Almost every part of our everyday lives is closely connected to the internet – we depend on it for communication, entertainment, information, running our households, even running our cars.
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BudgIT Foundation, a civic-tech organization leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria and three other African countries, has officially announced its 10th-anniversary celebration tagged “A decade of civic-innovation and social impact” scheduled to hold in September 2021.
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By Mia Hassoun for the OII’s #DigitalInequality blog series
Lily, a doctor and single mother of two, lives in a smart home in a new public housing estate (HDB) outside Singapore’s city centre. Hers is an eco-friendly smart home, equipped with a pneumatic waste disposal system and devices that monitor household energy usage. I asked her if the smart home was a motivation for moving, and she laughed: “Not at all. We moved here because there’s more space. Ying and Justin love it because they can have their friends over, which we could never do before.” When I asked about her participation in the smart city, she responded: “Isn’t the point of the smart city that I don’t have to participate?”
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In episode 10 of the third season of How to Fix Democracy, a series developed by the Bertelsmann Foundation and other partners, former GMF YTILI fellow Wietse van Ransbeeck discusses the role modern technology can play in making democracy more inclusive and diverse.
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Investigators in Germany are using Google Earth, YouTube clips and social media posts to bring political crimes to the courts
With its high ceilings, white walls and bleached pine furniture it could be one of the many artist’s studios or galleries that dot this corner of central Berlin. A grey curtain with plastic holes, stitched together by Franco-Italian artist Céline Condorelli, snakes between desks to divide the room into public and private spaces.
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