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Entrepreneurs in unexpected places: How one Midwest city promotes diverse local innovation
In September of 2017, thousands of people from around the world congregated in an unlikely place: Wausau, Wisconsin.
This diverse crowd was gathered for the...
UN Rideshare app makes its debut at Asia-Pacific Clean Air Week
A new UN Rideshare mobile application, brainchild of the Bangkok-based UN Office of Information and Communication Technology, will be launched and demonstrated during Clean...
The importance of telemedicine technology for Africa
Many African countries are still consistently looking forward to improve healthcare delivery to millions of people living in rural communities with little success. In...
WEF Launches Tech for Integrity Platform in Anti-Corruption Drive
The World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) has launched a Tech for Integrity platform to accelerate anti-corruption efforts and reduce the time...
New Principles to Make Machine Learning More Human
Strong standards are urgently needed to prevent discrimination and marginalization of humans in artificial intelligence. This is the finding of a new white paper,...
The Role of Information and Cyber Security and the Impact on Foreign Policy
The emergence of the most advanced day-to-day technologies in the military centers of the world has transformed the methods of conflict among the nations...
Technology through the lens of occupational hazards and risks
The premise of occupational safety and health – my field of specialization — is that work should do no harm to health and in...
How to be ‘money smart’ in a digital world
Modern digital technology has replaced landlines, television antennas, VCRs, CDs and many other things that were once part of our daily lives — and...
Bangladesh Digital Security Act Protects Free Speech and Minorities
Since declaring its independence from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh has strived to build a secular democracy that protects the rights of all its people....
New communications technologies essential to empower poor rural women
To mark International Women’s Day, the three United Nations Rome-based agencies are spotlighting the role new innovations in information and communications technologies (ICTs) can...