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Pandemic will have severe impact on Mexican education

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MEXICO

It also appears not to have assessed the effectiveness of its home-learning strategy, established after schools were closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this…

South-east Asia’s edtech sector will mature unevenly

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

This has stretched -- but also stimulated -- the emerging edtech sector in the region, and uncovered the many challenges the sector faces in the long term.

Aviation will learn lessons from Boeing’s tech trouble

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INTERNATIONAL

Boeing crashes and its impact.

Automation job gains will be unevenly spread

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INTERNATIONAL

Impact of automation on productivity and jobs.

Pandemic education losses to worsen Mexico inequality

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MEXICO

Concerns about the Omicron variant saw twelve states reject Ministry of Education (SEP) calls for in-person pre-primary, primary and lower-secondary classes to resume on January…

Ukraine conflict alters the role of cyberspace in war

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INT

Biden and other Western officials have not made any specifics public. Nonetheless, the advice underlines the risks to global geopolitical stability from cyberspace, an unstable…

Explainability concern requires judicious use of AI

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INT

This presents a safety concern in some areas, and creates difficulties in guaranteeing that AI decisions are unbiased, for example in their treatment of different demographic…

Impact investment is carrying firm momentum into 2021

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INTERNATIONAL

Government policies, demographic change and shifting businesses priorities are raising the profile of ESG issues and driving demand for investment. Furthermore, a growing number…

GenAI will transform workplace tasks across industries

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INT

Using machine learning algorithms, these tools leverage vast online datasets to create new and unique outputs, such as images, text, videos or code, that appear to mimic human…

China will lose leverage as some firms move elsewhere

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CHINA

Foxconn, Apple’s leading subcontractor for its iPhone line, manufactures about 70% of total global iPhone production and over 80% of the latest generation, the iPhone 14. The…