[kictanet] Five Things to Know

Tue Jun 4 10:44:07 EAT 2019

thanks for sharing.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 8:47 AM Caroline Njeri via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing valuable information to me.Embracing ICT for good
> governance!Cheers.
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> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 6:48 PM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> What you can do, and what we’re doing to help.
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>> [image: 5 for Five]
>> 5 Things to Know in Less Than Five Minutes
>> *1. Block "Fingerprinting" & Increase Privacy with Firefox*
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>> *2. Mozilla Brings Ethics to Computer Science Curriculum*
>> Mozilla joined with others to award funding to 17 initiatives that
>> integrate ethics into undergraduate computer science courses. "Today's
>> computer scientists write code with the potential to affect billions of
>> people's privacy, security, equality, and well–being," says Mozilla Fellow,
>> Kathy Pham. Check out the winning initiatives, and learn more about this
>> important work »
>> <https://click.e.mozilla.org/?qs=c96ae4116f0a76f998ba0ac1e8fbc3e811ed39591c6f669e93fe2dbee281e8c6f358a8e0c6f246a1e7419348313ba1afdcb37610ef9aa346>
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>> *3. "Deepfakes" are Here. Now What?*
>> Mozilla's 2019 Internet Health Report digs into "deepfakes." Deepfakes
>> are photos, videos or audio clips manipulated using artificial intelligence
>> to depict a person saying something that they have never said, or doing
>> something they have never done. See the report to learn more about what
>> deepfakes are
>> <https://click.e.mozilla.org/?qs=c96ae4116f0a76f9a634fd2fcca65da34451764a55b5760e193bf595ffd029b0d888bf9542198387e533a71514cae480eb8401ad24e856b1>,
>> how they've been used, and what strategies might work to deal with them.
>>
>> *4. The Latest Firefox Release is Faster than Ever *
>> Firefox has gotten up to 80% faster than a year ago (and still going) by
>> making improvements at an average of 1% faster every week all while
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>> <https://click.e.mozilla.org/?qs=c96ae4116f0a76f94f85fab22c7105e9cbfc3f52bd6ed1bfd813781103d47ff3735e971afc2df76c11b8e053a1efb316214640e4a173dc0a>
>>
>> *5. We're Making Virtual Reality Available to Everyone*
>> Even though virtual reality (VR) has been in the mainstream for several
>> years now, it's still not very accessible. It often takes trained engineers
>> to create, release and distribute VR content. That could soon change,
>> however, thanks to a new project built on top of the WebVR platform that
>> Mozilla has pioneered. Read more »
>> <https://click.e.mozilla.org/?qs=c96ae4116f0a76f9abd9ee6a6a567814fcb24364c99637583d71550daab18612300a2ed62b9565d3ef7fadf1e70d0f373816065faeb0ac12>
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>>    - Firefox Send
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