Fighting the war in Ukraine on the electromagnetic spectrum
FOR SOLDIERS at the front, electromagnetic defences are as vital as air: invisible when present, and disastrous when not. In ...
Fine-tuned acoustic waves can knock drones out of the sky
AS CHILDREN everywhere are delighted to learn in science class, sound can shatter glass. Might it also be possible, then, to ...
Organised crime groups are behind increasingly sophisticated scams. Here is how to confront them, writes Sun Xueling
SCAMS ARE a sophisticated form of transnational organised crime, and their scale now rivals traditional criminal activities. ...
The data-centre investment spree shows no signs of stopping
If investment in data centres is about to slow, nobody told Mark Zuckerberg. On January 29th, during an earnings call, Meta’s...
Catch up:Trump sanctions ICC; Musk banned from Treasury’s payment system
Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court. He accused the body—which issued an arre...
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
A few days after President Trump issued an order urging the private sector to end “Illegal D.E.I. Discrimination and Prefer...
Friday’s Jobs Report Will Be Confusing. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that shoul...
Catch up:USAID to cut most staff; Musk’s buyout deadline delayed
Donald Trump’s administration will reportedly slash the workforce of USAID, America’s main development agency, from 10,000 to...
Donald Trump is turning payback into policy
During a debate last summer, when Donald Trump was asked what he meant by saying that as president he would have every right ...
Ecuador chooses a leader amid murder, blackouts and stagnation
Running Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America. Drou...