DuckDuckGo, the search engine company that is concerned with privacy matters, has now opened its beta Email Protection. It is a free email forwarding service that removes multiple types of hidden email trackers and lets you create unlimited unique private email addresses on the fly – without switching email providers or apps. DuckDuckGo will give privacy and…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched an Atlas of Surveillance in the US, documenting police tech in our communities with Open Source Research. The Atlas of Surveillance is a searchable database and map of more than 9,660 police tech purchases nationwide. The Atlas is volunteer-based, and includes categories such as Automated License Plate Readers Body-worn…
عصام حجي يرد بورقة علمية على المشككين في مخاطر سد النهضة على مصر نشر عالم الفضاء المصري عصام حجي وفريقه العلمي ورقة علمية جديدة للرد على تعليقات شككت في بحثهم الذي تحدثوا فيه عن العجز المائي في مصر ومخاطر تفاقمه أثناء سنوات ملء سد النهضة الإثيوبي. وفي الرد الجديد الذي نشرته مجلة (Environmental Research Letters)…
Dr. Essam Heggy has submitted a reply to the IOPScience‘s Environmental Research section, entitled on “Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’. “The reply herein shows the factual incorrectness of the comment by Eladawy, Asefa and El Nour, which is primarily supported by mis-citations and misinterpretations…
Humanitarian Icons Font Awesome is an industry-standard collection of icons that are used in web development. In a surprise collaboration between OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) and Font Awesome, the latter created what it terms ‘humanitarian icons’ that are all free. These icons depict themes of interest to the humanitarian…
If you have not heard about Facebook’s data leak by now, you should. The personal data of 533 million Facebook users in more than 106 countries was found to be freely available online last weekend. The data trove, uncovered by security researcher Alon Gal, includes phone numbers, email addresses, hometowns, full names, and birth dates….
March 12th, 2021, marks 32 years since the web was invented. The Web Foundation and us all will be celebrating it. To celebrate this year’s birthday, the Foundation will be spotlighting nine young web champions who are using digital technology to tackle gender inequality, curb Covid-19, protect the environment and address other global challenges. Please…
In this edition of TU’s digital magazine, you will learn more about: ‘Breakthrough and solutions tracks’ to explore how AI can be harnessed to improve lives. Key insights from a diverse range of AI thought leaders participating in the Summit. 3 Breakthrough Tracks and 4 Solutions Tracks. To read the report online
