Meet the Filipino Scientist Who Invented the Videophone in 1954
WEBOn March 30, 2016, the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) posted on Facebook a photo from 1954 of Filipino engineer Gregorio Y. Zara demonstrating his latest invention: a two-way television telephone, or videophone, patented as a “photo phone signal separator network.”. The post quickly became popular especially ...
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WEBAmidst Venezuela's highest repression peak, Operation Knock Knock is a doxxing campaign sponsored by the Venezuelan regime to threaten and persecute voters, journalists, activists and political and community leaders. Global Voices is an international, multilingual community of writers, translators, academics, and digital rights activists.
Lingua - Global Voices
WEBWhat is Global Voices and what is Lingua? Global Voices is a border-less, mostly volunteer community of hundreds of writers, analysts, online media experts, and translators. Global Voices has been leading the conversation on citizen media reporting since 2005; curating, verifying and translating trending news and stories you might be missing on the Internet, from blogs, independent press, and ...
Don’t Call “Xi the Bun” — Chinese Netizens Are Being Jailed for ...
WEBDec 27, 2017 · Wang Jiang Feng, a netizen from Shangdong was sentenced to 22 months in jail in April 2017 after being convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” when he jokingly referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as Xi Baozi or “Xi the Steamed Bun” and then called him a “Maoist thug”. The maximum penalty for this crime is five ...
Community pantries inspire hope amid pandemic and economic …
WEBMay 5, 2021 · A community-initiated food bank, established to serve the hungry amid the pandemic and its economic fallout, has inspired various mutual aid efforts across the Philippines. More popularly known locally as “community pantries”, these food banks are spaces on the sidewalks or in plazas where people contribute food and other necessities to …
Global Voices Summit 2015 · Cebu City, Philippines – January 24 …
WEBOn January 24-25, participants from over 60 countries gathered at the Cebu Provincial Capitol in Cebu City, Philippines, to explore the connections between the open Internet, freedom of expression and online civic movements around the world. Since 2006, Global Voices Summits have brought together the most innovative and inspiring digital ...
How India’s increasing online scams are threatening the digital ...
WEBNov 10, 2023 · The launch of the Digital India campaign in 2015 marked the beginning of a digital revolution that has profoundly transformed India's socio-economic environment. From the shift to online classrooms to the widespread adoption of digital transactions for everyday shopping, many Indians now favour the convenience of digital payments. India has also taken the lead in online transactions as per ...
Yugoslavia wasn’t a Soviet ally—so why does that misconception …
WEBOct 26, 2019 · As part of its balancing act between the blocs, Yugoslavia was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961. Unlike East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, it was on the western side of the Iron Curtain, the so-called line dividing the Soviet-dominated zone from the rest of Europe.. The incorrect assertion that equates Yugoslavia with the Soviet Union has popped ...
Diving tragedy plunges Trinidad & Tobago into mourning and …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · On February 25, five divers on a job for Paria Trading Company Limited, a state-owned fuel and logistics business in Trinidad and Tobago, were sucked into the 36-inch oil pipeline on which they were working.The cause of the accident, initially unknown, was later attributed to a powerful vacuum effect presumably triggered by the removal of a flange attached to the vertical section of the U ...
The pioneers of Nigeria’s Igbo highlife music · Global Voices
WEBJun 8, 2022 · Oliver de Coque, born as Oliver Sunday Akanite (1947-2008), was a talented musician and guitarist with over 70 recorded albums.De Coque was trained by Piccolo, a Congolese guitarist living in Nigeria.His music style is characterized by all the elements of highlife but with a flair with the guitar. In fact, de Coque made the guitar-based highlife a dominant feature of this genre of music.
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