Canada’s been on the path toward a cashless society even before the pandemic, with COVID-19 only accelerating it. This is a good thing, right? Well, without policy changes, this societal shift will leave Canada’s most vulnerable in the dust. Many poor Canadians can’t live in a digital economy. They don’t have the devices nor the internet access to participate. As a result, there are campaigns that the Canadian government should treat communications devices and the internet as human rights, rather than luxuries, and serve the poorest citizens of their nation. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
