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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




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Network and Security Transformation - Enabling your Digital Business

Vistra Energy, a Texas-based power generation firm, recently underwent a network transformation project. CISO Paul Reyes, joined by Zscaler's Dan Shelton, opens up on how to make the move to cloud-based models and what it can do to support your business.




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Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Hype or Helpful?

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against
Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure. But they could make manual contact-tracing programs more effective.




tal

Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds

We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well
Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?




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MEPs: Czech PM Babis can't be in budget talks

MEPs said the Czech PM should fully resolve the possible conflict of interest in a company that receives EU funds - or resign.




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[Ticker] Estonia holds UN talks on 'lessons learned' from WW2

Estonia is marking 75 years since the end of WW2 on European soil on Friday at a vide-meeting of the UN Security Council, which it currently chairs. The event, which is public and live-streamed, will discuss "lessons learned to prevent future atrocities" and "the responsibility of the Security Council", which has failed to stop egregious war crimes in Syria in recent times. US historian Timothy Snyder will also take part.




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Citi Sees Capital Markets Reviving Renewables as Banks Bow Out

Renewable energy companies will derive more of their funding from bond markets as banks curb lending to the industry, Citigroup Inc.’s head of environmental finance said.




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Energy Price Concerns Resonate in EU Talks on 2030 Climate Goals

The European Union should ensure that future climate and energy policies do not undermine the competitiveness of its industry, already weakened by a price gap with the U.S., the bloc’s member states said.




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Capital for Clean Energy Easier to Find as Investors Seek Simplicity

Simplifying finance vehicles for renewable energy will lure more investors and lower the costs of capital.




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Japan Installs 11 GW of Renewable Energy in Two Years

Japan has added 11,090 megawatts of clean energy capacity since July 2012, when it began an incentive program to encourage investment in renewables, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.




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Are Environmental Regulations Causing US Utility Bills to Surge?

U.S. electricity markets face years of higher prices as clean-air regulations shut more coal-fired power plants than earlier forecast, cutting supply and forcing producers to rely more on natural gas.




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For All Their Talk, Colleges Divest Little After Climate Protest

Stanford, Oxford and Georgetown universities have won praise for promising to purge their endowments of direct investments in coal, embracing the fight against climate change.

 




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‘Snail’s Pace’ in Climate Talks, Weak Pledges Frustrate UN Chief

The secretary general of the United Nations is frustrated with the pace of negotiations for what’s intended to be a crucial agreement limiting global warming.

Climate change pledges submitted so far from the world’s leading economies won’t be enough to keep the planet from warming dangerously, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in New York.

Proposals to reduce heat-trapping emissions need to be “a floor, not a ceiling,” he said.

The global increase in temperatures will exceed 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) under the national pledges already submitted to UN, Ban said. That’s the goal scientists and the UN have set to avoid the worst effects due to global warming.

The proposals submitted to date “will not be enough to place us on a 2-degree pathway,” Ban said.

Without any changes to global emissions, the world is on track to warm by 4 degrees Celsius or more, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change Janos Pasztor said earlier this month.

World leaders have five months to go before a meeting of almost 200 nations in Paris that’s intended to seal a new global pact to cut planet-warming carbon emissions. If successful, the agreement would be the first ever to require both developed nations like the US and growing economies like China to address climate change.

“The pace of UN negotiations are far too slow,” Ban said. “It’s like a snail’s pace.”

The U.S., the world’s biggest historic source of greenhouse gases, pledged earlier this year to cut its emissions by as much as 28 percent by 2025. The European Union has promised a 40 percent cut by 2030. Several other major economies, including Australia and Japan, have yet to submit climate plans to the UN.




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Climate Talks Nearing Consensus in Behind-the-Scenes Meetings

Publicly, the United Nations climate-change talks look mired in disputes over everything from money to the length of the proposed agreement.




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Earth to AI: Three Startups Using Deep Learning for Environmental Monitoring

Sometimes it takes an elevated view to appreciate the big picture. NASA’s iconic “Blue Marble,” taken in 1972, helped inspire the modern environmental movement by capturing the finite and fragile nature of Earth for the first time. Today, aerial imagery from satellites and drones powers a range of efforts to monitor and protect our planet Read article >

The post Earth to AI: Three Startups Using Deep Learning for Environmental Monitoring appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.




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Around the World in AI Days: NVIDIA’s Keith Strier Talks AI Nations

As NVIDIA’s vice president of worldwide AI initiatives, Keith Strier is thinking on a global scale. He leads an initiative called AI Nations, a worldwide program that helps government leaders and stakeholders develop plans to implement AI to advance national priorities and drive economic growth. Strier spoke to AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about AI Read article >

The post Around the World in AI Days: NVIDIA’s Keith Strier Talks AI Nations appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.




