Headline March 02, 2018/ ''' EUROPE'S -DATA PRIVACY- *ELIXIR* '''

''' EUROPE'S -DATA PRIVACY- 

*ELIXIR* '''

SENIOR LECTURER - MUHAMMAD HAMMAD KHAN,  from UK, is one beautiful teacher  that you all, ought to know,  and say a quick Hello to-

Well mannered, Kind, Honest, Fair, and  independent minded,......  Full of fun, very full of laughter, with a very developed sense of the  British humour, is also a Football fanatic.

A distinguished former student of Saint Mary's, an MBA from Greenwich University, and Masters in Strategic Marketing from Reading University, UK.

It is Hammad Khan, that I have the honor to nominate him as the Global Head of The World Students Society's brace of total Data rules. 

The students would be delighted to have him see us through to the Global Elections and just beyond.

And I do that just as we begin our preparations and plans to move to our actual portal : www.worldstudentssociety.org.     

ALL TECH GIANTS BRACE for Europe's new privacy rules and in some cases, companies have chosen to remove products from the market.

Over the past two months or so, Google has started letting  people around the world choose what data they want to share with its various products, including Gmail and Google Docs.

Amazon recently began improving the data encryption  on its cloud storage service and simplified an agreement with customers over how it processes their information.

And just one recent Sunday, Facebook rolled out a new global data privacy center - a single page that allows users to organize who sees their posts and what type of ads they are served.

While these changes are rippling out worldwide, a major reason for these shifts comes from Europe.

The Tech Giants are preparing for a stringent new set of data privacy rules in the region, called the  General Data Protection Regulation.

Set to take effect on May 25, the regulations restrict what types of personal data the tech companies can collect, store and use across the 28-member European Union.

Among their provisions, the rules enshrine the so-called right to be forgotten into European law so people can ask the companies to remove certain online data about them.

The rules also require anyone under 16 to obtain parental consent that before using popular digital  services. If companies do not comply, they could face fines totaling 4 percent of their annual revenue.

With deadline for the new rules now just a few months away, Silicon Valley's tech behemoths have been scrambling to get ready.

Facebook and Google have deployed hundreds of people make sense of the regulations. Many of the companies have overhauled how they give users access to their own privacy settings.

Some have redesigned certain products that suck up too much user data. And in some cases, companies have removed products entirely from the European market because they would violate the new privacy rules.

''Every person who works for us has, in some way, been involved in preparing the company for G.D.P.R,'' said Doug Kramer, general counsel of CloudFare an Internet performance and security based in San Francisco that has tightened its data storage and processing practices, referring to the initials for the General Data Protection Regulation.

''G.D.P.R. is going to introduce very fundamental changes to the way the Internet works for everyone.''

The rush of activity is a reminder of how Europe has set the regulatory standard in reining in the immense power of  tech giants, while other places - including the United States - have largely taken a  noninterventionist stance.

The rules were approved to late 2015 after tech companies like Facebook ran into problems over data protection with national privacy watchdogs in various European countries.

European officials said the coming rules are forcing American tech giants to take a step back.

''There has not been any pushback from American companies,'' said Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality.

''If anything they seem very eager to understand how exactly they can comply with the regulation.''

Officials from Facebook, Google and other companies said in an interview that they had been working to give people more control over what data they share anyway.

In the past, many of the companies fought back in European courts over privacy rules and declined to offer certain products in the region rather than redesign them to meet privacy standards.

*The coming of the new rules has nonetheless pushed a huge scale of internal change*.

Gilad Golan, Google's director for security, and data protection, said at a San Francisco event last month to introduce new security features:

''When G.D.P.R. goes into effect in 2018, we will be ready,'' he said.

And concomitantly, when the students decide and set a date for Global Elections on The World Students Society, we all will be ready.

The Honor and Serving of the latest ''Operational Research'' on Privacy, Security and Laws continues. And The World Students Society thanks writer and researcher Sheera Frenkel.

With respectful dedication to the Leaders, Students, Professors and Teachers of the world. See Ya all  register on !WOW! - The World Students Society and Twitter - !E-WOW! - the Ecosystem 2011:

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JAPAN'S $3.5 MILLION FOR EDUCATION

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Government of japan will provide a grant of $3.5 million to the United Nations Children's Fund-

For supporting its initiative to provide quality alternative education to out-of-school-children and adolescents in Pakistan.

