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Artificial intelligence and the rise of optical computing
Photonic data-processing is well-suited to the age of deep learning
The decline of the city grid
The oldest form of city planning is falling out of fashion
The politics of Xi Jinping’s covid retreat
China’s Communist Party prepares to spin its way out of a rout
The Economist on Business
How much trouble is Mark Zuckerberg in?
As Facebook fades, Meta hopes for success in another dimension
The Economist on Cannabis
Legal weed is linked to higher junk-food sales
Research suggests marijuana really does give you the munchies
A global revolution in attitudes towards cannabis is under way
The legalisation of the drug for medicinal use is paving the way for a broader liberalisation
The Economist on Economy
The end of Apple’s affair with China
Covid-19, costs and geopolitics are driving the iPhone-maker to manufacture and sell its gadgets elsewhere
2022’s unlikely economic winners
Which countries performed best and worst this year?
The Economist on Edtech
Technology is transforming what happens when a child goes to school
Reformers are using new software to “personalise” learning
Together, technology and teachers can revamp schools
How the science of learning can get the best out of edtech
The Economist on Finance
The market v the real economy
Financial markets have got out of whack with the economy. Something has to give
Are tech stocks now good value?
Perhaps they are—which will not please their owners
The Economist on Geopolitics
The new geopolitics of global business
China and America dominate like never before | Leaders
Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance
And now the covid-19 pandemic is precipitating a split, says Matthieu Favas
The Economist on India
Intolerant India - Narendra Modi stokes divisions in the world’s biggest democracy
Jan 23rd 2020LAST MONTH India changed the law to make it easier for adherents of all the subcontinent’s religions, except Islam, to acquire citizenship. At the same time, the ruling Bharatiya Janata…
The Economist on Politics
Russia’s elite begins to ponder a Putinless future
Once unthinkable, the president’s removal can at least be contemplated
On foreign policy, India is reliably unreliable
The shifting balance of power obscures the continuity in India’s global ambitions
The Economist on War
Our country of the year for 2022 can only be Ukraine
For the heroism of its people, and for standing up to a bully
Ukrainian ingenuity is ushering in a new form of warfare at sea
Are uncrewed attack vessels the wave of the future?
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The pandemic’s true death toll
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Liz Truss has made Britain a riskier bet for bond investors
There is no way for her to go back to the way things were before
Forecasting the US 2020 elections
Right now, our model thinks Joe Biden is likely to beat Donald Trump in the electoral college
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