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Five ways that Open Source Software shapes AI policy (Brookings)

Alex Engler Open-source software (OSS), which is free to access, use, and change without restrictions, plays a central role in the development and use of...

USA – The Washington, DC region has built too much housing in the wrong places (Brookings)

Jenny Schuetz and Matt Ring The latest U.N. climate change report pulls no punches: Human activities are contributing to climate change “at a rate that is unprecedented in at...

USA – Millions of workers will lose their safety net this Labor Day if Congress doesn’t act (Brookings)

Annelies Goger Labor Day is a federal holiday honoring the nation’s workers. This year, however, it will coincide with a damaging moment for those workers:...

TechInnovation – This high-performance computer just smashed a world record for solving a millennia-old math problem (ZDNet)

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet A team of Swiss researchers are claiming that their high-performance computer has added 12.8 trillion new digits to the number Pi, in a calculation...

TechInnovation – SoundCommerce partners with Google Cloud to help brands “act like Amazon” (ZDNet)

Stephanie Condon Amazon's shadow looms large in the e-commerce space. Retailers going up against the digital Goliath are often faced with a choice: they can...

Cybersecurity – Microsoft takes a stake in Rubrik to combat ransomware (ZDNet)

Liam Tung Microsoft has invested an undisclosed amount in cloud data management firm Rubrik as part of plan to jointly develop Zero Trust products built...

TechInnovation – Mozilla, MacArthur and Ford foundations unite to oppose Facebook ban on NYU disinformation research (ZDNet)

Jonathan Greig Multiple high-profile foundations and philanthropic organizations came together to criticize Facebook for shutting down the accounts of New York University (NYU) researchers investigating advertising disinformation on...

Ethiopia – Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared (HRW)

Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The authorities...

Afghanistan – The Fragility of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan (HRW)

Heather Barr “But can we trust the Taliban on women’s rights?” has been a favorite question of journalists in recent years. The answer used to...

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