The grant will be used by UNICEF during its new country programme [2018-2022] to establish 400 centres under the Alternative Learning programme [ALP], led by the government.

Nearly 15,000 adolescents between the ages of nine to 16 as well as younger children would get a second chance to quality primary education at these centres to be established in KPK, Sindh and Balochistan.

It would also help these children and adolescents to be mainstreamed into the regular education system at lower secondary and secondary level.

Speaking at the signing ceremony Ambassador Takashi Kurai said :

''Education plays a critical role not only for the development  of an individual talents and ability, but-  for the overall economic development of the nation.

For the purpose of ensuring inclusive and quality education for all, Japan will continue to support improvement of education in Pakistan and I do believe that the society in which everyone shines will be achieved.'' 

AMAZON KEYS ALLBELLS

AMAZON buys video doorbell startup Ring.

Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it bought video doorbell startup Ring, in a move that could help the  Internet giant's delivery arm reach into people's homes.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but online reports valued the deal at more than a billion dollars.

''We're excited to work this talented team and help them in their mission to keep homes safe and secure,'' an Amazon spokesperson said.

California-based Ring first caught the spotlight with a failed quest funding about five years ago on reality TV show Shark Tank. But Ring went on to win backing from the likes of billionaire Richard Branson and Amazon's Alexa Fund.

''Ring is committed to our mission to reduce crime in neighborhoods by providing effective yet affordable home security tools to our neighbors that make positive impact on our homes, our communities and the world,'' Ring said in a statement.

''We look forward to being a part of the Amazon team as we work toward our vision for safer neighborhoods.''

Rings home security products include Internet linked video doorbells that can connect to smartphones to show people who is at their doors and allow them to chat.

Amazon last year unveiled a smart lock and camera combination in a move into home security.

''Amazon Key' is available exclusively to members of the  Internet giant's Prime subscription service in an array of US cities.

Key is designed to provide secure and trackable way for packages to be delivered inside homes when people aren't there.

Each Key kit includes an Amazon Cloud Cam synced to the Internet and a smart door lock.

Prime members with the service can use a smartphone application to track packages and then watch deliveries happening or review video of in-home dropoffs.

Key allows someone making a delivery to request access to the recipient's home, with Amazon checking to make sure the proper driver is at the right location at the intended time before unlocking doors, according to the description of the service.

A Cloud Cam providing a view of the inside entryway spurs into action when doors are unlocked, recording a  delivery.

Delivery people are not given access codes, as unlocking doors is done online.

[Agencies].

AIRBNB SO AIRBORNE

HOME SHARE titan Airbnb on Thursday took aim at more upscale travelers with new categories including premium lodging and properties for ''trips of life time''.

In one of the most significant updates since the San Francisco based firm launched a decade ago.

Airbnb added what it called ''Plus'' and ''Beyond'' lodging options along with a handful of new categories such as bed-and-breakfast, boutique and ''unique space.''

The new options came in Airbnb's ''roadmap'' described as putting the sharing economy star on a path to serving one billion guests annually by 2028.

Airbnb said its Plus offerings would be inspected for comfort, cleanliness, and design and were said to be  ''intended for guests looking for beautiful homes, exceptional hosts and added peace of mind.''

The category launched with 2,000 homes in 13 cities.

Beyond Airbnb, which stemmed from the acquisition last year of Luxury Retreats, will launch in coming months and   offer customized  ''trips of a lifetime,'' the company said in a statement.

Airbnb also unveiled a  ''collections''  categories that will offer venues for occasions ranging from work to weddings.

''Ten years ago we never dreamed of what Airbnb could become,'' said co-founder and chief executive Brian Chesky.

''In fact, people thought the idea that strangers would stay in each other's homes was crazy. Today, millions of people every night do just that.'' 

Airbnb has grown to feature 4.5 million places in 81,000 cities. Over the last 10 years, Airbnb hosts overall have earned more than $41 billion    and guests have checked into Airbnb lodging more than 300 million times, according to the company.

Airbnb announced key changes in its leadership team early this month and said it that it won't launch a share offering in 2018.

With an estimated market value of  some $30 billion, Airbnb trails only Uber among the US-based venture-funded  ''unicorns'' which have raised private capital without getting to the stock markets.

