Governments get involved in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a global issue and, in spite of numerous messages propelled by the private sector, governments were not always fast enough in their reactions. Of course, the situation is different place to place. The US, Russia, Israel, and probably also China and Iran, are known for the collaboration between the public and the private sectors when it comes to cybersecurity. Europeans, both for regulatory reasons and for deeply-rooted beliefs in the respective roles of the p
Chips are down on sovereignty
The semiconductor industry has always been going through cycles alternating between overproduction and shortages, especially due to technology evolutions. This time may be different: the global health and consequently economic crisis is affecting the industry more than its natural cycles. At the same time, semiconductors are at the core of national sovereignty issues as they are driving all our identity and telecom, transactions and health systems. The Covid-19 pandemic and h
Every cloud has a silver lining
The health crisis has triggered a great leap forward for the payment industry!
China on the cashless way!
With its Digital Yuan and a well-established infrastructure of mobile payments, China could be one of the first economies to go cashless.
