In this final post about the IDRC data sharing pilot project I want to close the story that started with an epic rant a few months ago
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The Copyright Directive Is SOPA Part 2, and It’s Coming for Your Internet
The two key elements of the the Copyright Directive, the link tax and upload filters requirements.
The two key elements of the the Copyright Directive, the link tax and upload filters requirements.
Fast Rip and Backup DVD to ISO Flawlessly With WinX DVD Ripper Platinum
Backup Your DVD Collection to ISO, MP4, AVI, MOV Digital File
Backup Your DVD Collection to ISO, MP4, AVI, MOV Digital File
Towards a More Sober Digital, the Words of Committed Actors
Digital activities have real ecological impact. Computers, smartphones, data centers, transport infrastructure ... all are very greedy in materials and energy.
Digital activities have real ecological impact. Computers, smartphones, data centers, transport infrastructure … all are very greedy in materials and energy.
We Street-Proof Our Kids. Why Aren’t We Data-Proofing Them?
Google recently agreed to pay a US$170 million fine for illegally gathering children’s personal data on YouTube without parental consent, which is a violation under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Google recently agreed to pay a US$170 million fine for illegally gathering children’s personal data on YouTube without parental consent, which is a violation under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
How Big Data Is Changing Science
New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. They’re leading to unimaginable breakthroughs – but leaving researchers racing to keep up.
New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. They’re leading to unimaginable breakthroughs – but leaving researchers racing to keep up.
Making, Adapting, Sharing: Fabricating Open-Source Agricultural Tools
This article will talk about encounters between people, tools and knowledge and it will take us to various places: Paris and Renage in France, Pyrgos and Kalentzi in Greece, and Tallinn in Estonia.
This article will talk about encounters between people, tools and knowledge and it will take us to various places: Paris and Renage in France, Pyrgos and Kalentzi in Greece, and Tallinn in Estonia.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 19)
Alphabet’s Wing Starts Drone Deliveries to US Homes
Alphabet’s Wing Starts Drone Deliveries to US Homes
Putting Data Into Play
Catapult has grown from a modest Australian startup into a global leader in athlete analytics. Its technology is powering sports superstars and elite teams around the world, improving performance and preventing injuries before they happen.
Catapult has grown from a modest Australian startup into a global leader in athlete analytics. Its technology is powering sports superstars and elite teams around the world, improving performance and preventing injuries before they happen.
Iran’s Drive to Block International Services Continues With Google Play Ban
Domestic apps' ties to the government is a serious privacy concern
Domestic apps’ ties to the government is a serious privacy concern
Technology and the Change of Habits
Do you still turn off your computer?
Do you still turn off your computer?
Africans Charged More Than 3.5 Times the ‘Affordable’ Rate for Mobile Data
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the high cost of mobile data threatens to jeopardise the push towards affordable internet access for all
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the high cost of mobile data threatens to jeopardise the push towards affordable internet access for all
How 3D Printing, Vertical Farming, and Materials Science Are Overhauling Food
Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade.
Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade.
Cosmolocalism in Nutshell
In the midst of a systemic crisis, it is imperative to create evidence-based awareness of new capitalist and post-capitalist futures. COSMOLOCALISM will advance our understanding of how to create a sustainable economy through the commons.
In the midst of a systemic crisis, it is imperative to create evidence-based awareness of new capitalist and post-capitalist futures. COSMOLOCALISM will advance our understanding of how to create a sustainable economy through the commons.
Michel Bauwens on Empathic, Rigorous Responses to the Anthropocene
In this interview between Michel and Redland City Councillor, Paul Bishop, Michel explores some powerful themes that are rising within our collective human global capacity, in an historically predictable response to the systemic international crisis that is impacting humanity as we enter a ‘climate of change’, that many now refer to as ‘The ’.
In this interview between Michel and Redland City Councillor, Paul Bishop, Michel explores some powerful themes that are rising within our collective human global capacity, in an historically predictable response to the systemic international crisis that is impacting humanity as we enter a ‘climate of change’, that many now refer to as ‘The ’.
The Sorry State of Cyber Security Imagery
Today’s cybersecurity visuals often focus on hardware—think circuit boards and server racks—while leaving out all the people who are involved in or affected by the challenges we face in cybersecurity.
Today’s cybersecurity visuals often focus on hardware—think circuit boards and server racks—while leaving out all the people who are involved in or affected by the challenges we face in cybersecurity.