Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
This week’s top stories of the week include:
00:12 – How quantum computing impacts data security:
The world is counting down to Q-Day, when quantum computers will be so powerful that they can break the #encryption that keeps your private data safe. Hackers know this is coming, so they are stockpiling data now that they can use in the future to manipulate individuals or compromise national security, says Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO and Co-Founder of cybersecurity company QuSecure. Here, she talks us through the dangers to privacy posed by the arrival of quantum computing, and explains what we can do to keep our data safe.
03:43 – How young people are tackling plastic pollution:
Global Shapers Semina Šatara, Li Weijie and Valentina Velasquez Portnoy unveil the out-of-the-box solutions they’ve found for beating plastic #pollution, from clean-ups that go viral to mapping #plastic sources through citizen science.
07:34 – Ex-racing driver leads jaguar conservation:
Mário Haberfeld used to race cars for Jaguar Brazil Racing. Today he champions the conservation of jaguars in Brazil and around the world. Haberfeld’s charity, Onçafari, has pioneered a way to reintroduce #jaguars into the wild. A successful project in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland, has also brought an #ecotourism boom to the area and given the world a blueprint for big cat conservation. Here’s how they did it.
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