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Around the World in AI Days: NVIDIA’s Keith Strier Talks AI Nations

As NVIDIA’s vice president of worldwide AI initiatives, Keith Strier is thinking on a global scale. He leads an initiative called AI Nations, a worldwide program that helps government leaders and stakeholders develop plans to implement AI to advance national priorities and drive economic growth. Strier spoke to AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about AI Read article >

The post Around the World in AI Days: NVIDIA’s Keith Strier Talks AI Nations appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.




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EWC50 Spotlight: 'Going Green' at the EWC: Student Fellows Lead the Way for Environmental Sustainability

EWC50 Spotlight: 'Going Green' at the EWC: Student Fellows Lead the Way for Environmental Sustainability

Sustainable EWC initiative volunteers help manage the Center’s recycling efforts.

"It is my firm belief that change comes from our own community--recycling in the EWC community is an example of this,” stated Mariko Miyahira, EWC Participants’ Association (EWCPA) Sustainability Co-coordinator. “By collecting bottles, paper, and other recyclables, EWC participants are putting their beliefs into practice, and we are making change within our community."

 




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Spotlight on Education: New Environmental Stewardship Program Cultivates Action-oriented Leaders

Spotlight on Education: New Environmental Stewardship Program Cultivates Action-oriented Leaders

USIE participants with Representative Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Capitol Hill

 




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E-Newsletters Lighten the Center’s Environmental Impact




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EWC Installs Solar Panels to Further Reduce Carbon Footprint

EWC President Charles E. Morrison (center) and EWC Foundation VP Mangmang Brown with Island Pacific Energy President Joseph Saturnia and members of the EWC Sustainability Task Force.




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Young Environmental Leaders from Southeast Asia Present Eco-Solutions

SUSI participants from Southeast Asia present their eco-solutions at the EWC.As part of the five-week SUSI institute (Study of the U.S. Institute for Student Leaders on Global Environmental Issues), the East-West Center recently hosted a showcase of student-generated solutions for local environmental problems. The ‘Gallery of Eco-solutions’ focused on four themes: sustainable agriculture and food security; waste management; watersheds; and climate change and energy.




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EWC’s USSP and USTL Alumni Play Vital Roles in their Countries’ Development

USTL and USSP student fellows meet with Julia Findlay in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Academic Exchanges.




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EWC's Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellows Discuss Digital Strategy with White House Social Media Experts

APLP fellows gather with the White House social media team.On the first day of their Washington, D.C. field study, EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) fellows met with the White House Office of Digital Strategy (a.k.a. the Twitter Team). They discussed how for the first time, a U.S. President is using social media platforms to amplify the Administration’s message and directly interact with the American public. “Being from Indonesia, this is very new for me,” remarked Ismail Sulaiman, APLP fellow and head lecturer of communications at the State Islamic College Cot Kala in Aceh.  “Of course we are online, but this is actively exchanging information with the U.S.




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ASEAN Environmental Youth Leaders Collaborate on State Department Project Proposals with Chance to Win $25,000

HONOLULU (April 24, 2013) -- Last month in Singapore, the East-West Center realized a four-year goal to gather ASEAN-wide young environmental leaders to create collaborative project proposals in what was deemed ““an incredible, innovative, and enriching workshop” by Eric Watnik, the Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore. 

Fifty-seven alumni from the Study of the US Institutes (SUSI) at East-West Center and University of Montana Mansfield Center (UMT) spent three intensive days crafting proposals for the chance to win $25,000 from the U.S. State Department’s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund. 




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Global employment briefing: Italy, October 2015

The assignment of employees’ duties under the recent Legislative Decree no. 81 of 2015 On 25 June 2015 the Legislative Decree no. 81 of 2015 (“the Decree“) came into force. The Decree completely revises the regulation of work relat...




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Global employment briefing: Italy, December 2015

Reform of section 2103 of the Italian civil code, concerning modification of work duties Section. 3 of law decree no. 81 of 2015 significantly amended section 2103 of Italian civil code. In its original form the rule set out that “an employee ...




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Italians slowly venture out into the world again

Italians strolled in the park, grabbed take-out cappuccinos and paid their respects to the astonishing number of dead as the European epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic gingerly woke up from the continent’s




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The Ultimate Italian Tiramisu

This decadent classic Italian dessert is sure to please everyone! This is the perfect dessert to serve for any special occasions. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLEG7lhixI -- posted by CLUBFOODY




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Providing guidance - Helping you navigate environmental and health and safety risk

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Coronavirus – Dividends payable partly in stock may provide capital flexibility to BDCs – US

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What Difference Does it Make? – The Supreme Court’s Judgment in Richborough/ Suffolk Coastal

The Supreme Court has ruled on what has been acknowledged as an issue of critical importance to the application of national planning policy, namely the proper interpretation of paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This requ...