In the Northern province of Heibei, China, there is a new app which alerts users when someone in debt comes within 500 metres. One translation of the app’s name to…
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Education under the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, a semi-autonomous region established by Syrian Kurds – with the support of the US military to help fight ISIS, emphasises the equal rights of…
Roughly 50% of the world is online, and until recently, that percentage was increasing rapidly. UN data regarding internet users, which the UN defines as those who have connected to…
A team of 13 Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) and 2 non-native teenagers have created a video game entirely in the Hawaiian language. The game called He Ao Hou, or “a…
What does a community look like? There’s never been a straightforward answer to that question: although communities often share certain characteristics – people with common interests, leaders and followers –…
Ugandans have been protesting what has been dubbed a “social media tax” introduced by their government. Since the start of July, access to social media networks and dating sites has…
Dr. Atul Gawande, a prominent surgeon, teacher, entrepreneur, public figure, and staff writer for The New Yorker, has been nominated CEO of an Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway funded…
WhatsApp is limiting how many times messages can be forwarded in India, to curb the spread of false information that some believe to have caused mob lynchings. Under the new…
Yaniv Erlich, a geneticist at Columbia University has recently created a 13-million-person family tree thanks to his work with MyHeritage, a genealogy company. Erlich used the data from public profiles…
Andhra Pradesh, or “AP” for shorthand, will be the first state in India to use blockchain technology to govern two of its departments. AP government officials say that the state…
Technology giant IBM, retailer Walmart and Beijing’s Tsinghua University have joined forces to track the journey of China’s pork from farm to store. Data regarding its progress from farm to…
A team at the University of Washington has demonstrated the ability to use sensors on commodity devices such as smartphones and laptops to generate wireless data transmissions that are confined…
