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Education Dec 4, 2023

Universities urged to turn campuses paperless to cut deforestation rates

Universities will do the environment a good service and trim deforestation levels if they turn their campuses paperless, according to a study published as part of the 2022 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International ...

Political science Oct 13, 2022

Bulletin highlights risk-limiting audits as efficient means of confirming the accuracy of election results

The Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released "Election Security: Risk-Limiting Audits." It is the latest in a series of ACM TechBriefs—short technical bulletins that present ...

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2022

Digital nomads want to replace the nation state—is there a darker side to this quest for global freedom?

A 'network state' is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralized. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are in one place.

Environment Jan 14, 2021

Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

It's not just to hide clutter anymore—add "saving the planet" to the reasons you leave the camera off during your next virtual meeting.

Political science Sep 2, 2020

Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can help defend elections and democracy, study finds

With just over two months before the 2020 election, three professors at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business offer a comprehensive review of how other nations are seeking to protect their democratic institutions ...

Security Jul 13, 2019

New election systems use vulnerable software

Pennsylvania's message was clear: The state was taking a big step to keep its elections from being hacked in 2020. Last April, its top election official told counties they had to update their systems. So far, nearly 60% have ...

Business Jun 27, 2019

Canada, Netherlands to pilot test epassports for transatlantic flights

Canada and the Netherlands announced Wednesday the launch of a pilot project for paperless travel between the two countries.

Internet May 20, 2019

High-tech Estonia votes online for European Parliament

Estonia was crippled by cyberattacks on government networks during a dispute with Russia in 2007. Today the tiny tech-savvy nation is so certain of its cyber defenses that it is the only country in the world to allow internet ...

Internet Dec 26, 2018

Digitally enhanced: Estonia plots the end of bureaucracy

In the Estonian capital of Tallinn, three-day-old Oskar Lunde sleeps soundly in his hospital cot, snuggled into a lime green blanket decorated with red butterflies. Across the room, his father turns on a laptop.

Security Oct 29, 2018

US election integrity depends on security-challenged firms

It was the kind of security lapse that gives election officials nightmares. In 2017, a private contractor left data on Chicago's 1.8 million registered voters—including addresses, birth dates and partial Social Security ...

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