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The Science of Where. Big globe, small world (John Nelson, Esri)

This is an 8 foot (aka 2.4 meters or 244 centimeters…why doesn’t anyone use decimeters? decimeters are underused) diameter globe that glows and slowly...

TechInnovation. Can national statistical offices shape the data revolution? (Juan Daniel, Katharina Fenz, François Fonteneau, and Simon Riedl, Brookings)

In recent years, breakthrough technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of satellite imagery made it possible to disrupt the way we collect, process, and...

Sub-Saharan Africa. COVID-19 impacts on foreign direct investments in sub-Saharan Africa (Tamara White, Brookings)

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Investment Report. 2021. In June of this year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...

Japan. Suga steps down: Japanese politics in the pandemic era (Mireya Solís, Brookings)

With Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announcing today that he will not seek reelection as leader of his party, COVID-19 has now dispatched two...

Russia. Russia’s Rostec Reveals Anti-Insomnia Glasses for Soldiers (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

Rostec's anti-insomnia glasses. Photo: Alexander Utkin/Rostec Russia’s Rostec State Corporation unveiled their anti-insomnia glasses at Russia’s International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021. Dubbed as the Blue Sky pro glasses,...

Russia. Russian Firm Kronstadt Announces Drone Sales to ‘Foreign Countries’ (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

Russian defense contractor Kronstadt announced that it has signed contracts for the sale of drones to unspecified foreign countries. The first deliveries are expected by 2022. Russian...

Italy/Cybersecurity. Fed up with constant cyberattacks, one country is about to make some big changes (Federico Guerrini, ZDNet)

Italy is reinforcing its critical infrastructure with a new cybersecurity agency and fresh EU funding. Image: Getty/Andrea Cherchi Italy has faced a barrage of cyberattacks in...

Cybersecurity. FTC orders SpyFone to delete all of its surveillance data (Charlie Osborne, ZDNet)

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered the developer of the SpyFone spyware app to delete all data that has been collected. On September...

Crypto Economy. Global crypto ranking: Which countries influence the crypto economy? (Eileen Brown, ZDNet)

Coincub Globally, governments are now working to integrate cryptocurrencies into the mainstream economy. But which countries will be future leaders in delineating crypto's role in...

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