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14 febrero, 2022
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Tripwire for real war? Cyber’s fuzzy rules of engagement (AP, Frank Bajak)

 

FILE - The sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus where U.S. Cyber Command is located in Fort Meade, Md., June 6, 2013. Tensions are soaring over Ukraine with Western officials warning about the danger of Russia launching major cyberattacks against its NATO allies. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden couldn’t have been more blunt about the risks of cyberattacks spinning out of control. “If we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence,” he told his intelligence brain trust in July.

Now tensions are soaring over Ukraine with Western officials warning about the danger of Russia launching damaging cyberattacks against Ukraine’s NATO allies. While no one is suggesting that could lead to a full-blown war between nuclear-armed rivals, the risk of escalation is serious.

The danger is in the uncertainty about what crosses a digital red line. Cyberattacks, including those that cripple critical infrastructure with ransomware, have been on the rise for years and often go unpunished. It’s unclear how grave a malicious cyber operation by a state actor would have to be to cross the threshold to an act of war.

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14 febrero, 2022
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Does China’s rise have to mean America’s decline? (GZERO)

The US and China are as wary of each other as they’ve ever been. But the Chinese think they are on the rise, while America is declining.

On this episode of GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to billionaire Ray Dalio, head of the world’s largest hedge fund, who thinks rising US debt, a widening wealth gap among Americans, and the meteoric rise of China all play into Beijing’s plans to overtake the US as a global superpower.

For instance, Dalio believes that too much national and household debt — combined with rising inflation — is a ticking time bomb that’ll surely hurt the US dollar, which in the near future might lose its status as the global reserve status to the Chinese yuan.

And then there’s dysfunctional US politics, which for Dalio have a lot to do with rising inequality — caused in part by too much cheap money in the hands of those who already have a lot of it.

Does this mean investors should bet on China over the US? America has a better system, he says, but the Chinese have become a much better competitor in many areas.

Also, what’s up with crypto these days?

Feb 14, 2022 (GZERO)

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GDP per capita and life expentancy at birth in the world (1960-2020)

 

The Graphic Truth: Life is actually getting better

There’s a lot of doom and gloom in the world these days, and much cause for pessimism. Still, the advent of new technologies and scientific advancements has lifted billions out of poverty and increased quality of life for many over the last half century. Since 1990, global average life expectancy has increased by eight years to 73, while GDP per capita has also grown exponentially, doubling over the past decade alone. We take a look at how life expectancy and GDP per capita have evolved globally from 1960-2019.

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13 febrero, 2022
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Reporters Plus (France 24h)

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Anger mounts in West Bank at increasingly under-fire Palestinian Authority

On June 24, 2021, Palestinian political activist Nizar Banat died after being violently beaten by Palestinian security forces. Banat was a fierce critic of corruption in the Palestinian Authority. His killing had an immediate effect: Thousands took to the streets in the Palestinian Territories to protest against the ruling Fatah party and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The 86-year-old Abbas is clinging on to his position, having cancelled the first elections in 16 years. Our reporters Gwendoline Debono and Laurent Van der Stockt went to meet Palestinians who are openly denouncing their leadership and who feel abandoned.