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What is Artificial Intelligence – and how does it affect YOU?
3 ways to be kind online
Hate speech and mean comments seem to dominate the internet these days. Scroll through any Instagram or Twitter feed, YouTube comment section, or online forum, and you are bound to see people mocking others for their appearance, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, personal beliefs- really anything can become the unfair target of vile comments online. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Although hate comments are seemingly everywhere on the internet, they do not belong anywhere. Here is a list of some ways to be kind online to turn the internet into a safer and friendlier place for all. 1...
Generation Z and Online Games: Is a ban the right thing to do?
Generation Z (also known as iGeneration) are those who were born between the mid-1990s to early 2000s. This generation is famous for its usage of the Internet from a young age and comfort with technology and interacting on social media. The parents of the GenZ fear the overuse of the Internet by their children. Children reversely feel annoyed with their parents and complain about parents being overly controlling when it comes to their Internet usage. Recently, a 16-year-old boy died by suicide which was interpreted as "missed mission in Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)." In light of this...
Different worlds, come as one
It was a bright summer morning in the city of Munich, a mild winter had enveloped Melbourne, moisture laden winds were making their onset on Delhi and the ochre leaves on trees were just waiting to fall in Vancouver. It is commonly noticed that the world is far from identical, as we tread its paths, but the truth is not always that that meets the eye. We shall begin this journey by zooming in on Delhi. A girl, smartly dressed in the traditional suit, was hard at work, tinkering with nuts and bolts, or atleast, that was the common perception of her antics. However, it was undiscovered that she...
Fake news – a life-threatening phenomenon
How Strongly Can Social Media Influence and Control People’s Lives?
This is how the lack of reliable internet access affects me… and my community
No Country for Online advocacy
In the spawn of three months, grandparents learned how to use Zoom, professors that had been teaching since the last millennium had to learn forcefully about live-streaming and virtual conferences, and humanity realized that many daily activities can be done online. Technology had been swallowing slowly our daily routines during the last decade; however, it took an accelerated and imposed growth due to this pandemic This change to online-based society seems easy and even unavoidable in the so-called High-Income countries. But Low-Middle Income countries got stuck in a slow development, where...
UN International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day
Today is the United Nations' International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day, which is celebrated each year on fourth Thursday of April. So, this year, in 2020, we are celebrating this day on April 23. Why ICT is important? With the current COVID-19 situation, people are staying at homes for their safety. in this case, digital networks play a crucial role in maintaining peace. They allow us to keep in touch with each other, help medics treat the sick, and enable scientists to work together to develop a vaccine. ICT plays an important role in our daily lives, which we...
The future of internet safety, reimagined
3D printing in the fight against COVID-19 in Ukraine
COVID19: Reality Check for The SDGs
COVID. COVID. COVID. Corona Virus took the world by surprise. Like a trained secret service agent, this virus infiltrated our ranks and has now single-handedly killed hundreds of thousands of our kind, with millions more still within it's grip. However, is there a bright side to this crisis? Definitely! A data breach in a secure network offers a reality check of the company's state of security. Today, Corona Virus is offering us something similar - or better. As bad as it has been, it's not all doom and gloom. Looking on the bright side, one advantage the COVID-19 pandemic has offered the...
Staying Safe Online
A month ago, I attended a webinar called #OurLivesOnline which was organised by Childline Foundation Malaysia and UNICEF Malaysia. Did you know that nine out of 10 children are Internet users? 92% of the Internet users are Malaysian students aged between 13 and 17, they are social media users. How safe are we when we are online? What are the things that we should or should not post? Too much sharing will lead to social issues such as cyber bullying and sometimes the internet will cause mental health which can lead to depression. One of the cases that happened to a 16-year-old ended her life by...
During Quarantine, Young Artists Use Digital Tech To Bring People Together
At first glance, the park in Kelsey's neighborhood seemed quiet -- lifeless -- in the 2020 summer heat. But past the empty sidewalks, Kelsey Milian Lopez noticed two people dancing. The partners twirled together on the grass. Even when their hands didn’t touch, the dancers moved to the same beat. The music tied them together. Over the summer, music was also building community across the Atlantic Ocean. In Italy, Maurizio Marchini made international news as he sang opera from his balcony for his quarantined neighbors.
World needs more young innovators!
Can you imagine the world where a lot of kids (not few) would be innovators? I can and it is my goal. I know that world needs more young innovators! Please don't be afraid that you are not smart enough (nobody is smart enough) or you will make mistakes (this is how you get experience). Please don't forget how talented, passionate and coragious you are! Lot's of hugs! You are my hero!
Sustainable Development During COVID-19
COVID-19 is an unforgiving lesson on the interdependency between the different elements of sustainability – from ecosystem integrity to healthcare and the socio-economic prosperity that follows. Our reaction to the crisis needs to be similarly all-encompassing, with the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) providing a fitting framework, especially on a long-term horizon. The 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report revealed what many of us already knew; we were not on track to achieving the SDGs, and called for more significant and accelerated action to engender the unprecedented...
The story of a girl passionate about ICT
Despite the crisis we are experiencing in my country Syria, I believe that it is essential to focus on our objectives in order to make sure we stay on the right track. It was this hope that kept me going from the day I decided to pursue my passion until today. I am Bayan, a girl from Homs city. From childhood, I have been interested in computer science and my dream was to specialize in Computer Engineering after graduating from high school. Unfortunately, I did not obtain a high school score high enough to join the Faculty of Informatics. Regardless, I did not stop going after what I always...
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligence is a collection of different kinds of skills working together. The process of development of computer systems to perform the tasks that require the intelligence of humans is called artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is the development of machines that think and work like humans. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the study of techniques for solving hard problems in polynomial time by using knowledge about the problem domain. AI was found as an academic discipline in the year 1956. Since then, it has experienced several waves of optimism, it was renewed, studied and...
End Food Insecurity with "Foodle" and "FoodlePlus"
The stigma of the world - Hunger According to the latest data available by the United Nations, One in nine people does not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. Hunger is the greatest and totally avoidable stigma on the earth. Hunger and malnutrition are a greater threat to humans and even greater than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. It's estimated that almost 2 billion people worldwide suffer from at least a moderate level of food insecurity. In the most developed country, the United States, food insecurity is no less painful. One in six Americans goes to bed hungry...