Am Dienstag, den 03. Juli 2018, unterzeichneten die Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und
die ARAG SE, die Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender Stiftung für Bildung und Wissenschaft, die Provinzial Rheinland Versicherung AG, die ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs-AG, der Verband öffentlicher Versicherer, die Deutsche Rückversicherung AG und die RheinLand Versicherungs AG
While Europe tops many charts in terms of Internet connectivity in global comparison, a number of challenges still persist. One of these challenges is the continuing urban-rural digital gap, which concerns many countries both in Western and Eastern Europe.
Frome in Somerset has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation. There are lessons for the rest of the country.
By implementing internal communication platforms, enterprises are hoping to promote efficiency (vulgo: to get rid of e-mail), transparency and employee participation. But such platforms are unlikely to take off by themselves. Only those who understand their organization’s communication and information structures are able to exploit the full potential of Slack & Co. Unternehmensinterne Social Media-Plattformen…
Dwudziestego czerwca Komisja Prawna (JURI) Parlamentu Europejskiego przyjęła propozycję Dyrektywy o prawie autorskim na jednolitym rynku cyfrowym, która w debacie publicznej wzbudza coraz większe kontrowersje. Kwestia jest na tyle ważna, a zarazem polaryzująca, że wymaga uwagi całego Parlamentu Europejskiego, głosującego na posiedzeniu plenarnym.
The Internet Society will be participating in the GÉANT Services and Technology Forum this week, as it continues to develop its relationship with research and education networking in support of improved routing security. GÉANT is the pan-European networking activity that connects and supports 41 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), and which recently joined the MANRS initiative.
Bipolarização. Aparentemente, uma das palavras mais citadas nas manchetes políticas nos últimos anos. Seja no Brexit, nas eleições americanas ou no Impeachment sofrido pela ex-presidente Dilma Rousseff, as atuais sociedades nunca falaram sobre a construção de muros físicos e imaginários tanto quanto hoje. Visões maniqueístas e extremistas são sustentadas pelo bloqueio e falta de interesse em diferentes opiniões com a ajuda do filtro invisível nas mídias sociais e com as Fake News em diversas plataformas digitais.
A primeira ameaça: O filtro invisível
In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of a startup incubator – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.
This blog has been rewritten from the original post on our Open Education Working Group blog and is co-authored by Javiera Atenas, Erdinç Saçan & Robert Schuwer.
The Greek philosopher Pythagoras once said:
“if you want to multiply joy, then you have to share.”
In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of a startup incubator – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.
Aula Aberta | Introdução às Startups, Venture Capital e Private Equity 19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Introdução às Startups, Venture Capital e Private Equity que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Negócios. O curso objetiva desenvolver competências e estimular reflexões em temáticas jurídicas relacionadas ao ambiente de negócios por meio de uma abordagem interdisciplinar e contemporânea. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.
A more secure Wi-Fi: The Wi-Fi Alliance has released the new WPA2 standard for WiFi that’s designed to mitigate several long-standing security problems. Among the fixes: The new standard mandates stronger WiFi passwords, Wired.com reports. The new standard also will include 192-bit encryption.
A story about a wiki
Let me open by saying this is only a sketch – Michel Bauwens would probably want to elaborate, but I would like to mention only the very barest details here. Back around 2006, Michel started putting his notes about Peer-to-Peer and related ideas on the P2P Foundation wiki, and opened it up to trusted others to contribute as well. Naturally, after more than 12 years of committed input, there are thousands of pages, which have received millions of page views. Like many wikis, this can be seen as an information commons.
Mangels Kandidaturen in den übrigen Fakultäten findet die Wahl zum SHK-Rat in diesem Jahr nur in der Philosophischen Fakultät statt!
Gewählt werden 2018 die studentischen Mitglieder
One thing is clear: There is no such thing as absolute security in cyberspace – but not to worry about security is also not a solution. In the meantime, there is a broad legal, technical and also political scope of possibilities; this became clear once again on 21 June 2018 at the Nuremberg Technology Dialogue at the Home Ministry.
The P2P Lab is happy to announce the results of the
It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives. By falsely tethering the concept of progress to free market economics and centrist values, Steven Pinker has tried to appropriate a great idea for which he has no rightful claim.
Book edited by Emmanuel Alloa and Dieter Thomä: “This book critically engages with the idea of transparency whose ubiquitous demand stands in stark contrast to its lack of conceptual clarity. The book carefully examines this notion in its own right, traces its emergence in Early Modernity and analyzes its omnipresence in contemporary rhetoric.