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Sacramento Bee
1 week ago
California

California is digitizing its 100-year-old paper water rights records. Why that's a big deal

Digitization of century-old water rights records in California is part of a $60 million project.
Creation of a database will increase transparency and aid in making critical water management decisions during droughts.
Harvard Gazette
1 month ago
OMG science

Herbaria's use and importance grows with climate change - Harvard Gazette

Only 12 plant species separate humans from starvation, emphasizing the importance of preserving plant diversity.
Genomics and digitization allow collaborative research to tackle challenges like species extinction and climate change.
Books
“Most scientific research is subsidized by the federal government. Shouldn’t the public have access to the results of work supported by public funds?” —Robert Darnton on the commodities of academic labor https://t.co/7n60jeD5RG
The New York Review of Books
3 months ago
Books

The Dream of a Universal Library | Robert Darnton

The digitization of libraries and access to books online has sparked a battle between democratization and commercialization of knowledge.
Google's digitization efforts have faced legal challenges and have transformed into a profit-driven commercial library.
“The world of learning has become a battleground between the opposed forces of democratization and commercialization.” —Robert Darnton on “The Dream of a Universal Library” https://t.co/Jk5k7JTTtV
The New York Review of Books
3 months ago
Books

The Dream of a Universal Library | Robert Darnton

The digitization of library holdings by Google was initially seen as a way to democratize access to knowledge, but it has also led to the commercialization of information.
Google's digitization efforts have faced legal challenges from rights holders who claim infringement of copyright.
The New York Review of Books
3 months ago
Books

The Dream of a Universal Library | Robert Darnton

The digitization of libraries and access to books online has sparked a battle between democratization and commercialization of knowledge.
Google's digitization efforts have faced legal challenges and have transformed into a profit-driven commercial library.
The New York Review of Books
3 months ago
Books

The Dream of a Universal Library | Robert Darnton

The digitization of library holdings by Google was initially seen as a way to democratize access to knowledge, but it has also led to the commercialization of information.
Google's digitization efforts have faced legal challenges from rights holders who claim infringement of copyright.
The New York Review of Books
3 months ago
Books

The Dream of a Universal Library | Robert Darnton

The digitization of libraries by Google promised to open up access to knowledge, but it has also led to closed access and commercialization.
The battle between democratization and commercialization in the world of learning is driven by self-interest and tectonic shifts in research and publication.
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TechRepublic
3 months ago
Information security

IT Professionals in ASEAN Confronting Rising Cyber Security Risks

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has opened a joint cybersecurity center to increase shared cyber threat defenses.
The digitization trend in ASEAN is leading to increased risk consciousness among CISOs.
TechRepublic
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

IT Professionals in ASEAN Confronting Rising Cyber Security Risks

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has opened a joint cybersecurity center to increase shared cyber threat defenses.
The digitization trend in ASEAN is leading to increased risk consciousness among CISOs.
TechRepublic
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

IT Professionals in ASEAN Confronting Rising Cyber Security Risks

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has opened a joint cybersecurity center to increase shared cyber threat defenses.
The digitization trend in ASEAN is leading to increased risk consciousness among CISOs.
ITPro
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Appian wants to be the AI company for AI skeptics

As the sun sets on Appian's annual conference, it's clear artificial intelligence (AI) now plays a larger role for the company than ever before.Whether it's the integration of natural language prompts and digitization of documents in Appian 22.3, or new documentation capabilities for the platform's own SAIL, attendees have been treated to a buffet of AI options.
Theregister
1 year ago
Books

Big Four publishers move to crush the Internet Archive

On Monday four of the largest book publishers asked a New York court to grant summary judgment in a copyright lawsuit seeking to shut down the Internet Archive's online library and hold the non-profit organization liable for damages.The lawsuit was filed back June 1, 2020, by the Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House.
The Statesman
1 year ago
Canada news

Indian executives see uptick in cybersecurity budgets in 2023: Report - The Statesman

IANS | New Delhi |

Most executives in India say their organisations are continuing to increase their cyber budgets in 2023 as data breaches increase, a report showed on Wednesday.While 77 per cent said cybercriminal activity is the biggest organizational threat, 62 per cent highlighted insider threat as a challenge.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Pearson May Have Learned Its Hardest Lessons

Pearson Plc is the wayward pupil with a tendency to over-promise, who shows brief spurts of improvement only to bring home a disappointing report card bearing the words "must try harder."The education provider and textbook publisher is in the midst of another periodic upswing, and markets appear willing to trust that the better grades are here to stay.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Why OOH advertising is becoming a bigger part of this baby care brand's marketing strategy

Babycare brand Coterie has rolled out its first out-of-home campaign, looking to get in front of parents and families venturing back outside now that Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted.
The Berlin Spectator
1 year ago
Education

Berlin: School Year Commences for Hundreds of Thousands of Kids

Berlin, August 20th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - Everyone is back from the beach.Berlin is filling up again.Traffic will be hell on Monday, when the city's 827 schools are back in business.
Acm
1 year ago
Digital life

Creating 3D Objects with Sound

Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Medical Research, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heidelberg University, and Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering have created a technique for assembling three-dimensional (3D) objects using ultrasound.The concept applies multiple acoustic holograms to generate pressure fields for printing solid particles, gel beads, and even biological cells.
Acm
1 year ago
Digital life

Future of Computer Science Is in Its Application to Daily Life

Computer science has evolved from generating data to finding ways to get a specific industry to adopt digitization based on the data it has accumulated.
Acm
2 months ago
Digital life

Digitization Puts Many at a Disadvantage

Digitization can disadvantage weaker, disabled, and older people due to the complexities of digital devices.
Analog technology like landline phones, coffee machines, and TVs are often more user-friendly compared to their digital counterparts.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript

Jessica Hodgson, a graduate student at the University of Leicester, was poring over a medieval manuscript in the Bodleian Libraries' collection at the University of Oxford when she spotted a faint etched inscription on one of the pages.It seemed to spell out the name "Eadburg," but the etching was too faint for full confirmation.
Theregister
1 year ago
Public health

Tech job vacancies hamper England's digital health plans

The NHS in England has more than 3,000 vacant tech roles, according to a Parliamentary report that describes its progress against government-set digital targets as "inadequate."A survey of NHS trust leaders, carried out by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), found that there are 3,500 full-time tech pro roles vacant, which it puts down to poor pay and career opportunities, and competition with the wider industry.
MarTech
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Martech failure? 50% say loyalty programs don't offer much value

The goal of martech is to add value for business and customer via personalized experiences which increase brand engagement.Loyalty programs seem like the perfect channel for this.
Theregister
2 years ago
Privacy professionals

China's new era has singular identity cards and platforms

China's president Xi Jinping has declared "there can be no modernization without informatization," and outlined a strategy for how the world's most populous nation will use information technology to transform society and government.
Medium
1 year ago
Data science

40 Must-Know Data Science Skills & Frameworks, Getting Started with ML.NET,

40 Must-Know Data Science Skills and Frameworks for 2023 We looked at over 25,000 data scientist job descriptions, and these are the top 40 skills, frameworks, and tools that employers are looking for in 2023.Training and Deploying Your PyTorch Model in the Cloud with Azure ML In this article, we will show you how to train and deploy a simple Fashion MNIST model in the cloud.
Medium
1 year ago
Data science

Researchers in Turkey are Using AI to Read Cuneatic Hittite Tablets

Thanks to new AI technology, almost 2,000 ancient Hittite tablets are being read for the first time.In a report by Arkeonews.net,the tablets, which are kept in the collections of the Çorum Museum, the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, and the Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum, have finished the project's initial phase of digitization.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Felipe Pantone x Poltrona Frau Archibald Chair introduced with a colorful print - Yanko Design

Poltrona Frau is a famous Italian furniture maker that specializes in leather seating.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd Warns of a Crypto 'Washout' Similar to the Internet Bubble Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd believes there is going to be a crypto washout similar to the internet bubble.There's another shoe to drop, he warned.Nonetheless, the executive is confident that the crypto industry will move forward despite the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.Guggenheim's Scott Minerd Shares Crypto Outlook Guggenheim Partners Global Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Scott Minerd shared in an interview with Bloomberg last week his thoughts on the future of cryptocurrency following the implosion of crypto exchange in FTX.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Buenos Aires to Tax Cryptocurrency Mining in 2023 Regulation Bitcoin News

The province of Buenos Aires in Argentina will begin taxing cryptocurrency mining and possibly staking, in 2023.A new proposal modifies the tax law to introduce cryptocurrency mining as a taxable activity that will levy 4% on the income calculated via these operations.However, it is still unclear if staking will be taxed.
Social Media Today
1 year ago
Marketing

Meta Publishes New Guide to the Key Factors Influencing Consumer Decisions

According to a new report from Meta, created in partnership with Publicis Data Intelligence, and incorporating insight from over 1,000 consumers, the most influential factors are: video, social commerce and recommendations.The new, 14-page whitepaper, which you can download here, looks specifically at South East Asian market trends, though the findings are likely universal, with Meta working to identify the key elements that drive consumer action in the modern landscape.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

As Walmart adds TikTok, Snap, Roku and others to its marketplace, GroupM evaluates the whole sector

A clear indicator of a media segment's growth potential is how many agencies pay close attention to it.
www.thelocal.es
1 year ago
Remote teams

How to apply for Spanish citizenship for a baby born in Spain to foreign parents

Perhaps the most interesting draw of Spain's new startups law is the creation of an exclusive visa for digital nomads.In a nutshell, it will grant non-EU freelancers and remote workers entry and residency rights in Spain, with less bureaucratic obstacles than there currently are and enticing tax benefits.
The San Francisco Examiner
1 year ago
Cars

Age-old crafts keep San Francisco cable cars chugging - The San Francisco Examiner

Cable cars inside the Cable Car Barn on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.(Craig Lee/The Examiner)
The cable cars that cascade down San Francisco's steep hills are more than mobile icons.
CBC
1 year ago
Canada news

What you need to know this tax season, and how to plan for the next one | CBC News

If you haven't filed your tax return yet, this Easter weekend might be time to check that off your to-do list.
Washington Post
2 years ago
Business

Analysis | Private Equity Finds Another Steal in the U.K.

Private equity firms feasted on the cheap U.K. stock market for as long as they could in 2021.Eventually, investors bid up the share prices of much of their potential prey.
CBC
2 years ago
Toronto

Law in the time of COVID: How the pandemic radically reoriented Ontario's justice system | CBC News

When Erin Townley had to testify against the man who nearly killed her, she took solace in the fact the COVID-19 pandemic meant she could do it from her own home.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

Spanish royals start delayed state visit to Germany

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have started a state visit to Germany that was delayed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic and will see the monarch and the German president open the annual Frankfurt Book Fair.
Moneycontrol
2 years ago
Women in technology

Micro-loans play a huge role in transforming economic lives of rural women": Sunaina Da Cunha of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC

"When I received my salary for the first time, I immediately started a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in a few equity schemes.
Harvard Gazette
1 month ago
Education

Harvard's first Black yearbook editor donates images to Archives - Harvard Gazette

Archival-quality images donated by former yearbook editor chronicle turbulent mid-'60s at Harvard.
Negatives donated to Harvard University Archives for digitization to mark 75th anniversary of Harvard Yearbook Publication.
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