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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has once again put out a national call for grant applications for funds to assist internet projects across the country. Preference will be given to projects that not only benefit students but also those geared to assist Indigenous communities and those in rural and northern locations. CIRA has been providing more than $1 million in funding to various projects each year since 2014. For the past few years, including this year, it has offered $1.25 million in grants. Registered charities, non-profit organizations and researchers and academics affiliated with a post-secondary school in Canada are encouraged to submit funding applications for projects before the April 14 deadline. Traditionally, CIRA officials receive more than 100 applications for funding annually. “We usually fund 15- 20- per cent of the applications that come in,” said Maureen James, who manages CIRA’s Community Investment Program. “It’s very competitive.” … [Read more...] about CIRA seeks grant applications for internet projects

Every now and then, new trends hit social media and take the internet by storm. Recently, a lot of Bollywood celebrities like Vicky Kaushal and Gurmeet Choudhary impressed the fans with their ‘Don’t Rush Challenge’. They posted cool videos on their respective Instagram handles. Now, veteran actor and comedian Johny Lever took up the ‘Don’t Touch Me’ challenge with his kids, Jamie and Jesse and it is simply unmissable. The video was shared by the actor’s daughter on Instagram and in no time, it went viral on the internet. In the video, the trio can be seen showing off their cool dance moves while grooving to the song ‘Don’t Touch Me’. Johny can be seen sporting a blue t-shirt and trousers while his kids can be seen twinning in all-black ensembles. Apart from their dance moves, their expressions are stealing the show and how! Sharing the video with her fans, Jamie wrote, “Duniya bole don’t rush hum bole DON’T TOUCH!! @iam_johnylever @jesse_lever #familytime #leverfam All thanks to … [Read more...] about Johny Lever takes up ‘Don’t Touch Me’ challenge with kids Jamie and Jesse; Varun Dhawan calls it the ‘best thing on the internet’

The honeymoon period for giant internet companies is long gone, and no one is under more scrutiny than Google . It is facing charges of violating competition laws, accusations of political bias and bipartisan calls to roll back its treasured legal immunities. On top of all that, any day now the Supreme Court will issue its decision in Google v. Oracle , a copyright infringement suit arising from Google's copying of over 11,000 lines of Oracle's computer code. Google has been using Oracle's code for more than a decade. It was caught flat-footed when Apple announced the first iPhone back in 2007. One way Google closed the gap was to copy Oracle's Java code into its Android mobile platform. Java was already a well-known and respected program, and by using it Google could entice app developers to write apps for its phones quickly, to catch up with Apple's early lead. Oracle offered a variety of license options for the use of Java, but Google refused them all. It wasn't the … [Read more...] about Google’s Anti-competitive Behavior Will be its Undoing | Opinion

Today let’s talk about a comprehensive new report on election integrity, and the particularly low marks it gave to one platform in particular. I. The 283-page report, which was published today, is called “ The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election .” It is the final work of a coalition of some of the most respected names in platform analysis in academia and the nonprofit world: the Stanford Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. The report builds on work that the partnership did leading up to and after November to identify and counter false narratives about the 2020 US presidential election. It describes its goals this way: The EIP’s primary goals were to: (1) identify mis- and disinformation before it went viral and during viral outbreaks, (2) share clear and accurate counter-messaging, and (3) document the specific misinformation actors, transmission … [Read more...] about How YouTube failed the 2020 election test

Welcome to Edition 3.35 of the Rocket Report! There is an incredible amount of launch news this week, but I want to start with this: my new book on the origins of SpaceX, Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX , was published this week . Early reviews have been tremendous, and if you're at all interested in the company, or just want a rollicking story, please check it out. As always, we welcome reader submissions , and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar. Rocket Lab unveils plans for larger rocket . This week, the US rocket company said it had plans to go public, as well as develop a "Neutron" rocket capable of launching as much as 8 tons to low Earth orbit. "Rocket Lab solved small launch with … [Read more...] about Rocket Report: SpaceX explains landing failure, more on New Glenn delays