Engage your curiosity and deepen your knowledge with the Wikipedia app’s 25-day Reading Challenge. Wikipedia is kicking off this app initiative to celebrate its 25th birthday, a year-long event paying tribute to a quarter century of the online free encyclopedia. All that you need to do to participate is open up the Wikipedia app and read at least one article a day for 25 consecutive days while the Reading Challenge is underway. You have until 18 June to get started.

transmediale 2027 invites applications for the Lattice Labs, a series of experimental working groups dedicated to rethinking and testing alternatives to technological monocultures of extraction and surveillance. Building towards the festival, the Lattice Labs introduce a process-based approach to collective learning and knowledge dissemination.

Each Lab is formed by about five participants and guided by an experienced artist or technologist. Together, participants develop a project that is presented and activated through public events during the festival week in Berlin.

JAKARTA, 12 May 2026 – The implementation of the Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) of Seven Ministers on Guidelines for the Utilization and Learning of Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Formal, Nonformal, and Informal education requires cross-sectoral collaboration that extends far beyond the classroom.

We hope you will join us from 26–27 October at the historic University of Barcelona as we translate evidence-based research into actionable policy.
The post Announcing the Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026 in Barcelona first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Tomorrow the 19th international conference CPDP kicks off in Brussels. Researchers from IViR are well represented in different panels.
The post IViR at CPDP 2026 appeared first on IVIR.

Auf der re:publica 2026 diskutieren Dr. Josephine B. Schmitt (CAIS), Dr. Roland A. Stürz (bidt) und Dr. Hannes-Vincent Krause (WI) am 18. Mai 2026 gemeinsam aktuelle empirische Erkenntnisse zu den Folgen von Social-Media-Verboten und sprechen dabei auch direkt mit Jugendlichen über deren Erfahrungen und Perspektiven.

Die Einführung des Verbots in Australien wurde vor allem mit Risiken für die mentale Gesundheit junger Menschen begründet. Besonders die Perspektiven Jugendlicher seien jedoch vor der Entscheidung kaum berücksichtigt worden.

27 maggio 2026 | MARTINA ULLASCI (Politecnico di Torino)
The post 131° Nexa Lunch Seminar – AI Generativa, Bias e Fairness nei Sistemi Socio-tecnici appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Carina RasseMA International Management: Short Time Study Abroad in SEE/CEE (604.630, 604.631, 26S)

What impact will generative AI have on talent pipelines? How must companies rethink their talent management?
The post Prompt to perform? Sustainable talent management in the age of generative AI appeared first on HIIG.

PUMAAnother research visit to the Institute for Accounting, Finance and Governance, subject area of Public Administration, led to an expansion of cooperation with the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, in April 2026.

In den drei Jahrtausenden vor Christi Geburt blühte im Vorderen Orient eine Hochkultur, die viele Informationen über sich hinterlassen hat: auf Tontafeln, beschrieben in Keilschrift. Bei dieser Art des Schreibens wurden keilförmige Schriftzeichen mit Schreibgriffeln in feuchte Tontafeln gedrückt, die schließlich getrocknet wurden – fertig war ein lange haltbares Schriftstück.

Meski pembahasan rancangan Undang-undang Penyiaran belum tampak kelanjutannya, regulasi ini tetap perlu menjadi sorotan. Sebab, apabila merujuk pada draf Maret 2024, RUU Penyiaran memiliki implikasi serius terhadap kebebasan berpendapat para pelaku usaha di ruang digital, tanpa terkecuali kreator konten. Salah satu persoalan yang menjadi perhatian adalah rencana pengaturan dan pengawasan oleh KPI di ruang digital yang mana berpotensi menimbulkan pembatasan yang tidak diperlukan.

aau_ubThe University Library will be closed from May 23 to May 25, 2026 over the Pentecost weekend.
 
The 24/7 library will be open as usual. Please register for this service in good time if you wish to use the reading rooms or the open stacks next weekend.
 
We look forward to seeing you at the library!

Interview with the Medilabmx.
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. 

Con una visita al estudio jurídico Alessandri Abogados, el Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC dio inicio al ciclo 2026 de visitas de ayudantes a instituciones y empresas, una iniciativa que busca complementar su formación académica mediante experiencias prácticas y vinculación con el ejercicio profesional en áreas relacionadas al derecho y la tecnología. 

Subsea cables are the hidden infrastructure of the internet. They are fiber-optic systems laid across seabeds, carrying around 98 percent of international internet traffic between continents, then coming ashore at cable landing stations where “wet” undersea systems connect to “dry” terrestrial networks, or national internet networks. 

Regards sur le « nouveau droit » foucaldien / Perspectives on the Foucauldian « New Law »
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