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Empowering Refugees: Designing Tech Solutions for Food Security
In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don’t have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) of the Unite
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Calibra: Facebook's Real Cryptocurrency Strategy – Beyond Libra
Amid the hype around Facebook’s plan to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, there’s one big question. How is the company going to profit from it? The project
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Tech Innovations Fueling Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa
According to the 2018/2019 report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, African countries such as Angola and Madagascar have some of the high
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Blockchain for a Faster, Smarter Australian Carbon Market
This article and the research it describes were co-authored by Sam Hartmann, who led the work as a graduate researcher at the University of Melbourne. Since
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Blockchain Voting: Risks & Potential for Secure Elections
A developing technology called “blockchain” has gotten attention from election officials, startups and even Democratic presidential candidate And
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Preparing Indonesian Law Schools for the Technological Revolution
Who would be responsible if a driverless car injures a pedestrian? Is it right that a profit-seeking tech company releases its own digital currency? As techno
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Blockchain for Digital Identity: PayPal CEO on the Future of Online IDs
In an interview, PayPal’s chief executive, Dan Schulman, recently discussed the prospects for blockchain – the encrypted, decentralised online le
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Blockchain for Data Security: Preventing Future Breaches
Just before the new year, approximately 15 million Canadians — about 40 per cent of the entire population of Canada — learned that their sensitive personal
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Digital Currency & Privacy: Understanding the Implications of a Central Bank Digital Currency
The widespread use of cryptocurrency as an alternative method of payment has led to a growing digital ecosystem over the years. Governments are behind the curve
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AI, 3D Printing & Blockchain: Resilient Supply Chains in a Crisis
What seemed like science fiction a few short weeks ago is now very real. Movies such as Outbreak, Contagion and Virus are looking more like documentaries every
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Blockchain for Climate Action: 3 Ways to Drive Global Change
The world has failed to halt global warming. Four years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, most experts predict global warming will exceed the agreed thr
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Canada Online Privacy: Risks & What You Need to Know
With so many of us stuck at home due to the pandemic, people have been spending a lot more time online in general and on social media in particular. This is not
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Understanding Food Supply Chain Disruptions & Transparency
Six months ago, you may not have thought much about where your groceries were produced. But chances are you’re thinking about it now. The COVID-19 crisis has
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Estonia's Digital Republic: Insights & Implications for the Future
People around the globe have been watching the build up to the US election with disbelief. Particularly confusing to many is the furore over postal ballots, whi
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Blockchain in Higher Education: Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals
Improving quality of life for people globally means investing in education. By 2025, more than 100 million learners are estimated to be capable of higher educat
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Christie's Auctions Beeple's 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' - A Landmark NFT Sale
Since May 2007, US-based digital artist Mike Winkelmann (who goes by the name Beeple) has posted a new artwork online every day. He posted the 5,000th one in Ja
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NFTs: A Comprehensive Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens & Their Growing Value
A couple of days ago, the musician Grimes sold some animations she made with her brother Mac on a website called Nifty Gateway. Some were one-offs, while others
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NFTs and Destruction: Exploring the Value of Burned Art
A blockchain company has bought a piece of Banksy artwork and burnt it. But instead of destroying the value of the art, they claim to have made it more valuable
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NFTs Explained: Understanding the Hype and Market Value
Last week, Christie’s sold a digital collage of images called “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for US$69.3 million dollars. This week, Elon Musk said he’s selli
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Understanding NFTs: How They Work & Determine Value | Cryptocurrency Expert
Takeaways · Nonfungible tokens prove ownership of a digital item – image, sound file or text – in the same way that people own crypto coins. · Unlike crypto c
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Down Payment Requirements: How Much Do You Actually Need for a Home?It’s the oldest personal finance advice in the book – don’t buy something if you can’t afford it. That wisdom is just as useful today as it was before the first do...
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Investing for Minors: Buying Stocks Online - Options & RequirementsWhile there's no bar to a minor investing in shares, you can't open an online brokerage account on your own. You'll need a parent or guardian to open an account with your name attached to ...
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iPhone 2017 Settlement: Are You Eligible for Apple Compensation?If you were an iPhone user back in 2017, something weird happened: Apple essentially confirmed a conspiracy theory about its own products. Consumers have long wondered if personal electronics had a ti...
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Opening a Savings Account for Another Person: Options & RequirementsA boy counting coins on the floor with his grandfather. Although opening a savings account for someone else is a thoughtful idea, it's not always possible. You can't open a bank accou...