The Foundation is collaborating with the New York Academy of Sciences to hold the challenge.
Category - Civic Tech
New Facebook tool lets journalists monitor political ads
The tool will make advertising more transparent to help prevent abuse during elections.
WhatsApp CEO in India, promises to sanitise platform
The platform has limited forward messaging to five chats for over 200 million users in India.
Now a mobile app for India’s border roads personnel
It would benefit 36,000 border roads personnel serving in remote areas.
Kerala flood victims can share location with Google Maps
Users can share their plus codes over a voice call or an SMS.
Facebook birthday fundraisers raise $300 mn in 1st year
Facebook also added a tool so people can make recurring monthly donations to non-profits.
Litigants can now file cases in Supreme Court online
It will help litigants and lawyers file cases and submit documents online in the apex court.
NITI Aayog’s Pitch to MOVE to encourage mobility startups
Start-ups offering solutions for shared and sustainable mobility are being encouraged.
The benefits of a secure digital identity system
It is easy for people to create fake profiles online and pretend to be someone else.
How a video game may improve empathy in school children
Some players showed altered neural networks commonly linked to emotion regulation.