Now Vlatko Vedral, an Oxford physicist, examines the claim that bits of information are the universe's basic units, and the universe as a whole is a giant quantum computer.

ECONOMIST: Information theory

"We have around 140, 000 police officers in the UK. And yet barely 1, 000 of them have been trained to handle digital evidence at the basic level and fewer than 250 are currently with Computer Crime Units or have higher level forensic skills, " said David Harrington, report author.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Police 'need more e-crime skills'

Instead of duplicating engineering work from one country to the next, GM's worldwide units now share basic components and work together to design vehicles that with a few tweaks can be sold anywhere in the world.

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