The Sea Trade Monitor

PortWatch is a new platform which monitors disruptions to global maritime trade. The platform uses real-time data on ship traffic and maritime trade to provide an alert system on trade disruptions likely to impact shipping trade routes. Recent attacks by Houthi rebels on ships traversing the Red Sea have helped to highlight how marine trade is vulnerable to geopolitical instability.. Maps Mania… more →
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Monitor Events and Function Calls via Console

Despite having worked on the very complex Firefox for a number of years, I’ll always love plain old console.log debugging. Logging can provide an audit trail as events happen and text you can share with others. Did you know that chrome provides monitorEvents and monitor so that you can get a log each time an event occurs or function is called? Monitor Events Pass an element and a series of events to monitorEvents to get a console log when the event happens: // Monitor any clicks within the window monitorEvents(window, 'click') // Monitor for keyup and keydown events on the body monitorEvents(document.body, ['keyup', 'keydown']) You can pass an array of events to listen for multiple... more →
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China trials ‘Deadbeat Map’ app to monitor citizens’ debts as part of social credit score system – The Telegraph

China trials ‘Deadbeat Map’ app to monitor citizens’ debts as part of social credit score system  The Telegraph China Focus: Chinese map app holds debtors in check – Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua Is someone in debt nearby? Court uses chat app to alert people  South China Morning Post China tests opening up social credit scores to social media platform WeChat with debt map  ABC News View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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NGO Monitor: Amnesty map app showing IDF attacks on Gaza lacks essential … – Jerusalem Post Israel News

Jerusalem Post Israel News NGO Monitor: Amnesty map app showing IDF attacks on Gaza lacks essential …Jerusalem Post Israel NewsThe Gaza Platform application by NGO Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture – a research project based at Goldsmiths, University of London – officially came out on Wednesday. It maps IDF attacks against Gaza from July until August of last year …and more » map app – Google News… more →
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