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Co-designing Digital Interventions and Technology Projects with Civil Society (WEF)

Co-authored by Dr. Mark Latonero and Dr. Urvashi Aneja, this paper explores the concept of co-design in partnership with civil society, beginning with COVID-19...

Cycling has a massively important role to play in creating net-zero cities, Oxford study says (WEF)

Christian Brand Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions, writes Oxford Professor Christian Brand. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/cycling-electric-cars-net-zero-cities-climate-change/

The Amazon has become a net greenhouse gas emitter. Here’s what that means (WEF)

Liz Kimbrough Scientists have discovered that the Amazon Basin is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases; but human activity is the main cause of...

These 3 start-ups are bringing cutting-edge tech to forest restoration (WEF)

Victoria Masterson The world loses about 15 billion trees a year. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/reforestation-start-ups-technology-trillion-trees/

Overcoming COVID-19 will require tackling inequality (WEF)

Winnie Byanyima Given the need to fund treatment and vaccines, there is pressure to scale back funding for social provisions, but leaders must boldly finance...

Why democratizing skills is the key to the post-pandemic economy (WEF)

Nahia Orduña The pandemic has widened the skills gap because of accelerating digitalizations. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/democratizing-skills-post-pandemic-economy/

Responsible data collection could inspire consumer trust – here’s how (WEF)

Nadia Hewett, Dimitri Zabelin The pace and volume of data collection and sharing requires better mechanisms to protect citizens' rights and inspire trust. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/responsible-data-collection-could-inspire-consumer-trust/

Pwn2Own 2021: participants earned $1,2M of the $1.5M prize pool (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition was concluded, participants earned more than $1.2 million, the greatest total payout ever. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116593/hacking/pwn2own-2021-day-3.html

CISA releases post-compromise tool Aviary to review Microsoft 365 (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini CISA released a Splunk-based dashboard for post-compromise activity in Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD), Office 365, and MS 365 environments. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116584/security/cisa-aviary-microsoft-365.html

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