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Are we at a turning point for tackling online extremism? (WEF)

John Letzing A growing body of evidence illustrates the ways social media has radicalized users and resulted in violence https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/are-we-at-a-turning-point-for-tackling-online-extremism/

These Swiss robots use UV light to zap viruses aboard passenger planes (WEF)

John Miller, Arnd Wiegmann A robot armed with virus-killing ultraviolet light is being tested on Swiss airplanes https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/swiss-uv-light-robots-disinfect-planes-travel-tourism/

COVID-19: What low-income countries need for a more equal recovery (WEF)

Guillaume Chabert, Robert Gregory, Gaëlle Pierre A new IMF paper suggests that low-income countries will need approximately $200 billion until 2025 to improve their pandemic...

Want to create 5 million green jobs? Invest in public transport in cities (WEF)

Lin Taylor Mayors in around 100 cities have said that investing in public transport could create 4.6 million jobs by 2030 and cut transport emissions https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/here-s-why-cities-should-invest-in-public-transport/

It will take another 136 years to close the global gender gap (WEF)

Martin Armstrong The global gender gap is not expected to close for another 136 years https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/136-years-is-the-estimated-journey-time-to-gender-equality/

5 ways to ensure trust when moving data across borders (WEF)

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Kimberley Botwright The pandemic has advanced the trajectory of global consumption of data by 5 years, with estimates of 26 billion connected objects...

When will life return to ‘pre-COVID normal’? (WEF)

Joe Myers A majority of people expect life to return to something like 'normal' within the next 12 months, according to a new World Economic...

Expired certificate caused a Pulse Secure VPN global scale outage (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Pulse Secure VPN users were not able to login due to the expiration of a code signing certificate used to digitally sign and verify...

Two former NSA Officials appointed by Joe Biden for prominent cyber roles (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini President Joe Biden has appointed two former senior NSA officials for two prominent cyber roles in his administration. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116714/intelligence/joe-biden-nsa-officials-nominations.html

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