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Data intensity of global internet traffic will rise

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INT

Demand for data-voluminous digital services has risen dramatically, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Boom in metaverse services will fuel regulatory stress

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INTERNATIONAL

Major tech firms are building out the ‘metaverse’, a highly immersive and interactive 3D version of the internet

Internet costs impede digital inclusion

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INTERNATIONAL

Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Policy and technology are key to full financial access

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INT

Nearly 70% of all over-15s are ‘banked’; at least 76% of them have also made a digital transaction

Globalisation evolves as FDI and supply chains shift

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INT

Friend-shoring is outstripping near-shoring in the remaking of supply chains

Privacy and security policies lag biometric data use

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INT

People are submitting vast amounts of biometric data to governments and private firms, knowingly and unknowingly

Cost of health data breaches may rise exponentially

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INT

An industry estimate puts projected investment in health cybersecurity at 65 billion dollars over the next five years

Poor services do not dent rural African voter trust

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AFRICA

Support for presidents remains high within underserved constituencies

United States: Working from office slow to recover

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UNITED STATES

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data from 2021 indicating how the pandemic has changed where people work

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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INT

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint