Financial Times (June 12)
“After years of false dawns, many of the world’s leading tech companies are now betting that quantum computers will start to outperform their conventional counterparts by 2030—with a potentially huge impact on fields ranging from cryptocurrencies and financial services to drug discovery.” Opinions vary widely. “Some scientists worry that the sheer power of the technology could endanger privacy and national security while others still doubt that useful machines can be made at all.”
Tags: 2030, Conventional, Cryptocurrencies, Drug discovery, Endanger, False dawns, Financial services, National security, Outperform, Privacy, Quantum computers, Scientists, Tech companies
Financial Times (October 22)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that “greater global protectionism will endanger the world’s growth outlook… as a possible Donald Trump victory in next month’s US election raises the prospect of sharp tariff increases.” The IMF’s World Economic Outlook warns that “if higher tariffs hit a ‘sizeable swath’ of world trade by mid-2025, it would wipe 0.8 per cent from economic output next year and 1.3 per cent in 2026.” If, however, widespread tit-for-tat measures ensue, the results could be considerably more destructive.
Tags: 2025, Economic output, Election, Endanger, Global protectionism, Growth outlook, IMF, Tariffs, Tit-for-tat, Trump, U.S., Victory, Warned, World trade
