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Spacecraft are already bringing back small samples from asteroids and future technology will see increased payloads. : Illustration: Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Going to the Moon and other planetary bodies in search of natural resources may alleviate critical shortages on Earth.

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Space mining

Mining the heavens

Going to the Moon and other planetary bodies in search of natural resources may alleviate critical shortages on Earth.

Special Report
With space transport becoming cheaper by the day, off-Earth mining is now a feasible option. : Image by NASA available at https://tinyurl.com/k2uvhc8p NASA

Private companies and governments are reaching for the stars in an effort to ease Earth-bound shortages.

Space mining

Why space is the next frontier in mining

Private companies and governments are reaching for the stars in an effort to ease Earth-bound shortages.

Economy
The Strasbourg-based Council of Europe might produce the most influential regulation around AI. : Council of Europe, Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 Unported

The European Union’s AI regulation has some predicting a spate of Brussels copycats. Close, but not quite.

Regulating AI

What Europe’s AI regulation moment will mean for the world

The European Union’s AI regulation has some predicting a spate of Brussels copycats. Close, but not quite.

Law
For better or worse, AI is changing the world. What does regulation look like and how can it be implemented? : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Innovation in AI poses a challenge for lawmakers who seek to protect users without limiting the technology’s immense potential.

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Regulating AI

Finding a balance on AI regulation

Special Report
After recent failures of major US and European banks, many economists fear we are on the edge of another global recession. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Risks of another financial collapse are rising. What are the underlying weaknesses within the banking system that underpins the livelihoods of billions?

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Banks on the brink

Global banking in a state of constant crisis

Economy
Barry Williams, Monash University : Michael Joiner, 360info CC by 4.0

Monash University’s Barry Williams says as technology changes our world it will change our banks too.

Banks on the brink

Video: What’s the problem with the global banking system and how do we fix it?

Economy
Large mega-banks are more prone to operational risks. : Wikimedia Commons: Ank Kumar CC BY-SA 4.0

Complex, opaque and often outdated systems in large international banks can threaten the stability of the global banking system.

Banks on the brink

Banks need to speak the same digital language

Economy
The US and China are in a tech war that has prompted a spate of tit-for-tat actions over TikTok : The White House, Wikimedia Commons Public domain

The response to Montana’s TikTok ban reveals lawmakers’ misconceptions about privacy and data security and hints at how they could get it right.

The TikTok test

TikTok enters the battlefield in US-China tech war

Technology
For Palestinians, any ban on TikTok would deprive them of daily and accessible visibility to a nation yearning for recognition. : Yousef Salhamoud via Unsplash Unsplash Licence

TikTok has given young Palestinian activists and others a loud visibility. Taking it away would marginalise a generation.

The TikTok test

Banning TikTok will take away once-silenced voices

Politics