At 4.35 am on 4 December 2016, which happened to coincide with a full moon, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 30 kilometres west of Mercator de Terremotia, at a relatively shallow depth. The quake was caused by movement along a previously unrecognised minor fault line that had not been mapped. The fault line lies…
The President has instituted a 20% Over The Top (OTT) tax on those using social media platforms effective immediately. Other uses of the internet (e.g. email) are not 3 subject to this tax. The stated reason for this new tax is to increase the amount of domestic tax collected in the country so that it…
The prime minister of Kassemblé has made actions to reduce unemployment his key focus and is working to establish large-scale policiesinvolving a number of government departments to stabilize economic growth and lower the unemployment rate. He turns to you, his scientific advisor, for advice on the current situation and initiatives to lower unemployment rates.
In neighbouring countries, which are equally unstable, young people are joining radical movements that provide the livelihood activities and relative security that governments seem unable to ensure. Five years ago, Midgaze led a military campaign in the northern regions to quell an emerging coup— an intervention that did not have the unanimous backing of the…
Across the globe, the Kingdom of Crossroads is in deep political crisis. Rebels are threatening to overthrow the governing dynasty; while the dynasty, supported by the army, is retaliating by indiscriminate attacks on Northern Crossroads, an identified rebel stronghold. For over a year the civilian population has been fleeing Northern Crossroads. This mountainous region is…
SARATERRA – La cybersécurité à l’ère de l’ordinateur quantique Rédaction : Karl Thibault, Jessica Baril et Christian Sarra-Bournet
In today’s age of information, many of our most precious assets—finances, medical records and, to a large extent, identity—are protected by complex cryptography “keys”. Current (or classical) cybersecurity is reliable because the encryption key used for an online transmission is based on mathematical problems that are extremely difficult to solve, even for the most powerful…
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