News about open_data on 2021-10-26
A more open world should work for everyone : Celebrating International Open Access Week 2021
Oxford University Press has reached a milestone of 100,000 articles published via open access since 2004 with more than 1,500 articles now released every month. Here is the full transcript of this year’s International Open Access Week.At OUP, we raise the awareness of open research.
Source: mynewsdesk.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Africa : New Tools to Map Flood Risk Will Help Bring Disaster Planning Up to Date
Floods are the biggest natural disasters in the world, according to the United Nations' flood forecasting body, the World Environment Agency (WWF). The latest figures show that almost half of the damage caused by the storms have been reported.
Source: allafrica.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Aiven Achieves $2B Unicorn Valuation with its Series C Exten ...
The latest unicorn of the Nordics, Aiven, has announced an extension to its funding round. Here's a look at what happened to the company. Financial analysts and investors have been given the chance to share their shares.
Source: menafn.com
Published on 2021-10-26
As launch of James Webb Space Telescope nears , astronomers anticipate new era of discoveries
The US space agency (NASA) has launched a new space telescope, which will carry out the largest ever expansion of the Hubble Space Telescope in the history of astronomy, the US Centre for Science and Astronomy (UCSC) says.
Source: news.ucsc.edu
Published on 2021-10-26
Counting down to Smarter Data , Smarter World 2021
One of the world’s biggest geospatial conferences has announced its fifth annual conference, which will be held in Cambridge on 26 October 2021. Here is a guide to how the event will work and what it takes to ensure the sustainability of data.
Source: sensorsandsystems.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Egypt , Kenya and Uganda Win First UNOOSA / Airbus - Bartolomeo Programme
Three African countries have been selected as the first recipients of a global climate change initiative in the space agency’s Bartolomeo space project, the United Nations has announced in Dubai. They will also be developing remote sensing cameras to monitor weather and floods.
Source: africanews.space
Published on 2021-10-26
Expanding ecosystem and $1 . 86B futures open interest back Solana $250 target
Ethereum’s Solana altcoin has reached a record-breaking $250 (£250) high in the first day of its trading session.SOL/USDT 1day chart suggests that the value of the cryptocurrency could be higher than previously thought.
Source: cointelegraph.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Fact Sheet : New Initiatives to Expand the U . S .- ASEAN Strategic Partnership
US President Joe Biden is to announce a plan to expand the US-ASEAN health partnership in October. Here is the full list of ways the Trump administration has spent on developing the health system in ASEAN. The initiative is based on the Strategic Partnership.
Source: whitehouse.gov
Published on 2021-10-26
FBI raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server
When a dental technician and his wife are being warned that their baby had died, they could soon be able to access patient information on the internet. The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different security researchers from around the world.
Source: dailydot.com
Published on 2021-10-26
GT launches online petition to demand truth on US nuke sub collision in South China Sea
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed looks at what happened in the US nuclear submarine's mysterious collision with an "unknown object" in South China Sea. Here is a full transcript of the accident which has been revealed.
Source: globaltimes.cn
Published on 2021-10-26
Mosaic , DXC Technology Taps AI to Launch Specialty Insurance Platform
In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the insurance industry and the challenges facing insurance companies and regulators. Here is a guide to how they work.
Source: mining-technology.com
Published on 2021-10-26
New tools to map flood risk will help bring disaster planning up to date
The United Nations has warned that floods are the biggest cause of natural disasters across the world, according to a new report. However, the forecasting system is still being used to prevent the worst effects of severe weather.
Source: enca.com
Published on 2021-10-26
NewsNow : Amazon Web Services news | Breaking News 24 / 7
A selection of the BBC's weekly updates on the latest releases from the Amazon service has been published by a broadcaster based on its content earlier this year. Please check back following reports which appear to be related to the issue.
Source: newsnow.co.uk
Published on 2021-10-26
NIH awards nearly $75M to catalyze data science research in Africa
Scientists are being given a boost in Africa’s data science research community, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the New York Times newspaper on Wednesday. They will be based in Ghana and Sierra Leone, the US.
Source: miragenews.com
Published on 2021-10-26
NIH invests $74 . 5 million to advance data science research and spur health discoveries across Africa
Scientists and researchers are being awarded awards to help develop data science research across the African continent and the United States, according to a US government agency announced on Wednesday. Why is this initiative worth millions of dollars? Welcome to Africa.
Source: news-medical.net
Published on 2021-10-26
Pushback against AI policing in Europe heats up over racism fears
A Belgian boy who was placed on an automated list of criminals has told how he felt spied on when he was arrested for a street robbery while officers routinely stopped him on the street asking for ID. Why?
Source: thestar.com.my
Published on 2021-10-26
RARE - X Announces Formation of Corporate Advisory Council
A new corporate advisory council is being set up to help secure the future of patient-owned data sharing, according to a newly formed committee of researchers and academics in the US state of California. Why? Where will it work?
Source: prweb.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Researchers of ancient DNA set ethics guidelines for their work
In our series of letters from African journalists, writer and columnist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at how ancient DNA could illuminate the lives of people who died earlier in the world, including those who were buried in New Mexico.
Source: artdaily.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Technology : a community reunited
Since the start of the pandemic, the legal community in the UK has been reunited with a new format. What does it look like to accelerate the future of society, which is super simple, super easy, transparent, trusted and for everyone? Jenifer Swallow explains.
Source: lawgazette.co.uk
Published on 2021-10-26
Texas reaches $290 million settlement with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson
Texas’s chief executive Jan Menefee has signed a $26 billion opioid settlement against the drugs company J&J, officials have told the US state broadcaster ABC News on Tuesday, saying the agreement is “historic”.
Source: houstonchronicle.com
Published on 2021-10-26
UPDATE : Fauquier COVID - 19 cases , hospitalizations follow state downward trend
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the US state of Virginia has fallen to its lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the state's Department of Health. The latest figures have shown a rise in infection rates.
Source: fauquier.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Wikimedia to Host World´s Largest Open Data Gathering
The world's largest gathering of the Wikidata community is being held in Germany, organisers have announced, as part of a global effort to encourage the public to share their thoughts on the changing world of data. .. But what is it like?
Source: tmcnet.com
Published on 2021-10-26
Window on Washington – Vol . 5 , Issue 43 | Clark Hill PLC
The US House of Representatives is holding a week-long debate on key bills, including the FEMA’s wildfire assistance programme, and the reconciliation of President Joe Biden's nominees to the US Senate this week.
Source: jdsupra.com
Published on 2021-10-26
World Customs Organization
The World Trade Organization (WCO) has welcomed the G7's Digital Trade Pprinciples at a meeting in London, which aims to ensure open digital markets are free of customs duties, and to improve the global governance of the trade system.
Source: wcoomd.org
Published on 2021-10-26