Tag Archives: Academic disciplines

07Oct/22

End-to-end encryption keeps us all safe

October 7, 2022SecurityAcademic disciplines, Articles, Bangladesh, Center for Democracy and Technology, Cryptography, Data security, Disk encryption, Encryption, End-to-end encryption, Global Partners, Human rights and encryption, India, Internet privacy, Mallory Knodel, Ryan Polk, Sheetal Kumar, Strong cryptography, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdomadmin

Mallory Knodel,Ryan Polk,Sheetal Kumar

Published: October 05, 2022 | Center for Democracy & Technology

Mallory Knodel is Chief Technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology, Ryan Polk is Director of Internet Policy at Internet Society and Sheetal Kumar is Head of Global Engagement and Advocacy at Global Partners Digital.

At the Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) presented the strongest endorsement of encryption yet by the world body in its report on privacy in the digital age, underlining that the technology that leverages cryptography to secure communications, is crucial to the rights to privacy, access to information, and free expression in an online world. Continue reading →

23Sep/22

Women sacrifice their health to shield families from spiking costs

September 23, 2022EconomyAcademic disciplines, Agnes Wachira, Articles, Austerity, BEIRUT, Bucharest, Caroline Dery, catholic relief services, Companies, Felister Gitonga, Gender inequality, Ghana, Inflation, Karine, Kenya, Lebanon, Lin Taylor, London, Midwifery, NAIROBI, Nita Bhalla, Nita Bhalla Nitabhalla, Piyumi Fonseka, Poverty, Reproductive health, Reuters, Romania, S&P/TSX 60, S&P/TSX 60 Index, Sexual and reproductive health, Siththi Patima, Social inequality, Sri Lanka, Tala Ramadan, Thomson Reuters, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wangari Kinoti, Women's rightsadmin

Rising inflation is widening gender gaps, say charities
Women report skipping medical care to feed families
Campaigners sound alarm over government austerity measures

By Nita Bhalla

NAIROBI, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the pain started in Agnes Wachira’s chest almost six months ago, the Kenyan mother-of-three dismissed it as a symptom of the daily grind of working long hours hand-washing clothes in the narrow lanes of Nairobi’s Kawangware informal settlement.
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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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15Aug/22

How trauma survivors can harness spiritual contemplation to process stress – new research

August 15, 2022ScienceAbnormal psychology, Academic disciplines, Adverse childhood experiences, Articles, Catrin Eames, Creative Commons, Homelessness, Human behavior, liverpool john moores university, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Psychiatric diagnosis, Psychological resilience, Psychological trauma, Rumination, SHUTTERSTOCK, Traumatologyadmin

Catrin Eames, Liverpool John Moores University

Trauma, such as surviving or witnessing road accidents, natural disasters and violence, can shake up our lives, challenging our core beliefs and views of the world.

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10Aug/22

‘Carter’ Director Byung-gil Jung Launches Multiverse-themed NFT Project Through ARKPIA

August 10, 2022ArtAcademic disciplines, Byung, Byung-gil Jung, Carl Jung, Fungibility, Multiverse, Natural sciences, NFT, Non-fungible token, Physical sciencesadmin

ARKPIA, a global Non-Fungible Token (NFT) brand, has launched filmmaker Byung-gil Jung’s new NFT artwork, which embodies a multiverse concept envisioned by the director. Continue reading

05Aug/22

ViewSonic’s Visual Solutions Ignite Love and Hope in 2022 World Women’s Art Festival

August 5, 2022ArtAcademic disciplines, Articles, Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, Manitoba Provincial Road 272, Psychological resilience, Psychology, ViewSonic, ViewSonic Corp.admin

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, partners with the Taiwan Women’s Art Association (TWAA) to create immersive art experiences at the “Love and Hope – 2022 World Women’s Art Festival”. With continuous efforts to encourage creativity, ViewSonic provides cutting-edge projectors, touch displays, and large format interactive displays to enhance the exhibiting experience. Visitors can immerse and interact with a total of 98 artworks by 70 female artists that demonstrate the strength and resilience of women. Continue reading

03Aug/22

Love Island: the psychological challenges contestants – and viewers – could face after the show is over

August 3, 2022TelevisionAcademic disciplines, Alex George, Amber Gill, Articles, Caroline Flack, Coventry University, Davide Sanclimenti, Ekin-Su, ITV, Kem Cetinay, Louisa Lytton, Love Island, Mental disorder, Mental health, Parasocial interaction, Rachael Molitor, Reality television, Social media, Social psychology, Television seriesadmin

Rachael Molitor, Coventry University

The finale of ITV’s Love Island was watched by millions of fans, many commenting live on social media as Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti were awarded the £50,000 prize. The four couples who made the final will now leave the Majorca villa where they’ve kissed, cried and cracked on for the past eight weeks. When they enter the outside world, they will be met with massive amounts of attention.

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02Aug/22

Drover AI Secures $5.4M Series A Led by Vektor Partners to Scale its Innovative Applications of Computer Vision in Micromobility

August 2, 2022InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Avesta Fund, Bicycle sharing, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Kurt Jaggers, Masik Enterprises, Micromobility, Scooter sharing, Sharing economy, Vektor Partnersadmin

Drover AI announces that it has closed on a $5.4M Series A funding round, led by Vektor Partners and with follow-on participation from Seed investors including Avesta Fund, Masik Enterprises and Kurt Jaggers. They join existing investor 500 Global to support the scale up of its innovative solutions for computer vision and artificial intelligence in micromobility. Continue reading

01Aug/22

Taiwanese Startup FaceHeart Video-based Measurement Software Uses AI to Remotely Measure Vitals Stats of Patients

August 1, 2022InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, FaceHeart corporationadmin

The pandemic has forced most processes and operations to be conducted remotely, and the medical industry isn’t exempted. Fortunately, a new and innovative video-based measurement software from FaceHeart corporation now allows diagnosis of patients to be done remotely using cutting-edge artificial intelligence. FaceHeart exhibited recently exhibited at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders, showing off the company’s latest AI technology. Coontinue reading

29Jul/22

James Lovelock: the scientist-inventor who transformed our view of life on Earth

July 29, 2022ScienceAcademic disciplines, AGES, Articles, Charles Darwin, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, Ecological theories, Fellows of the Royal Society, Futurologists, Gaia, Gaia hypothesis, Gaia philosophy, James Lovelock, Jim, London, Lynn Margulis, Mark Maslin, met office, Mythographers, Nature, Richard Betts, Roger Highfield, SHUTTERSTOCK, There, Ucl James Lovelock, United Statesadmin

Mark Maslin, UCL

James Lovelock, the maverick scientist and inventor, died surrounded by his family on July 27 2022 – his 103rd birthday. Jim led an extraordinary life. He is best known for his Gaia hypothesis, developed with the brilliant US biologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s, which transformed the way we think of life on Earth.

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