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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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The Promise of the Quantum Computer

Quantum computers, fundamentally different from your typical computer or supercomputer, hold great promise. In theory, they would help solve equations, problems, and create simulations that are beyond the reach of even the most powerful supercomputer. For that reason, a lot of people are getting excited about them.

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AI That Writes Itself

Microsoft and the University of Cambridge have published an Artificial Intelligence software called Deep Coder that writes code by copying existing segments that it can find. Deep Coder is a radical innovation, a software robot that makes software.

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Software in Driver's Seat

The difference in evaluation suggests that analysts consider car and traffic software to be a much more viable industry in the future than the sheer manufacturing of cars. This said, Opel and Vauxhall were producing a steady deficit.

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