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Coronavirus Is More Than a Health Disaster – It’s a Human Calamity WEF

Coronavirus Is More Than a Health Disaster – It’s a Human Calamity

The New York Times of March 20, asks rhetorically – “Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?” A Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in relation to China’s novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) categorized  as a viral pneumonia. was declared by WHO’s Director General, Dr. Tedros on 30 January 2020, when outside of China…
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March 30, 2020
Coronavirus cyber-attacks expose ‘cyber poverty gap’ – World Economic Forum WEF

Coronavirus cyber-attacks expose ‘cyber poverty gap’ – World Economic Forum

The organization calls for a cybersecurity equivalent of the UK’s state-owned healthcare systemA wave of cyber-attacks against organizations that are critical to the fight against coronavirus has exposed the failings of a market-driven approach to cyber-preparedness, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).The WEF has identified a ‘cyber poverty gap’…
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March 26, 2020
Tracking deforestation in West Africa with satellites and drones: Open Data Day 2020 report WEF

Tracking deforestation in West Africa with satellites and drones: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. Thanks to generous support from key funders, the Open Knowledge Foundation was able to support the running of more…
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March 25, 2020
Fast Forward to 2040: How to prepare for the new era in brain enhancement that will change the way we think, work, and heal WEF

Fast Forward to 2040: How to prepare for the new era in brain enhancement that will change the way we think, work, and heal

Decades from now when our aug­ment­ed brains have enhanced our cog­ni­tive func­tion and trans­formed near­ly every aspect of our lives, many of us will look back and won­der why we didn’t do more to pre­pare for these inevitable changes. Gov­ern­ment lead­ers may grap­ple with the run­away effects of AI and…
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March 19, 2020
Current Affairs Quiz: March 14, 2020 WEF

Current Affairs Quiz: March 14, 2020

First Published: March 14, 2020 | Last Updated:March 16, 2020 12345678910 1).Which Indian public sector bank waived the minimum balance requirement for all savings bank (SB) accounts? Punjab National Bank State Bank of India Canara Bank Union Bank of India 2).World Economic Forum (WEF) released its new list of 115…
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March 14, 2020