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  cake cutting for IWD celebrations International women’s day is Google Women techmakers’ largest annual event campaign where different ambassadors all around the world host events during the month of March and April to celebrate remarkable achievements of women. These events are a time to share, learn and connect with our tech communities. This year the theme for the Google women techmakers IWD 2023 is “Dare to be” where we were empowering our communities to have the courage, to be confident, innovative and to be bold, to take all risks and be what they want to be. Google Women techmakers Jinja held IWD 2023 celebrations on the 25 th March at the Innovation village jinja, we had a great all day event where we had over 50 attendees, incredible speakers and panelists sharing their experiences. This events are not only for women, we also welcome Gentlemen that support women in tech. AGENDA SN ITEM  PERSON IN CHARGE 1 Arri...

cnet.com TikTok says it deleted more than 49 million videos which violated its rules in second half of last year.  The videos that were deleted fell under the categories such as hate speech and adult nudity or sexual activity, said the business in it's latest transparency report released on it's website. About one-third of the videos were from India, followed by the United States, and Pakistan, it added. The US has suggested it is "looking at" whether to ban the Chinese-owned app. On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that downloading TikTok would put citizens' "private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party". The report comes days after the company owned by China's ByteDance was banned from India citing cyber security concerns, one of its biggest markets, after a Sino-India border clash. The short-form video making app also decided to exit the Hong Kong market following China's establishmen...

Photo Credit: Youtube.com Samaira Mehta is a 12-year-old the founder of Yes, 1 Billion Kids Can Code and CEO of a board game company called CoderBunnyz who wants to get 1 billion kids into coding by the time she graduates from college around 2030. While the coronavirus pandemic threatened to put a damper on her ambitions to host workshops, Mehta decided the only way forward was to leverage all the time spent indoors to bring coding and artificial intelligence education directly to people's homes. Through her company, which she co-founded with her mom, the Santa Clara, California-based middle schooler sells two different board games: CoderBunnyz, which teaches basic coding concepts, and CoderMindz, which is focused on artificial intelligence principles. Now, the company also offers free AI and coding curriculum online all around the world. Mehta is also launching a new initiative called Boss Biz, a program teaching kids how to create a business alongside entrepreneurs...

Photo credit: PML Daily Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Yesterday on Fox news that the U.S. is “certainly looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok. “I don’t want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it’s something we’re looking at,” Mr. Pompeo said. U.S. lawmakers have raised national security concerns over TikTok’s handling of user data, saying they were worried about Chinese laws requiring domestic companies “to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.” Mr. Pompeo said Americans should be cautious in using the short-form video app owned by China-based ByteDance. “Only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,” Mr. Pompeo remarked when asked if he would recommend people to download TikTok. Cnet.com The huge Chinese social media company has experienced phenomenal growth in the last three years. It's been downloaded more th...