Features

• Categorized in Tech policy

  Covid-19 and the geopolitics of American decline

  The pandemic has accelerated global trends that will shape the world in decades to come.

  
• Categorized in Biotechnology

  Every country wants a covid-19 vaccine. Who will get it first?

  The whole world wants a vaccine, but countries will naturally try to secure a supply for themselves first.

  
• Categorized in Tech policy

  Unmade in America

  Decades of decline left the US’s industrial commons incapacitated in the face of the pandemic.

  
• Categorized in Computing

  Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant

  The world’s most notorious surveillance company says it wants to clean up its act. Go on, we’re listening.

  
• Categorized in Tech policy

  How India became the world’s leader in internet shutdowns

  Closing communications to stifle protest is a tactic that’s stuck even during the covid crisis.

  
• Categorized in Tech policy

  The FBI’s decades-long fight against industrial espionage hasn’t really worked

  In the global economy, companies that steal trade secrets rarely face the consequences

  
• Categorized in Tech policy

  Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy

  A new privacy law would look a lot like Europe’s GDPR—but will it restrict state surveillance?