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A disruptive tech, to democratize technology realizes that democracy is not yet in its final form. Disruptive tech is an innovation that significantly alters the way that consumers, industries, or businesses operate.  Democratize technology is might be a disruptive tech, it realizes that democracy is not yet in its final form. It refers to the process by which access to technology rapidly continues to become more accessible to more people. There is growing recognition that rapid technology development is producing…

Taiwan wants to ensure its partners have reliable supplies of semiconductors, or "democracy chips", President Tsai Ing-wen told the governor of the US state of Indiana, saying China's threats mean fellow democracies have to cooperate. Governor Eric Holcomb, a Republican, is making the third trip to Taiwan this month by a US delegation after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited briefly, infuriating China, which views Taiwan as its own territory. A week after Pelosi's visit, five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed Markey,…

Taiwan wants to ensure its partners have reliable supplies of semiconductors, or "democracy chips", President Tsai Ing-wen told the governor of the US state of Indiana on Monday, saying China's threats mean fellow democracies have to cooperate.Governor Eric Holcomb, a Republican, is making the third trip to Taiwan this month by a US delegation after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited briefly, infuriating China, which views Taiwan as its own territory.A week after Pelosi's visit, five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed…

Salman Rushdie signed a letter expressing “grave concerns about the rapidly worsening situation for human rights in India” and contributed a short piece to a collection about India at 75 before he was stabbed on stage at an event in New York.The writer was one of 102 signatories to the PEN America letter to Droupadi Murmu, who has served as India’s president since July. The letter, dated 14 August, was sent to coincide with the 75th anniversary on 15 August of India’s independence from British rule.The letter says: “We…

British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Warsaw on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide and to denounce the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie.” He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to come onstage to translate his warning that democracy is “in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it.” “The alternative to democracy is a prison, a prison of the mind. The alternative to democracy is violence, oppression, imprisonment…

Nikhil Menon’s Planning Democracy combines the history of Indian planning in its heyday with the biography of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis – arguably the most influential architect of planning. As such, the book adds texture and details to the broad outlines of the history of Indian planning in addition to providing nuggets on the life of an extraordinary institution builder. 360pp, ₹799; Penguin On the eve of Independence, India was predominantly an agrarian economy. Three commodities – tea, jute and cotton –…

Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie are both researchers at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology but are currently on leave to serve the United States government. Buchanan is acting as assistant director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Biden-Harris Administration, meanwhile, Imbrie is serving the State Department.Below, Ben and Andrew share five key insights from their new book, The New Fire: War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI. Listen to the audio version—read by…

Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, has a unique vantage point for observing the geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China. What he had to say last April should give Americans pause.The U.S. “may no longer be the hyper-power, but you will still be…one of the most advanced, vibrant and dynamic economies and societies in the world; able to attract talent, able to generate new entrepreneurship, growth, ideas and reinvent yourself,” Mr. Lee told The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. Singapore’s prime…

| Wakandan democracy is under threat in this preview of Black Panther #7… but will anyone care? Who needs democracy anyway? Check out the preview below. Black Panther #7by John Ridley & Stefano Landini, cover by Alex RossThe Hatut Zeraze have taken control of Wakanda, and with the Black Panther branded a traitor, the future of the nation is at a crossroads. To clear his name and protect his people from his own mistakes, T'Challa must reckon with his legacy – starting with the acknowledgement that leadership is only…

There was once an orangutan named Ken Allen at the San Diego Zoo who was notorious for carrying out complex escape plans. He found every nut and bolt in his cage and unscrewed them; in his open enclosure he threw rocks and feces at visitors. On one occasion, he constructed a ladder out of some fallen branches, carefully testing his weight on the rungs. After that, the zoo raised his enclosure walls and smoothed them to remove handholds.Hoping to distract Ken, the zoo introduced some female orangutans. But Ken enlisted…