Analysis
What AI regulation is really trying to control
Behind the debate over rules for artificial intelligence lie three distinct concerns: the capabilities of systems, how they are used, and who is accountable when they fail.
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Explainer
Why advanced chipmaking is so hard to copy
Building a modern semiconductor plant requires far more than money. It depends on accumulated know-how, specialised suppliers and a production process that tolerates almost no error.
Explainer
Why reproducibility has become one of science's central concerns
A finding that cannot be repeated is a weak foundation. Researchers are changing how they design, share and review studies to make results sturdier.
Analysis
How companies are redrawing their supply chains
Efficiency once trumped everything. Now businesses are paying for resilience — and discovering how hard it is to buy.
Analysis
Why productivity growth, the root of rising living standards, is so hard to measure
Over the long run, almost nothing matters more for prosperity than producing more from the same effort. Yet statisticians struggle to capture what is actually being produced.
Technology
The new race for low Earth orbit
Thousands of satellites now circle the planet. Managing the traffic has become one of space policy's most urgent problems.
Analysis
The economics of subscribing to everything
From software to cars, companies want recurring revenue. Customers are starting to count the cost.
Analysis
Why cybersecurity is as much an economics problem as a technical one
Software flaws persist not because nobody knows how to fix them, but because the people who could fix them often do not bear the cost of leaving them unfixed.