[Agencies].

NISSAN AS UBER COMPETITOR

YOKOHAMA : With Easy Ride trial, Nissan takes new steps toward being Uber competitor.

Facing a future in which self-driving cars may curb vehicle ownership, Nissan Motor Co, is taking its first step to becoming an operator of autonomous transportation services-

Hoping to break into a segment set to be dominated by Uber technologies and other technology firms.

In partnership with Japanese mobile gaming platform operator DeNa Co, the automaker will begin public field tests of its Easy Ride service in Yokohama this month -

Becoming among the first major automakers anywhere to test ride-hailing software developed in-house, using its own fleet of self-driving electric cars.

Easy Ride, which Nissan plans to launch in Japan in the early 2020s, is meant to feel more like a concierge service on wheels, making for example - restaurant recommendations while the car is on the move.

The announcement follows an  agreement by Nissan and its automaking partners Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Carp earlier this month to explore future cooperation with Chinese transportation services conglomerate Didi Chuxing.

This move marks a push by the automaker to avoid becoming  the ''Foxconn of the auto industry'' : a mere vehicle supplier to ride - and car-sharing companies.

''We realize that it's going to take time to become a service operator, but we want to enter into this segment by partnership with companies which are experts in the field,'' Nissan chief executive, Hiroto Saikawa, told Reuters in an interview this month.

MADURO'S VENEZUELAN MILITARY

Tillerson raises prospect of Venezuelan military ouster of Maduro.

AUSTIN : US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson one recent Thursday raised the prospect that the  Venezuelan military could decide to oust-

President Nicolas Maduro but said he did not know whether that would in fact actually happen.

In a speech at the University of Texas  ahead of Five-nation Latin America tour, Tillerson insisted that Trump administration was not advocating ''regime change'' in Venezuela but said-

It would be 'easiest' if  Maduro chose to leave power on his own.

He predicted that there would be ''change'' in Venezuela and said the United States wanted to be a  peaceful one.

''In the history of  Venezuela and fact the history in other Latin America and South American countries, often times, it is the military that handles that.

When things are so bad that the military leadership realizes that it just can't serve the citizens anymore. they will manage a peaceful transition,'' Tillerson said.

But he added that, ''Whether that will be case here or not, I do not know.''

[Agencies].

COLUMBIA'S BULLFIGHTING CAMPAIGNS

WITH his tight trousers and boots, Luis Miguel Castrillion is dressed to kill as he prances, feints and pirouettes around a charging bull.

The crowd applauds, but for animal rights campaigners in Columbia, the bullfighter is a cruel killer.

Applause swelled around Bogota's arena for the past month as Castrllon and other matadors taunted and dispatched bulls during the city's annual bullfighting festival.

But animal rights activists whose campaign is taking hold in a traditional bullfighting stronghold, point to the sparse attendances in the arena - well short of the 10,000 clamoring aficionados that once filled it for the month long-festival

Castrillon is left feeling like a frustrated and misunderstood artist. ''You put your life on the line against the bull - the animal can die and so can I - so that in the end, society sees me as a  murderer,'' lamented the 25-year old.

Increasingly, Castrillon is protected outside the arena for what he does inside it, as bull fighting  popularity wanes and campaigners grow bolder.

Two thousand were on hand to protect the festival, more than is usually mobilized for a high-risk Football match.

Bogota's city hall justified the extra security by pointing to violent demonstrations that greeted the return of the festival to Bogota last year after a four year absence, when it was banned by a leftist Mayor.

The festival has been held in Bogota's Santamaria building since 1931. But now under so much criticism that there are increasing concerns among aficionados the bullfighting could be banned altogether.

[Agencies].

Headline March 01, 2018/ ''' ROBOTS -*RASCALLY*- ROBBERS '''

''' ROBOTS -*RASCALLY*- ROBBERS '''

*NEVER EVER FORGET : FIRST, The World Students Society* for every conceivable subject in the world. And then, if time permits, The World.

DOOMING YEARS DECADES : IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO - one just can't imagine what would happen to the jobs and more importantly to-

The societies in these - Highly and densely populated countries like- Indonesia, Pakistan, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Sri Lanka,............

Mr. Andrew Yang's campaign slogan is *Beware of Robots*, and.........

