Fortalecimiento de la calidad de los planteles estatales, y abordar así de manera coordinada, colaborativa y con los más altos estándares de calidad, el nuevo marco de acreditación integral obligatoria que se establecerá a partir de 2020.En

Chile será sede de encuentro sobre cambio climático y educación

"Educación en Cambio Climático: Hacia la formación de una ciudadanía activa", es el título de la Conferencia Internacional que se realizará por primera vez en América Latina el próximo 6 y 7 de mayo. El encuentro -que reunirá a más de 30 ponentes de distintos países- tiene por objetivo concertar acciones a nivel latinoamericano para trabajar sistémicamente por la inclusión de las temáticas del cambio climático en la educación, en concertación con una iniciativa global impulsada por la Office in Climate Education (OCE) en Paris.

Bacterias multirresistentes y carencia de nuevos antibióticos

El Dr. Andrés Marcoleta, integrante del Grupo de Microbiología Integrativa del Departamento de Biología de la Facultad de Ciencias de la U.

12 Experts on the Uber IPO and the Ridesharing Company’s Future

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Date published: May 7, 2019New York Magazine"Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor

Google Assistant is 10x faster and knows where your mom lives

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Criminalização e internet: suas condutas online são alvo do Congresso Nacional?

A regulamentação de condutas sociais por meio do Direito e aplicação de sanções à violações de regras não é prática recente. Este modelo também é aplicado no caso de condutas praticadas por meio da internet, uma vez que este espaço é atualmente considerado ambiente de práticas comum à vida social, como organização de reuniões, encontrar amigos, evoluir profissionalmente.

What Online Content Are We Regulating? Illegal Speech, Offensive Speech, and Platform Value

This discussion, excerpted from my Who Do You Sue article, very briefly reviews the implications of what I call “must-carry” arguments – claims that operators of major Internet platforms should be held to the same First Amendment standards as the government, and prevented from using their Terms of Service or Community Guidelines to prohibit lawful speech.
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United States

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What Platform Operations Are We Regulating? Platform Product Features, Content Removal, and Content Amplification

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Talking Internet of Things in Canada at IoT613 This Week

This week, 8-9 May, we’ll be at IoT613 in Ottawa, Canada, talking about our work on “Trust by Design” – the idea that privacy and security should be built into Internet-connected products, and not just an afterthought.

Platform Content Regulation – Some Models and Their Problems

Lawmakers today are increasingly focused on their options for regulating the content we see on online platforms. I described several ambitious regulatory models for doing that in my recent paper, Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech. This blog post excerpts that discussion, and sketches out potential legal regimes to address major platforms’ function as de facto gatekeepers of online speech and information.
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Seminário: O Direito e a Revolução Digital no Sistema Financeiro

Seminário: O Direito e a Revolução Digital no Sistema Financeiro13h00 até 18h30O Evento: O seminário O Direito e a Revolução Digital no Sistema Financeiro tem como objetivo discutir o impacto das inovações tecnológicas nos serviços financeiros, analisando as oportunidades e os desafios que as novas tecnologias trazem para o setor, tanto sob a ótica econômica como jurídica.