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Hackcorona: 300 participants, 41 nationalities, 23 solutions
Originally published at Dataconomy. In just one day, the HackCorona initiative gathered over 1700 people and 300 selected hackers came up with 23 digital solutions to help the world fight the
Community-sourced tech targets coronavirus
Originally published at Dataconomy. From a shortage of medical equipment to caring for patients remotely, Data Natives’ global community tackled the most pressing problems Greece is facing due to COVID-19
How healthcare institutions and hackers cooperate
Originally published at Dataconomy. Hacking Health Berlin, Charité University Hospital Berlin, the Berlin Institute of Health, Data Natives and Vision Health Pioneers brought together 164 participants, and 20 hacking teams that produced 14
How can governments harness the power of volunteering
Originally published at Dataconomy. Assistant Volunteer, a project of Nable Solutions, was born during the HackCoronaGreece online hackathon to better coordinate the efforts of volunteers. Today, Assistant Volunteer’s platform is
Smart Data instead of Big Data: 6 Inspiring Women in Data Science
“It is certainly no easy task to make a contribution to diversity within a classic male domain such as data science,” said our founder Elena Poughia. “Nonetheless, this year, more
How United Nations Backs Tech for the Social Good
Joining forces, IBM, the United Nations Human Rights Office and the American Red Cross are connecting human rights workers and developers to come up with projects for the social good.
Are we doing enough to establish ethical AI?
Ethical AI is a hot topic that is increasingly discussed. But as long as universities don’t have ethics in the curriculums and we leave ethical standards up to CEOs, we
The environmental cost of always being online
Cloud computing is becoming the next big contributor to global warming. The most exciting technologies of recent years are slowly becoming threats to our ecosystem. Few in the tech scene
How the tech scene is tackling the biggest greenhouse-gas-emitting categories.
Trump has been attacking wind turbines for quite a while. He has made the most bizarre claims about them, as he tried to prevent the construction of wind turbine parks
