An international nonprofit will start training 6,000 Nigerian girls in digital skills in early 2017. The initiative is part of an ongoing effort to use technology to empower underprivileged youth and women in the developing world. The Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) has been transforming the lives of young people and women in developing countries […]
Tech Nonprofit Gives Youth, Women in Developing World a Helping Hand
Posted September 30th, 2016 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
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New Group Tackles AI Fears; ‘Brain Chips’ Herald New Computing Era
Posted September 29th, 2016 at 12:17 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Five Tech Giants Team Up to Pacify AI Fears The rapidly-evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised concern either because of fears that robots will take over jobs or because of uncertainty about ethics and best practices, among other issues. The new nonprofit alliance includes Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM, […]
Pakistan Gets Offline Viewing for YouTube; China’s Wild Web of Hackers
Posted September 28th, 2016 at 12:03 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: YouTube Rolls Out Offline Video Saving Feature in Pakistan The time that Pakistanis spend watching YouTube videos has more than doubled in the past eight months, according to Google, particularly since January, when the government lifted a ban on the service. Now, Google is adding a new feature that will allow Pakistani […]
How One Game Developer Came to Grips With Anxiety
Posted September 23rd, 2016 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
GeekGirlCon – an organization that seeks to empower women in technology and other areas – opens its 2016 convention on October 8. One of its featured speakers is a developer who wants to use games to shine a light on mental health. When writer and game developer Andrea Ayres was in her early 20s, she […]
Researcher Honored for India TB Tracking; Yahoo’s Massive Data Breach
Posted September 22nd, 2016 at 11:58 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Researcher Behind TB Treatment-monitoring Program Wins ‘Genius’ Grant Microsoft’s Bill Thies, who works on communications programs in developing countries, will receive the “genius” grant, awarded by the MacArthur Foundation. Thies’ work on India’s 99DOTS program provides a low-cost way for people to receive monitored tuberculosis treatment. Using their cell phones, patients can […]
Internet ICANN Move Hits Congressional Block; Google Launches Allo
Posted September 21st, 2016 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The Internet Belongs to the World, Not to Ted Cruz The United States is supposed to hand over control of internet domain management to ICANN on October 1. ICANN is short for the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit organization. The problem now is that the U.S. Congress […]
Nigerian Girls to Get Tech Training; Indian Students Take on WhatsApp
Posted September 20th, 2016 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Youth for Technology Foundation to Train 6,000 Nigerian Girls in Technology The Youth for Technology Foundation announced it will train 6,000 Nigerian girls unable to attend school or risk the dangers of human trafficking to use 3-D printing. The training, which was made public during the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and […]
How to Reconnect With Teens on Internet Safety
Posted September 16th, 2016 at 10:58 am (UTC-5)
Several campaigns are underway in the U.S. and other countries to raise awareness about internet safety, particularly among teenagers for whom parental rules are hard to follow in the age of social media. But while rules are still needed, one advocate argues it is time for parents to change the conversation about internet safety. Online […]
IoT Farmers Become Data Scientists; New York Curbs Free Wi-Fi
Posted September 15th, 2016 at 12:44 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: How IoT Is Creating ‘Precision Farming’ The Internet of Things (IoT) is slowly changing the way farmers work, turning them into data scientists to help them better manage their crops and livestock. Access to remote sensors and cloud services is enabling farmers to monitor the health of their livestock and make more […]