China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a new three-year plan for integrating artificial intelligence with the country's information and communications sector. Framed as the "AI + Information and Communication" initiative, the document lays out targets for intelligent network operations, expanded computing infrastructure, AI-enabled telecom services, and more than 30 high-value application scenarios by 2028. Illustration by The Geostrata AI

In January 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Niccolo De Masi, the chairman and chief executive of IonQ, delivered a warning of the “Q-Day” that should have dominated front pages. The "Q-Day", as he highlighted, refers to a moment when quantum computers become capable of breaking the public-key encryption that currently secures virtually all modern digital communication. Illustration by The Geostrata As per his estimation, this condition could arrive within three ye