
IN SPOTLIGHT
The future of global security hinges on societal resilience
Defence debates tend to focus on firepower. But the most destabilising risks may come from something far harder to quantify: the fraying of social trust, the manipulation of truth, and the erosion of the middle class.
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Ready For Ultra-Fast Internet Connections?
The American multinational company Qualcomm just claimed the first 5G mobile net connection. Although experts only predict 5G to become widely available in a couple of years, it is guaranteed to give us faster speeds and to become the driving technology behind the Internet of Things.
Trump asks, Finland delivers
When US President Donald Trump tweeted that he wanted 5G, even 6G, in the US as soon as possible, social media didn't let him off the hook easily. Indeed, 5G is barely here today - how could we possibly be talking about 6G already? Curiously enough, however, 6G is a thing, and some people have already begun researching it.