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Digitally Preserving Syria’s History; Vonvon Defends Facebook Word Clouds

Posted November 26th, 2015 at 11:50 am (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: The Digital ‘Monuments Men’ Are Fighting IS Devastation They are called “Monuments Men.” And they are in a race to save the world’s cultural heritage from destruction by Islamic State zealots. Working with non-profit group CyArk, they are using all available tech means to digitally preserve endangered structures by scanning them, then […]

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Russia’s OS; Internet.org; Safari’s Spoofing Flaw; Bitcoin; Flying Cars?

Posted May 19th, 2015 at 2:15 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Russia Plans National OS to Escape Android, iOS Dependence Russia’s Minister of Communication Nikolai Nikiforov announced that the country will develop a national operating system based on open source mobile operating system Sailfish. The intent is to slash dependence by half on the Android and iOS mobile operating systems by 2025. Digital […]

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