Do cyborgs dream of electric pigs?
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As part of an occasional series on AI, Victor Hill considers some new thinking on how machines might one day be made “to think”.
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Journal of the Plague Year X – Political Vaccinology
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With nearly one million deaths worldwide from Covid-19, who will get the vaccine first? Will it work? And there is a dangerous trade-off between speed and safety, writes Victor Hill.
Mr Sunak’s Challenge: How will we pay for coronavirus?
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How will the government manage the colossal deficit resulting from the coronavirus pandemic? And if taxes must rise in the UK, where will they fall? Victor Hill investigates.
Journal of the Plague Year IX – The Cloud of Unknowing
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At a global level, the coronavirus pandemic is not only still with us but is intensifying. There are still major questions around the disease with which we are slowly learning to live, writes Victor Hill.
Welcome to the Splinternet: What it means for investors
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Remember the World Wide Web? It’s over. The global internet is fracturing along the major geopolitical fault lines, writes Victor Hill.
Britain breaks free – and wonders what to do next
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Victor Hill considers why is the Johnson government finding it so difficult to articulate what Global Britain will look like, post-Brexit?
Time is running out for TikTok – and why that matters
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TikTok is a Chinese-controlled internet portal where youngsters all over the world share hilarious videos of pets. Yet Mr Trump is determined either to supress it or bring it under US control.
The UK Economy: How bad is it?
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The UK economy contracted by over 20 percent in Q2. Yet retail sales are on the up and the UK economy is actually growing again. Victor Hill finds reasons for cautious optimism.
SpaceX & Tesla: In Musk we trust?
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Elon Musk has had a good pandemic. But is Mr Musk, like Icarus, flying too close to the sun? Victor Hill inquires.
The Origins of World War III
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The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has been the catalyst for a dramatic deterioration in relations between China and the USA and its allies – including Britain. This would have happened anyway; but history is speeding up, writes Victor Hill.