TikTok and Higher Education | Law, Policy—and IT? – Inside Higher Ed

Tracy Mitrano explores the intersection where higher education, the internet and the world meet (and sometimes collide).Remember the values of freedom of thought and speech.“There is a lot of political fervor over TikTok and its connections to the Chinese government, and this is coming out in the form of these perhaps symbolic bans,” said Kurt … Read more

Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel crowned Miss Universe 2022 – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsNEW ORLEANS — R’Bonney Gabriel, a fashion designer, model and sewing instructor from Texas who competition officials said is the first Filipino American to win Miss USA, was crowned Miss Universe on Saturday night.Gabriel closed her eyes and clasped hands with runner-up Miss Venezuela, Amanda Dudamel, at the moment of the … Read more

UK Treasury considers plan for digital pound – bbc.co.uk

The government is considering introducing a "digital pound", the economic secretary to the Treasury has told MPs.The UK was committed to becoming a world crypto hub, Andrew Griffith said.And the government was "a long way down the road… to establish a regime for the wholesale use, for payment purposes, of stablecoins".Stablecoins are designed to have … Read more

Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield shine as Australia cruises to victory over Pakistan in opening ODI – ABC News

SportMeg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield shine as Australia cruises to victory over Pakistan in opening ODIKeep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne ParkPhoebe Litchfield, 19, made a stylish unbeaten 78 off 92 balls in her ODI debut to combine with returned Australian captain Meg Lanning (67 off 76) … Read more

The public sector can't finance net zero alone. Here's how it can … – World Economic Forum

The public sector can build broader capacity for financing green innovation. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Head of the Banking Industry, World Economic ForumPartner; Vice-Chairman, Financial Services, Americas, Oliver Wyman Group (MMC)Partner, Financial Services, Oliver WymanPlatform Curator, Banking and Capital Markets, World Economic ForumProject Fellow, Financing the Transition to a Net-Zero Future initiative, World Economic ForumListen to the … Read more