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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • 8 min read

Prospects for the US economy to end-2020

US GDP will fall sharply in the second quarter; the evolution of COVID-19 will drive the recovery more than the stimulus

United States
  • Jun 16, 2020
  • 6 min read

US legal push will shape future of encrypted services

States are pushing laws to force tech firms to allow access to encrypted data, citing child exploitation and security

International
  • Jun 16, 2020
  • 7 min read

Global travel deals will be subject to reversals

After months of border closures, many countries are implementing measures to restart global travel

International
  • Jun 15, 2020
  • 7 min read

US-China conflict over Huawei clouds 5G outlook

Technology supply chains face disruptive disintegration as US-China tensions draw in other countries

International
  • Jun 15, 2020
  • 7 min read

Space programmes will prioritise moon mining

Governments and firms are preparing the legal and technological groundwork for resource extraction on the moon

International
  • Jun 12, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 pushes advances in commercial drone tech

Social distancing norms have triggered new uses and promising trials of consumer drone technology

International
  • Jun 11, 2020
  • 7 min read

More developing countries will face debt distress

Many emerging markets face prolonged health and economic crisis due to the pandemic and will be at risk of debt distress

International
  • Jun 11, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 alters focus of cyberespionage

Both conventional and new state-linked cyber actors are pursuing intelligence to help them tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

International