Weekly Roundup 5/23/16

Happy Monday, Readers! It is time for your Weekly Roundup! This week is monumental for the field of international development. Due to the current world “witnessing the highest level of human suffering since the Second World War”, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has asked world leaders to gather at the World Humanitarian Summit in hopes of finding more successful pathways towards peace. The World Humanitarian Summit will take place today and tomorrow in Istanbul - you can watch the Summit live here.

The agenda for the Summit has been divided into 7 core responsibilities: to prevent and end conflict, to respect rules of war, to leave no one behind, to catalyze action for gender equality, to respond to disasters and climate change, to work differently to respond quicker in times of crisis, and to invest in humanity. We hope leaders keep in mind the role of appropriate tech as a catalyst to increase the capacity and efficiency of humanitarian efforts. NDItech has also been continuing to inform others around the world about how technology can be extremely valuable in the field of international development. Chris Doten has just recently returned from the g0v Conference, where he spoke our DemTools initiative. Great job, Chris!

Tech News:

• For People with Disabilities, New Technology Can Be Life Changing

• Terrorists no longer welcome on OneDrive or Hotmail

• Active attack targets Internet-connected radios from Ubiquiti Networks.

• Security News This Week: Russia’s FindFace Face-Recognition App Is a Privacy Nightmare

• Google Thinks You’re Ready to Converse with Computers

Civic Tech:

• Enabling Liberian journalists to practice their craft void of intimidation and other forms of censorship

• Study: China's Government Fabricates About 488 Million Social Media Posts Every Year

• Can We End Famine As We Know It In Our Lifetime? Is Technology the Solution?

• Internet Censorship and China’s New Online Publication Law

Mobile News:

• “The sale of smartphones is growing in India, but it’s a price-sensitive market”

• Google's Project Ara will come to consumers in 2017

• "The Next Android Will Have Virtual Reality Baked Right In"

• Wired’s Product Review of the Xiaomi Mi 5-The latest smartphone from Chinese electronics that is powerful and relatively cheap.