Posts Categorized: Technology

Creating a World Connectivity Organization

September 26, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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A woman sits at a cyber cafe in Kibera slum in Nairobi. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages

Nicholas Negroponte spoke at BCLS 2014 about making connectivity a human right, and giving it to all users for free.

VIDEO: Jean Camp on cyber security

September 25, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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Director of the Security Informatics Program at Indiana University Bloomington shed light on how we need to get general users to think differently about cyber crime at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit 2014.

Is big data changing us, or are we changing data?

September 23, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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Big data is clearly being used for good — in business and health — but has the potential to do damage if it falls into the wrong hands.

Jimmy Wales: linking democracy and tech

September 23, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. AFP/Getty Images

Wales emphasized that the number of people in developing countries coming online are contributing to the global conversation.

Cyber crime impacts global economy

September 23, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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Cyber breaches have cost businesses worldwide billions of dollars, and will continue to do so.

Big data and the data science revolution

September 22, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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A myriad of industries is experiencing an overhaul in the way businesses use data to improve operations and efficiency.

VIDEO: Unpredictable patterns in Big Data can change the world

September 24, 2024 by Homa Zaryouni in Science & Health, Technology.

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Dr. James Watson poses with the original DNA model. AFP/ Getty/ Odd Andersen

People like to talk about the dangers of data, but there is enormous public good it can bring.

Security and the internet of things

September 24, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Technology.

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The Samsung smartwatch. Getty Images/Sean Gallup

There are 8 billion connected devices on the planet already.

The future of media: local voices and the reader’s responsibility

September 23, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Society & Culture, Technology.

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Tunisia's famous blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who has been tipped for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize nominations, works on her computer during the third Arab Bloggers Meeting on October 3, 2024 in Tunis.

The events preceding, during, and now following the Arab Spring attest to that thirst, and to the urgency on the ground to recount a local perspective.