UK bonds have hit a 25-year high – here’s what that means for the economy
David McMillan, University of Stirling - It’s been more than a year since the UK economy was thrown into crisis after then-prime minister Liz Truss suggested making a wealth of unfunded tax cuts...
The Impending Danger: High National Debt Restricts Government Action and Triggers Financial Crises
A Closer Look at the Looming Economic Threat and Strategies for Mitigation In the corridors of power and finance, a growing concern casts its shadow over nations worldwide - the ominous specter of high...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
China’s capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite
Dylan Sullivan, Macquarie University; Jason Hickel, Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Michail Moatsos, Maastricht University It has become an article of faith among many economists...
Using your phone at work can help to balance your home life – new research
Eoin Whelan, University of Galway - You might not think twice about using your phone while you’re at work. Maybe you need to send a quick message to a...
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham - As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asia is critical to China’s attempts to build an alternative to the US-led liberal order that is unquestionably dominated by Beijing and in which Russia will,...
Fighting housing shortage: Airbnb & Co should share more data with authorities to prevent fraud
The business of platforms like Airbnb and Booking is booming: more and more private apartments are being rented out online. While this is good for tourists and hosts, it also leads to significant...
How rising interest rates are affecting UK businesses
Erwei (David) Xiang, Newcastle University - From chip shops to tech start-ups, and even large, well-established companies, rising interest...
