What's changing — and what it means for your business
Short, practical briefings from the MTH team on AI breakthroughs, technology discoveries and the security lessons history keeps teaching.
The next workforce is AI-native. Is your organization ready for them?
The people joining your company next grew up with AI. Entry-level work is already changing — and most companies are behind.
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AlphaFold and the Nobel Prize: when AI became a scientific instrument
An AI model solved a 50-year-old biology problem and won a Nobel Prize. Drug discovery is now faster — and the lesson applies to every industry.
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2026: the year AI agents moved from demos to the daily workflow
AI agents now use tools, remember tasks and act on your behalf. Every major lab shipped one in 2026. Here is what changed and what to watch.
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Frontier AI just got 75% cheaper. Your automation math changed.
In one month the big AI labs cut prices on fast models by half to three-quarters. Tasks that were not worth automating last year are worth it now.
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Small models, big consequences: AI that never leaves the building
Capable AI models now run on a laptop or phone. For banks, hospitals and government in ASEAN, that removes the biggest blocker to using AI.
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Million-token models and the end of the 'too big to modernize' excuse
AI models can now read and rewrite entire codebases in one go. The 'too big to modernize' excuse is disappearing.
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AI co-scientists: when the research assistant starts publishing
AI labs are now publishing research written by machines for humans to check. Discovery is speeding up — and so is the need to verify.
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Quantum computing's turning point — and the encryption deadline it creates
Quantum computers have moved from theory to verified results. The practical to-do for business: start planning for post-quantum encryption.
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Ten technologies about to leave the lab — the World Economic Forum's 2026 list
The World Economic Forum's 2026 list shows which technologies are about to leave the lab — from grid-connected buildings to personalized cancer vaccines.
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Beyond silicon: the materials and quantum discoveries of 2026 worth watching
Superfluid qubits, living transistors and programmable light: the 2026 hardware discoveries that could reset the cost of computing.
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Yahoo, 2013: the three-billion-account breach that rewrote disclosure rules
The biggest single-company breach ever — 3 billion accounts — taught the world more about disclosure than about hacking.
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Equifax, 2017: how one unpatched server cost US$1.4 billion
One unpatched web server exposed the personal data of 147 million people and cost US$1.4 billion. It was entirely preventable.
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Change Healthcare, 2024: one portal without MFA, 190 million people affected
One remote-access portal without MFA led to the biggest healthcare breach in US history and weeks of disruption for a whole sector.
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Indonesia's national data centre attack: when only 2% of the data was backed up
The 2024 ransomware attack on Indonesia's national data centre took down about 210 public services. Only 2% of the data was backed up.
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You are only as secure as your suppliers: SolarWinds, MOVEit and Marriott
SolarWinds, MOVEit and Marriott began with a supplier, a software component or an acquisition — not the victim's own network.
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