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UMD Establishes Maryland Institute for Quantum Applications to Advance Defense and Intelligence Technologies (Quantum Insider)

The University of Maryland has launched the Maryland Institute for Quantum Applications under ARLIS to develop quantum computing, networking, and sensing tools for national...

The cloud needs water: How big tech’s data centers are fueling the global water crisis (Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering)

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google’s push to create data centers in some of the world’s driest areas threatens to deepen a looming water crisis. An...

As spyware market continues to expand, diplomatic Pall Mall Process hits a pivot point (Alexander Martin, The Record)

A year on from its launch and days after the Pall Mall Process held its second diplomatic conference, this time in Paris, participants are...

Senator warns China could obtain Americans’ genetic data through 23andMe sale (Suzanne Smally, The Record)

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday sent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a letter raising alarms about the possibility that genetic data belonging to more...

Amnesty International, record di persone giustiziate nel mondo nel 2024

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) Il 2024 annus horribilis che segna il record delle pene di morte eseguite nel mondo. Oltre 1.500 persone sono state giustiziate in...

Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad (UN News)

Chad hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced people, according to the UN agency, UNHCR despite it being one of the world’s poorest countries. More than...

A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market (Niaz Asadullah, Doris Liew – The Interpreter)

For decades, the tiger economies of the ASEAN region have flourished under an export-led growth model, anchored by strong trade relationships with major economies,...

Trump’s Secondary Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Lose-Lose Proposition (Sergey Vakulenko, Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

Just as certain classes of medication are sometimes in vogue and prescribed to help with all kinds of ailments, it seems that U.S. President...

Central Asian States Have Put Aside Their Territorial Disputes. Why Now? (Temur Umarov, Alibek Mukambayev – Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

The Ferghana Valley, divided on the political map between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, has resembled a battlefield ever since the collapse of the Soviet...

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