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TechInnovation. Western Sydney Uni and Intel to jointly develop brain-inspired computer system (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZDNet)

Researchers from the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) at Western Sydney University (WSU) have teamed up with Intel to build a scalable, open-source,...

Cybersecurity. Passport info and healthcare data leaked from Indonesia’s COVID-19 test-and-trace app for travelers (Jonathan Greig, ZDNet)

Researchers with vpnMentor have uncovered a data breach involving the COVID-19 test and trace app created by the Indonesian government for those traveling into the country. The...

Cybersecurity. Microsoft Exchange ProxyToken flaw can allow attackers to read your emails (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

ProxyToken is a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow unauthentication attackers to access emails from a target account Microsoft Exchange ProxyToken flaw...

Afghanistan/West. The Wages of Defeat in Afghanistan (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

The hasty and chaotic Western retreat from Afghanistan provides several lessons. If the United States and Europe fail to heed them, the cause of...

Ecological Transition. Climate vs. Capitalism? (Jean Pisani-Ferry, Project-Syndicate)

Addressing climate change will require a massive transition from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies, as well as behavioral changes on the part of millions...

Economics. Can Economics Keep Up? (Kaushik Basu, Project-Syndicate)

As technology advances and the environment changes, some of the key assumptions underpinning mainstream economic thinking will become obsolete. To reverse the public's loss...

Electric Vehicle. The Electric Vehicle Revolution Goes Global (Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Min Zhu, Project-Syndicate)

The exponential increase in EVs suggests that they will take over the global auto market by the early 2040s. This will send oil prices...

Space. Satellite data provide valuable support for IPCC climate report (ESA)

Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment report laying out the accumulating evidence of the climate crisis....

Russia/Japan/East Asia. Moscow and Tokyo Exploring Pathways for East Asia in an Era of Growing US-China Rivalry (Taisuke Abiru, Anton Bespalov, Valdai Discussion Club)

The US-China rivalry is becoming a constant feature of world politics. An improvement of relations between the United States and China should not be...

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