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Richard Macauley

Digital Government

China Launches Special Hotline to Report Suspected Spies

Amid heightened sensitivity to cyberattacks and digital espionage, China is going back to basics in its efforts to seek out and stop foreign spies.

  • By Richard Macauley, Quartz
Digital Government

Researchers Are Developing a Test to Detect All Known Viruses in Your Body, Even at Low Levels

To develop the test, a research team indexed the unique DNA or RNA sequences of every known virus to affect not only humans but animals, too—some 2 million in all.

  • By Richard Macauley, Quartz