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Has WhatsApp Secretly Changed Your Privacy Settings?

An urgent new warning has gone viral on social media today, urging you to check your privacy settings after WhatsApp’s reportedly secret update. So should you be alarmed? What’s the truth behind this latest warning?

21 мая 2021 3 мин. 6171

We’re always lost and that’s why it’s fun - Taiwan’s Digital Minister talks about how to live in the age of A.I.

A Conversation with Audrey Tang (Part２)

20 мая 2021 18 мин. 6267

Will the world become one and end?

The future explored by Taiwanese digital minister and Japanese novelist/IT executive. A Conversation with Audrey Tang (Part 1)

19 мая 2021 18 мин. 6180

Taiwan and the Ghosts of History

NEW YORK – Would the United States be prepared to risk a catastrophic war with the People’s Republic of China to protect the Republic of China, better known as Taiwan? President Joe Biden laid out his vision clearly last week. He sees the rivalry between the PRC and the US as a global conflict between democracy and autocracy, and the ROC is unquestionably one of Asia’s most successful democracies

18 мая 2021 5 мин. 6763

Will Corporate Greed Prolong the Pandemic?

NEW YORK – The only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to immunize enough people worldwide. The slogan “no one is safe until we are all safe” captures the epidemiological reality we face

17 мая 2021 9 мин. 7868

Helping the Other 66%

CAMBRIDGE – What is remarkable about the increase in nationalist sentiment across the developed world in recent years is that it is occurring at a time when many of today’s most pressing challenges, including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, are fundamentally global problems demanding global solutions

14 мая 2021 5 мин. 9032

What to Do About Eurozone Sovereign Debt

ROME/EDINBURGH – The eurozone needs a new common policy to manage the sovereign debts accumulated by member states in response to the pandemic. The European Central Bank currently holds a large share of these debts, but it will need to unwind them when monetary-policy considerations warrant it

13 мая 2021 5 мин. 5162

The Promise and Peril of Central Bank Digital Currencies

WASHINGTON, DC – Bitcoin and other privately issued cryptocurrencies have generated a frenzy of excitement, with most of the analysis focused on their appeal and apparent drawbacks