This month DataKind will launch “Nonprofit Data 101”, a program that provides one-hour webinars on various data science topics, followed by the option to participate in free 30-minute one-on...
A data ecosystem, a relatively new term that you might have read somewhere, claims to help solve data-related issues. But what is a data ecosystem and what can it exactly solve? There are...
The AI for Good GeoAI Challenge aims to provide a platform for collaboratively addressing real-world geospatial problems by applying artificial intelligence to advance the United Nations...
In October, the US and UK will start a new era of cooperation by officially bringing into force a cross-border data sharing agreement called the “Data Access Agreement. This agreement aims...
Tata Neu, India’s new shopping app, is gaining popularity because of its nature and inclusivity. Ranging from ecommerce, financial services, and travel, to groceries, medicines, and hotels...
Data can make the production of products and services more efficient and provide tools for combating societal challenges. However, this potential is not yet being fully realised. For data to...
With the amount of data increasing every day, measuring, and analysing information becomes crucial and can lead to valuable insights for addressing societal challenges. Yet, solving data...
The computational pathology research group of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is on a mission to personalise cancer treatment by using the SURF Research Cloud. SURF is a collaborative...
Digital privacy is suddenly critical for people seeking abortions in the U.S. Internet history searches, visits to clinics that are tracked with location data, and period-tracking apps all...
Age verification on social media applications is an important but difficult task.
To make online experiences safer for children, Instagram is piloting an age verification tool in the U.S...
Are you doing a research project in earth observation in the EU or UK? Then this is your chance to get your research project funded by Open Cloud for Research Environment (OCRE). OCRE...
Two years ago, ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) launched a public consultation on a new draft for the Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS), to...
In February 2021, a series of complaints over child safety and consumer protection were filed against TikTok. The European consumer organisation BEUC filed the complaint and has “significant...
In April, the Parliament and Council of the European Union came to a provisional agreement on the Digital Service Act (DSA).
The DSA file had to be fine-tuned with the last details before...
The digitalisation of healthcare progressed at an exponential rate over the last 10 years and Covid-19 pandemic accelerated it further by creating several opportunities to improve the...
In the last twelve months, several conversations between the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), their stakeholders, and the public took place concerning patient data and the future of...
A website called PimEyes offers a tool that can find pictures of people across the internet, including pictures that the person in question may not want exposed.
The tool allows users to...
MyData 2022 is the leading international conference on human-centric personal data management, organised by MyData Global. MyData 2022 brings together stakeholders representing business...