By 2030, the world population of obese children and adolescents is predicted to grow by 60 percent to 254 million.[1] With this global health challenge in mind, Sveatoslav Vizitiu and Dumitru Petreus, two software developers in Romania, believe mobile technology can help address this problem. Having struggled with health issues [...]
Just a block away from our office doors in the heart of Washington, D.C., a call for justice rings out. A call for an end to systemic racism. A call for all of us to stand with the Black community by looking within ourselves, our neighborhoods, and our workplaces to [...]
Recently, my colleague authored a resource (the 101 version of this “course,” for the academically inclined) to answer questions about European COVID-19 proximity tracing and exposure notification applications and to construct a best-practices framework for such apps. Now, we pivot our focus to the United States, where efforts to rally [...]
In light of the current global health crisis, more people are using the internet than before, making clear the relationship between broadband access and the app economy. During a time where all of us are working, learning, receiving healthcare, and entertaining ourselves at home, the internet is more integral to [...]
The end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have seen rampant attacks on an aspect of communications technologies we often take for granted: encryption. In addition to being the protective buffer of most internet traffic—everything from commercial transactions to social interactions—it also protects those who may need increased privacy, [...]
