Tech

EU digital regulation simplification will shape Europe’s tech power Fragmented rules now act as an uncertainty tax on digital innovators The article urges clear, one-stop rules that turn high standards into an advantage.

Digital mercantilism drives the U.S.–Korea platform fight in schools Make access reciprocal, data portable, and impact proven Treat ed-tech buying as trade policy to protect learning and competition T

Publicity is now a measurable asset, not just awareness AI “digital doubles” and new laws make identity portable, licensable, and enforceable Schools should value identity with attention-adjusted EMV and share revenue transparently

Manufacturing hires fewer people; services now drive job growth Digital services hit $4.25T and robot density doubled, shrinking mid-skill factory roles Pivot to service-led industrialisation with skills, standards, and digital trade rules

Japan’s equity play in African venture capital builds firms and skills The gap is stark: $57.1B BRI (H1-2025) vs $2.2B Africa VC equity (2024), with 31% still debt Link universities, co-investment rules, and procurement to crowd in patient equity and scale export-ready startups

Grab–GoTo could control ~85–90% of ride-hailing, risking lock-in Approve only with guardrails—data portability, fair access, pricing caps, driver-earnings floors—or block Educators and ministries should bake these rules into procurement and curricula

U.S. spin-off narrows feeds Students lose global views Mandate diversity metrics, open datasets TikTok reaches millions of Americans every day, and a significant number are students. In 2024, Pew found that 58% of U.S.

Industrial subsidies in East Asia misallocate resources and dampen productivity Cheap credit and opaque, incumbent-favoring programs entrench weak firms Make support transparent, performance-based, and linked to skills and exit

Quantum Echoes delivered a verified 13,000× speedup, elevating quantum chaos education Curricula should pivot from qubit counts to competence in echoes, OTOCs, and noise Fund teacher PD, simple cloud labs, and artifact-based assessment

China’s soft power problem is monetization, not creativity Shift incentives to export outcomes, licensing, and private experimentation Let partners localize, focus on proven genres, and flip the IP receipts–payments gap Chi

Learning spreads through educator networks Eigenvector centrality pinpoints the hubs to seed first Targeting those hubs speeds recovery systemwide Seventy percent of 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries still canno

AI tongue diagnosis turns a centuries-old check into fast, cheap triage With phones and clear protocols, it flags likely risks for confirmatory tests Deploy in primary care with consent, calibration, and monitoring to scale safely

Deepfakes are breaking trust in evidence Campuses need rapid takedowns, provenance checks, and victim support Lawmakers must close gaps now with clear liability and cross-border enforcement We used to view images as facts.

Germans distrust AI-made news but reward transparent, human-led outlets Trust grows when provenance and labeling are clear EU rules now make this transparency mandatory A striking number tells the story.

Europe lags by undervaluing software Software investment and productivity must grow together Skills and management close the gap If two neighbors buy the same machines but only one installs the software, who get

Social media polarization is a feature of engagement-driven design, not a glitch Schools should shift from neutrality to making accuracy the product students share Prebunking, accuracy prompts, lateral reading, and policy partnerships raise information fidelity

Spain’s blackout showed solar alone doesn’t keep schools on Campuses need batteries, islanding inverters, and wiring upgrades Shift policy from price relief to resilience built in schools In 2024, Spain generated 56.8% of its e

Reshoring works only when automation slashes unit labor costs Raise robot density and software-driven productivity, not tariffs Tie incentives to verified plant gains and workforce upskilling One key point that should ch

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Confidence follows identity more than facts Schools should teach election procedures and prebunk manipulation Local transparency and routine audits build resilience when results disappoint The most telling number from the