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"Cloud services have become the default tools many people use to get their work done. But this can mean giving up privacy and control. Some open source alternatives are now offering tools to put people back in charge."

"The full version of Amazon's union-busting training video that was sent to Whole Foods management in 2018. It was then leaked by Whole Worker to the media. "

"acebook has finally revealed the details of its cryptocurrency, Libra, which will let you buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. You'll pseudonymously buy or cash out your Libra online or at local exchange points like grocery stores, and spend it using interoperable third-party wallet apps or Facebook's own Calibra wallet that will be built into WhatsApp, Messenger and its own app. Today Facebook released its white paper explaining Libra and its testnet for working out the kinks of its blockchain system before a public launch in the first half of 2020."

reddit: the front page of the internet Reddit is an entertainment, social networking, and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct links, making it essentially an online bulletin board system

Chris is expanding this article into a book, due out in May 2006. Follow his continuing coverage of the subject on The Long Tail blog. In 1988, a British mountain climber named Joe Simpson wrote a book called Touching the Void, a harrowing account of near death in the Peruvian Andes.

Free as in Freedom is a free book licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License about the life of Richard Stallman, written by Sam Williams and published by O'Reilly Media on March 1, 2002. Williams conducted several interviews with Stallman during the writing of the book, as well as with classmates, colleagues of Stallman, and his mother. The book has received positive reviews.

"Decentralization transfers that power from individuals and corporations to technology and immutable math, leading to reduced overheads, improved security, more resiliency and higher efficiency. There are three technologies that will form the foundation of the decentralized computing stack - mesh networks (decentralized networking), block chain (decentralized transactions) and autonomous agents (decentralized decision making)."

The BM has begun an unusual collaboration with Wikipedia to help ensure that the museum's expertise and notable artifacts are reflected in that digital reference's pages. "(...) five times as many people go to the Wikipedia article as to ours." In other words, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...

Bruce Sterling closes the SXSW Interactive Festival with a wide-ranging, hour-long speech about the state of the nation (technological obsolescence of humanity, the robots-will-take-our-jobs,...)

"The full report details how and why open source solutions are making their way into enterprises with such remarkable momentum. And it explains some of the ways companies are turning to enterprise open source solutions to modernize their approaches to IT and digitally transform their businesses."

Immediate action is required to halt the COVID-19 Pandemic and treat those it has affected. It is a practical and moral imperative that every tool we have at our disposal be applied to develop and deploy technologies on a massive scale without impediment. We therefore pledge to make our intellectual property available free of charge for use in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and minimizing the impact of the disease. We will implement this pledge through a license that details the terms and conditions under which our intellectual property is made available.

Support the preservation of mother tongues , allow users of office productivity software to retain the intellectual propertyin the documents they create. The home for our activities should be an independent self-governing democratic foundation. They reject A closed software development process where errors can lie hidden and poor quality is accepted

Executive Chairwoman and CEO of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation, one of the first employees of the legal department of Netscape Communications Corporation, wrote both the Netscape Public License and the Mozilla Public License, elected Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.

Deputy Chairman of The Document Foundation (Libreoffice). involved in the Taiwanese open source community since 1993, and since 2015 he is the President of the Software Liberty Association Taiwan (SLAT)

Co-founder of Cygnus Solutions, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks, the DES Cracker, and the Internet's "alt" newsgroups. Advocate of encryption policy. Currently on the boards of EFF, Usenix Association, CodeWeavers, and ReQuest.

He also served from 2000-2007 as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization he helped form. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995, and in 1999 served a term as Chairman of the Board. ****Since 2005, he has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google****

"WHAT? / Which are the new skills and competences? / Recognition of new skills and competences (e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: key competences, intercultural competences, problem solving skills, creativity, initiative, self responsibility etc. ) HOW? / By what means? / Acquiring the new skills and competences(e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: collaborative learning, learning environment, social networks, mentoring etc.) WHY? / In what purpose? / Expectations(e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: Motivation, Communication, Employability, Entrepreneurship etc)"

Related bookmarks: - Coalition of Automated Legal Applications | Working Groups http://coala.global/?page_id=15461 - Bitlov is a blockchain secured money automation system for individuals, corporations, and also charities. http://www.bitlov.com - How to Write Safe Smart Contracts https://chriseth.github.io/notes/talks/safe_solidity/#/ - Doing Distributed Business | Eris + IPFS https://db.erisindustries.com/distributed%20business/2015/11/01/eris-and-ipfs/ - Slock.it to Introduce Smart Locks Linked to Smart Ethereum Contracts, Decentralize the Sharing Economy | Bitcoin Magazine - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slock-it-to-introduce-smart-locks-linked-to-smart-ethereum-contracts-decentralize-the-sharing-economy-1446746719 Pay for Performance, Simplified - http://smartcontract.com/ Related articles: - Smart contract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20contract - Ethereum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum - Crypto-anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-anarchism - Block chain (database) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20chain%20%28database%29

"Top Tips for a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Plan Ahead Crowdfunding is in no way the quick or 'easy option' and requires months of strategic planning before you launch. Talk to people about your idea, run focus groups (or set up a Facebook group online), and build an engaged and excited community in advance, so you can hit the ground running when your campaign launches. Getting your video pitch right is crucial, so make it professional, with good visuals and audio."

"Why shouldn't refugees in Germany be able to live in shared flats (or other normal housing situations) instead of mass accommodation? We thought the same & found a way to make it possible."