UN Report Urges Solutions to Dark Web Drug Trade
The agency has called for more legislative and technological methods for clamping down on the dark web’s narcotics marketplace. Continue reading UN Report Urges Solutions to Dark Web Drug Trade
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Hackaday Advises the United Nations
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is being held this week at the United Nations in New York and Hackaday will be there. Sophi Kravitz is representing us as the conference discusses assistive technology.
Sophi’s panel is Thursday mid-day, entitled: Tec Talk: Brilliant New Designs in Assistive Technology, Ease of Use & Multimedia. The Hackaday community has become a world leader in thinking about new designs, implementations, and increased availability of assistive technologies. We’re really excited to have an organization like the UN recognize this trait. Congratulations on all of you who have spent time thinking …read more
Why World Powers Are Fighting Over this Sliver of Antarctic Ocean
The Antarctic Treaty once broke down geopolitical borders. Now, it’s building them back up again. Continue reading Why World Powers Are Fighting Over this Sliver of Antarctic Ocean
Paris Accord Protesters: ‘We Need to Go to an Emergency War Footing Right Now’
Meet the activists calling for a declaration of an international emergency and a “WWII-scale mobilization” to stop climate change. Continue reading Paris Accord Protesters: ‘We Need to Go to an Emergency War Footing Right Now’
So We Signed the Paris Agreement. Now What?
World leaders have finally signed a historic climate agreement. Now all we have to do is fundamentally reshape the global economy. Continue reading So We Signed the Paris Agreement. Now What?
Africa Is About To Fall Off An HIV Cliff
A new study finds that Sub-Saharan Africa needs fresh funding sources for HIV treatment and prevention, like yesterday. Continue reading Africa Is About To Fall Off An HIV Cliff
FBI’s iPhone Backdoor May Violate International Law, Says UN Human Rights Rep
“If the order goes through, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if some international human rights bodies responded.” Continue reading FBI’s iPhone Backdoor May Violate International Law, Says UN Human Rights Rep