Chinese researchers claim to find way to break encryption using quantum computers
Experts assess whether method outlined in scientific paper could be a sooner-than-expected turning point in the technology Financial Times, Richard Waters, January 5, 2023 A silicon wafer of quantum computer chips made by Hitachi © Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO ...
India coronavirus shutdown hits outsourcing groups
Companies are racing to maintain services for global clients, Financial Times, Benjamin Parkin in New Delhi, March 30, 2020 Thumbnail: Capgemini Mumbai office The nationwide shutdown in India because of coronavirus has left some of the world’s biggest...
China and Huawei propose reinvention of the internet
New architecture would enable cutting-edge technologies but western countries fear more control for state-run internet services, Anna Gross and Madhumita Murgia, Financial Times, London, 03/27/2020 Huawei has said that parts of the new technology are already...
Are Businesses Ready for Deglobalization?
As we enter a new decade, characterized by rising economic complexity and geopolitical divisions — U.S.-China tensions, populism and nationalism in Europe, and the looming risk of a global recession — forward-thinking business leaders are developing strategies to...
Alibaba unveils AI chip to boost cloud plans and cut reliance on US
Self-developed Hanguang 800 is part of company's broader push into hardware Coco Liu, Cheng Ting-Fang, Hong Kong, Taipei, Nikkei Asian Review, September 25, 2019 Alibaba Group Holding has unveiled its first self-developed artificial intelligence chip for data...
Skills: AI, automation changing the core nature of work, warns McKinsey
The average worker of the future is a socially adept leader, entrepreneur, and life-long learner with transferrable technology skills, who is also happy to work in a team, suggests a new McKinsey report. Chris Middleton looks at whether organisations can really find...