Critics may dismiss Mr. Andrew Yang's campaign slogan : ''Humanity First'' as a futurist vanity stunt.

The Democratic pipeline is already stuffed with would be 2020 contenders, most of whom already have the - Public profile and political experience that Mr. Yang lacks - and at least one of whom,  Bernie Sanders, has already hinted at a support for a *universal basic income*.

But opponents of universal basic income have also pointed to  its steep price tag - an annual outlay of $12,000 per American adult would cost approximately $2 trillion, equivalent roughly to half of the current federal budget -

And the possibility that giving out free money could encourage people not to work.

These reasons, among others, are why Hillary Clinton, who considered adding universal basic income to her 2016 platform, concluded it was ''exciting but not realistic''.

''In America's political culture, there are formidable political obstacles to providing cash to working-age people who aren't employed, and it's unlikely that Universal Basic Income would surmount them.''

Mr Andrew Yang caught the political bug after starting Venture for America, an organization modeled after Teach for America that connects- recent college graduates with  start-up businesses.

During his travel to Midwestern cities, he began to connect the growth of anti-establishment populism with the rise of  *workplace automation*

*''The reason  Donald Trump  was elected was that we automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,''* he said.

''If you look at the voter data, it shows that the higher the level of concentration of   manufacturing robots in a district, the more that district voted for Trump.''

Mr. Yang's skepticism of technology extends beyond factory robots. In his campaign book,  ''The War On Normal People,'' he writes that he wants to establish a Department of the Attention Economy in order to regulate -

Social Media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

He also proposes appointing a cabinet-level secretary of technology, based in Silicon Valley, to  study the effects of emerging technologies.

So over and above, on Universal Basic Income, Mr. Yang thinks he can make case. He has proposed paying for a basic income  with a value-added tax, a consumption-based tax that he says would raise money from  companies that profit from automation.

A recent study by the Roosevelt Institute, a left-leaning think-tank, suggested that such a plan, paid for by a progressive  tax plan, could expand the economy by more than 2 percent and provide jobs for 1.1 million more people.

''Universal basic income is an old idea,'' Mr. Yang said, ''but it's an old idea that right now is uniquely relevant because of what we're experiencing in  society.''

Mr. Yang's prominent supporters include  Andy Stern, a former leader of Service Employees international Union, who credited him with -

''Opening up a discussion the country's afraid to have.''

His campaign has also attracted some of Silicon Valley's elites, Tony Hsieh, the chief executive of  Zappos, is an early donor to Mr. Yang's campaign as are several venture capitalists and high-ranking alumini of Facebook and Google.

And then Mr. Yang has other radical ideas, too. He wants to appoint a White House psychologist,  ''make taxes fun'' by turning April 15 into a national holiday and put into effect -

''Digital Social Credits,'' a kind of gamed reward system to encourage socially productive behavior. And to stem corruption, he suggests increasing the president's salary to $4 million from its current $400,000.

And although he said he was socially liberal, he admitted that he hadn't fully developed all his positions.

On most social issues, Mr. Yang said, ''I believe what you probably think I believe.''

Be that it may, the likelihood, of course, is that Mr. Yang's candidacy won't end with a parade down  Pennsylvania Avenue. Still, experts think that they are glad to have him talking about the long-term risks of automation, at a time-

When much of Washington is consumed with the very immediate and visible.

Erik Brnyjolfsson, the director of  M.I.T's Initiative on the Digital Economy and co-author of ''The Second Machine Age,''  praised Mr. Yang for bringing automation's economic effects into the conversation.

''This is a serious problem. and its going to get a lot worse,'' Mr. Brynjolfsson said.

''In every election for the next 10 to 20 years, this will become a more salient issue, and the candidates who can speak to it effectively will do well.''

Mr. Yang knows he could send the  automation alarm without running for president. But he feels a sense of urgency. In his view, there's no time to mess around with think-tank papers and ''super PACs,'' because clock is ticking.

''We have 5 to 10 years before truckers lose their  job,'' he said, ''and all hell breaks loose.'' 

With respectful dedication to the Leaders of the Free World, Students, Professors and Teachers. See Ya ll register on !WOW! - the World Students Society and  Twitter - !E-WOW! -the Ecosystem 2011:


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