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The Coming Quantum-A.I. Reckoning: Why Your Encryption Has an Expiration Date

Going Global Ventures’ Mark Minevich and Hitachi Vantara’s Simon Ninan examine the convergence of agentic A.I. and quantum computing, and why the coming disruption will arrive through the gradual erosion of the cryptographic foundations that underpin digital trust.

This Prime Day, Retailers Make a Bid for the Bots

MarketLeap’s Mamoun Benkirane unpacks why this year’s Prime Day is an early stress test for agentic commerce. A.I. shopping agents, he argues, are forcing retailer to compete for both customers and the algorithms acting on their behalf.

Behind Summer Davos: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab’s Decades-Long Courtship of China

What began as Klaus Schwab’s China courtship has become a closely watched forum for the entrepreneurs, executives and policymakers shaping the next phase of global growth.