Geeks Without Frontiers

10/08/2026

In 1970, a street in Fullerton, California, became an unusual experiment in recycling when crushed waste glass was used as a major part of its asphalt surface. Instead of sending unwanted bottles to disposal, the material was processed and incorporated into a road mixture that covered part of a 600-...

10/08/2026

Geeks Without Frontiers was an early pioneer of the "Dig Once" architecture

Our cities are built atop a dangerous obstacle course of cables. The Magic Kingdom found a better way.

09/23/2026

It sends encrypted signals with no satellites or relay towers required

09/16/2026

Bio diversity is key to life on earth

Biodiversity is the key to life on Earth and reviving our damaged planet, says ecologist Thomas Crowther. Sharing the inside story of his headline-making research on reforestation, which led to the UN's viral Trillion Trees Campaign, Crowther introduces Restor: an expansive, informative platform bui...

09/07/2026

Blockchain for good!

Blockchain Week - UNGA Edition 2026 is the premier 10-day blockchain gathering during the United Nations General Assembly and New York Fashion Week in New York City.

09/04/2026

The sounds of the rainforest include: the chirps of birds, the buzz of cicadas, the banter of gibbons. But in the background is the almost-always present sound of a chainsaw, from illegal loggers. Engineer Topher White shares a simple, scalable way to stop this brutal deforestation — that starts w...

09/01/2026

08/28/2026

08/18/2026

Those in the data sovereignty world may not have seen this coming....

When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.

08/08/2026

Whatever it takes to bring an end to illegal fishing !

Bipartisan senators want Treasury to target 29 supply ships they say keep China’s illegal distant-water fleet operating worldwide.